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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 131764" data-attributes="member: 710">Hmm. The best idea I have:Is is not "ECL", but it is real Class Level.A character having such a symbiont (by the way: One of the DS9 Main Characters and one of the hottest startrek babes <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, Jadzia Dax, does have such a symbiont)If you want to reflect this, how about that: Instead of being resurected by magic or similar effects, after the body dies, the symbiont is transferred into a new body.This effect would be similar to the Reincarnation spell, but the body is not randomly chosen.(If you use a system similar to the in Startrek, The Next Generation, the new bearer is chosen among the best of the species. This means, you don`t get a "commoner`s" body, but the one of a potential hero. Ruleswise this would mean that the DM or the player just rolls up new stats.)It might be usable similar to "spellware" (costs would be like the ability to cast reincarnate at will - somewhere, the non-random choice of the body must be reflected), but as a template, this becomes really hard... Hmm.The ability bonus to the mental abilities should be only based on aging effects. The "Reincarnate at will" ability is still a tough thing. You could make the costs for the symbiont transfer similar to the cost of a True Resourection spell, thus making it a "non template" thing. So, finally, I would go for +1 ECL for every aging category "step" that gives ability bonus to the mental abilities. No penalties, and apply the usual racial adjustments...</blockquote>

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