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<blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 1946179" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>#4 <s>Brachiation? I seem to remember we had one of these for the previous, and changed it somehow...?</s><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px">Psi-Like Abilities: At will—burst, chameleon, elfsight, inflict pain (3 targets*, DC 13), mindlink (4 unwilling targets, DC 10*); 3/day—body adjustment (heals 2d12 damage*), 1/day—recall agony (3d6 damage, DC 12). Manifester level 8th.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> *Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><s>Mindlink could be 8 targets, or 4 unwilling targets. Needs further edit later. I didn't add any of the old attack modes, as has quite a few powers already. Should body adjustment become a 3/day power instead of at will?</s></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p><p>#5</p><p> I seem to remember a feat like that somewhere... can't find it in the SRD, so it might have been in Dragon... Should be good as is, though.<p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px">Yes, that was what I was referring to. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> </p><p>#6<p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"> Psi-Like Abilities: At will—false sensory input (8 targets, DC 15*), mindlink (15 unwilling targets, DC 14*), mind thrust (ML 13, 13d10 damage, DC 20*) psionic domination (affects aberrations, animals, dragons, elementals, fey, giants, humanoids, magical beasts, and outsiders; DC 23*), synesthete. Manifester level 20th.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> *Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Domination can still gain more targets or longer duration.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><s>Domination has quite a few options: More creature types, more targets, longer duration. Which are ok? DC will propably be 23.</s></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><s> For mindlink, the same as #4 applies.</s></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><s>Feats need a change.</s> Usurp powers looks acceptable.<p style="margin-left: 20px">Feats: Greater Power Penetration, Psionic Endowment?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> </p><p>#7<p style="margin-left: 20px"> Electrical Charge (Su): A THING swarm can use the energy current ability at will (electricity only; deals 2d6 points of electricity damage; save DC 12; effective manifester level 1st). It need not concentrate to use this ability. The save DC is Charisma-based and includes the +2 bonus for the electricity energy type.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p><p>Psychic Static (Su): Any psionic character with power points must spend 1 extra power point to manifest any psionic ability if a THING swarm is within 100 feet at the time. For each additional THING swarm within 100 feet, 1 additional power point is required.</p><p> </p><p> #8</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Psi-Like Abilities: At will—control sound, catfall (treat fall as 120 ft. shorter*); 3/day—control air (up to 60 miles/hour), energy cone (sonic only, 12d6-6 damage, DC 16*), hypercognition, inertial armor (+9 armor bonus*), mass cloud mind(DC 16), psionic true seeing; 1/day—inflict pain (5 targets, DC 16*). Manifester level 12th. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">*Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I think Quicken Power also needs replacing (unusable for the creature, would need Quicken Spell-like ability). Replacement feats: Dodge, Psionic Dodge? (not really great, granted)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knight Otu, post: 1946179, member: 192"] #4 [s]Brachiation? I seem to remember we had one of these for the previous, and changed it somehow...?[/s][indent][indent]Psi-Like Abilities: At will—burst, chameleon, elfsight, inflict pain (3 targets*, DC 13), mindlink (4 unwilling targets, DC 10*); 3/day—body adjustment (heals 2d12 damage*), 1/day—recall agony (3d6 damage, DC 12). Manifester level 8th. *Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level. [/indent][s]Mindlink could be 8 targets, or 4 unwilling targets. Needs further edit later. I didn't add any of the old attack modes, as has quite a few powers already. Should body adjustment become a 3/day power instead of at will?[/s] [/indent]#5 I seem to remember a feat like that somewhere... can't find it in the SRD, so it might have been in Dragon... Should be good as is, though.[indent][indent]Yes, that was what I was referring to. ;) [/indent][/indent]#6[indent][indent] Psi-Like Abilities: At will—false sensory input (8 targets, DC 15*), mindlink (15 unwilling targets, DC 14*), mind thrust (ML 13, 13d10 damage, DC 20*) psionic domination (affects aberrations, animals, dragons, elementals, fey, giants, humanoids, magical beasts, and outsiders; DC 23*), synesthete. Manifester level 20th. *Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level. Domination can still gain more targets or longer duration. [/indent][s]Domination has quite a few options: More creature types, more targets, longer duration. Which are ok? DC will propably be 23. For mindlink, the same as #4 applies.[/s] [s]Feats need a change.[/s] Usurp powers looks acceptable.[indent]Feats: Greater Power Penetration, Psionic Endowment? [/indent][/indent]#7[indent] Electrical Charge (Su): A THING swarm can use the energy current ability at will (electricity only; deals 2d6 points of electricity damage; save DC 12; effective manifester level 1st). It need not concentrate to use this ability. The save DC is Charisma-based and includes the +2 bonus for the electricity energy type. [/indent]Psychic Static (Su): Any psionic character with power points must spend 1 extra power point to manifest any psionic ability if a THING swarm is within 100 feet at the time. For each additional THING swarm within 100 feet, 1 additional power point is required. #8 [indent] [indent]Psi-Like Abilities: At will—control sound, catfall (treat fall as 120 ft. shorter*); 3/day—control air (up to 60 miles/hour), energy cone (sonic only, 12d6-6 damage, DC 16*), hypercognition, inertial armor (+9 armor bonus*), mass cloud mind(DC 16), psionic true seeing; 1/day—inflict pain (5 targets, DC 16*). Manifester level 12th. *Includes augmentations for the THING's manifester level. I think Quicken Power also needs replacing (unusable for the creature, would need Quicken Spell-like ability). Replacement feats: Dodge, Psionic Dodge? (not really great, granted) [/indent] [/indent] [/QUOTE]
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