Psionic monsters?

[Aus_Snow]

What sources are out there, in print, PDF, web or other form, for psionic monsters? How do they stack up, in terms of quality [including game balance] and quantity?

I know of the Expanded Psionics Handbook (of course), Hyperconscious from Malhavoc Press, and Untapped Potential from Dreamscarred Press. Also, Monsters of the Mind from Green Ronin Games, though I have yet to pick this one up (along with Mindshadows).

Are there sufficient sources, do you think? Or, more to the point, sufficient monsters in total?

 

[Bacris]

Hrm, I'm sure there are likely a few more sources out there.

There's Psionics Ascendant, although I personally have not yet looked at this book.

Dreamscarred Press also just released Mind Divine, which has over a dozen new creatures (only about half of which are tied to godminds, the rest should easily drop into any campaign).

That's all a quick search at YourGamesNow and RPGNow pulled up.

Personally, I'm not sure you could do an entire campaign of only psionic monsters - although if you did a humanoid-centric game, it could work. Have some evil sect of dromite, maenad, or xeph, or perhaps an invasion by the Gith, and the lack of "monsters" isn't a huge deal

 

[Nifft]

Must all monsters be Psionic, or are you okay with those that are merely non-magical (like gricks, griffons and grimlocks)?

Cheers, -- N

 

[Aus_Snow]

Oh, I'm pretty OK with the whole lot.

Just wondering, mainly - basically, which ones people know of and like or dislike; also whether there's a perceived need for more.

On the other hand, in my next (planned) campaign, there will be an isolated region that's entirely non-magical, but with psionics aplenty. And hey, I do like my monster books, so I'm after a few more to offer me more choices, that I might or might not tinker with a bit. It saves me having to come up with lots more monsters myself. That just takes too much time, on top of everything else.

 

[Psion]

There's Psionics Ascendant, although I personally have not yet looked at this book.

It uses a totally different psionics system; if you are looking for something compatible with D&D psionics, save your time.

Denizens of Avadnu had a number of cool psionic creatures. In the original print, it used the old psionics book, but they had errata on their site with XPH stats, and their upcoming PDF re-release is supposed to have the XPH-ready stats in them.

Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition 3.5 has an excellent Psionic template, much more flexible than the Phrenic template.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Denizens of Avadnu had a number of cool psionic creatures.

D'oh! Of course. That's teach me for not running d20 for a bit.

In the original print, it used the old psionics book, but they had errata on their site with XPH stats, and their upcoming PDF re-release is supposed to have the XPH-ready stats in them.

Ah. Thanks for the info.

Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition 3.5 has an excellent Psionic template, much more flexible than the Phrenic template.

Hm. . . intriguing.


Bacris: I've got the Mind Divine on my wish list. It sounds promising, for sure.

 

[Voadam]

I know Slayer's Guide to Demons has a demon family that uses 3.0 psionic powers, I've used them and they were great incorporeal madness demons.

I know there were individual 3.5 psionic monsters in the EN critter series. I specifically remember a big psionic turtle thing in the River Vaal one.

I vaguely remember some psionics in the creature weekly series, but I can't remember any specifics.

 

[thompgc]

Minds Eye on the WotC website has some psionic monsters
I think the Eberron books also have a few psionic critters

 

[Destil]

Minds Eye on the WotC website has some psionic monsters
I think the Eberron books also have a few psionic critters

The Eberron books have the Quori, which are an awesome type of psionic outsider, but their scattered across various books which makes them a bit harder to use.