Infinite HPS?

[green slime]

This is a great combo for a psion!

mind switch with some poor sucker, body fuel his physical stats, and when Con reaches zero, he dies, and you move back to your body! Great trick to play on some giant.

Got to admit that the mind switch power plays havoc when the original body dies, and the manifester is stuck in the new body. Calculating hp and power points becomes a pain.

Anyone understand why you get the natural armour of the new form, but NOT the magical armour? They can't mean that the +3 full plate worn falls to the ground... I suppose they mean mage armour, inertial armour, and the like. Could be more clearly stated, though.

Regarding Con and hp, mind switch is similar to polymorph.

I suppose there is still some conection to your old body, and that is why you do not gain/lose extra hp. Con mod does affect your Fort save, though. I think I'd rule that placing a Con improving item on your new body increases your Fort save, and it increases the hp of the Original Soul, who is now stuck in your body. So you still get no hp boost.

Oh yes, IMC, animal affinity grants an enhancement bonus to the stat, so it doesn't stack with the other items.

 

[Kodam]

The descrition of the power says you don't a HP-Bonus or penalty based on the new Con-score. So evan a boosting Item doesn't do any good.

I'd rule that you loose the Bonus-HP from a Body Fuel if you (your mind...) leave the fuelling body.

 

[green slime]

The descrition of the power says you don't a HP-Bonus or penalty based on the new Con-score. So evan a boosting Item doesn't do any good.

I'd rule that you loose the Bonus-HP from a Body Fuel if you (your mind...) leave the fuelling body.

You can't possibly gain any hp from body fuel,

from the SRD
Body Fuel [Psionic]
Prerequisite: Inner Strength, Talented.
Benefit: The character can “burn” ability points as power points on the basis of 1 power point per 2 ability score points burned. Burning ability points for power points is a free action: A character could burn more than 2 ability score points to gain several power points per free action. Treat reduced ability scores as temporary ability damage. The character can burn no more than 60 ability points in a day, regardless of any ability healing he or she may receive.

I think you mean the power psychofeedback

from the SRD
Psychofeedback
Psychometabolism (Str)
Level: Psion 4/Psychic Warrior 4
Display: Vi
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 minute (D)
Power Points: 7
The manifester can use power points to boost his or her Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution modifiers as a free action. While the duration lasts, the manifester can use power points on a round-by-round basis to boost any or all of his or her ability score modifiers by a number equal to half the power points expended for that round as a free action. A manifester could simultaneously boost two scores, or all three, as long as he or she pays the total power point cost. The manifester doesn’t have to boost an ability modifier every round to keep the power in effect—as long as the duration lasts, he or she has the potential to boost ability modifiers on any round he or she chooses.

 

[Force0]

I think I'll just fix this by saying that you keep your unmodified by CON HPs when you switch bodies (as if you had con 10) then modify it by the new CON mod.

Camarath mind switch is like Polymorph and magic jar rolled into one. The psion in question at the start of the campaign (lvl 1) had very poor physical stats (We use ITCK system for mad and PPs). And now he got a Big Goon(TM)'s body (Actually a Mighty fighter, that had his psysical stats through the roof. SO he's got very good mental stats, and now also VERY good psysical stats. This is mainly the problem.

 

[green slime]

As it seems to me that the source of a character's hp is not his apparent Constitution, but his original body's Consitution (re: Polymorph, mind switch...) I think that I'd only allow changes to the original body's Con affect the character's Constitution.

If the original body got killed/destroyed, I think I'd calculate hp as if Con was "-", rather than as per the new body.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

 

[Kodam]

sorry, my mistake...



you're right....

 

[Camarath]

Camarath mind switch is like Polymorph and magic jar rolled into one. The psion in question at the start of the campaign (lvl 1) had very poor physical stats (We use ITCK system for mad and PPs). And now he got a Big Goon(TM)'s body (Actually a Mighty fighter, that had his psysical stats through the roof. SO he's got very good mental stats, and now also VERY good psysical stats. This is mainly the problem.

Does he continue to use the Power from his new body? You could rule that to use the power one must be in their own (original body). This could be extrapolated from the spell if you want. You could also force him to use his original ability score for psionic powers if that is a problem. His hit points have to be pretty bad if his physical stats were that bad.

If you need to prevent him form using a body indefinately I would suggest you use a disease like mechanic. You could call it Personality Resurgence 1/d (during sleep) make a will save equal to the number of days since mind switch if the character fails his save then the body's residual personality takes over for a number of hours equal to the total number of saves the character has failed if the resurgent personality conrtols the body for 24 hours then the charaters personality is destroyed.

Is this ruining your game. Is the character signifigantly better than the other characters in the game. If it is you should do some thing about it.

 

[Force0]

The thing about mind switch is that it's permenant. There could be a psionic disease running around, but he has body adjustment that can help with that. It's not that he's overly powerful or that his stats can make him manifest other powers (I hate the MAD system) but it's the fact that he now has more or less the effect of a template (or some VERY good char rolls). I think the house rule about HPs I came up with will help with that (no more free HPs).

The player is not ruining the game (he could if he wanted!) by having his character dominate every bad guy not immune to it (for WEEKS at a time) and having his personnal army. He does know that his char is more powerful then the others (he has a good grasp of what he is able to do as a telepath) but is refraining from using all his might not to overshadow the others (who are relativlely new to the game). I'm not sure if the others know that he could be that much more powerful if he wanted so...

Anyway, at least now he's not going to have more HPs then the Barb.

 

[Camarath]

I was just suggesting a House Rule to deal with the character if you wanted to do so. Maybe Mind Switch isn't as permenant as it looks what if the body rejected the new personality after time? Then the character would not be able to stay in the same body making him hop form body to body or return to his own body after a time. It could be fun and would limit his power. A Telepaths power can vary greatly depending on his foes and environment.