Send In The Clowns… (or, Converting the Oddballs)
BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
Anyway… 
There’s really not that much to do here. Let’s see…
Rewriting this
All-Around Vision (Ex): A tiraphegs’s three, equally spaced eyes give it a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks, and it can't be flanked.
Do we want to keep the strangle attack as is? If so, it goes from
Constrict (Ex): A tirapheg deals 1d4+3 points of damage with a successful grapple check. Because it seizes victims by the neck, a creature in a tirapheg’s grasp cannot speak or cast spells with verbal components.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a tirapheg must hit with both of its spike attacks. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and constrict the victim bys strangling with its central arm.
About the only other thing is the creature’s odd illusion powers. 1E FF gives it
which I wrote, and I think Scott edited into:
How well does that fit?
There’s really not that much to do here. Let’s see…
Rewriting this
to this, to be more 3.5ish:
All-Around Vision (Ex): A tiraphegs’s three, equally spaced eyes give it a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks, and it can't be flanked.
Do we want to keep the strangle attack as is? If so, it goes from
to something like:
Constrict (Ex): A tirapheg deals 1d4+3 points of damage with a successful grapple check. Because it seizes victims by the neck, a creature in a tirapheg’s grasp cannot speak or cast spells with verbal components.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a tirapheg must hit with both of its spike attacks. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and constrict the victim bys strangling with its central arm.
About the only other thing is the creature’s odd illusion powers. 1E FF gives it
which I wrote, and I think Scott edited into:
How well does that fit?
BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
Illusions aren’t exactly my strong suit either. still, I can see some of that section that needs revision, if we take it piece by piece.
that sentence is very sloppy. There’s got to be a way to phrase “mental control” over an illusion that doesn’t involve the word telepathy, which means something very different in modern D&D.
this is a bit clumsy, but might not reed revision. Are there any illusion spells that allow the illusions to attack and deal damage if the victim fails the will save?
we could replace some of that with a reference to lesser confusion, to cut down on the explanation. Optionally, we could also make this effect more like the flare spell.
this can probably be removed, or added to another section.
still, I can see some of that section that needs revision, if we take it piece by piece.that sentence is very sloppy. There’s got to be a way to phrase “mental control” over an illusion that doesn’t involve the word telepathy, which means something very different in modern D&D.
this is a bit clumsy, but might not reed revision. Are there any illusion spells that allow the illusions to attack and deal damage if the victim fails the will save?
we could replace some of that with a reference to lesser confusion, to cut down on the explanation. Optionally, we could also make this effect more like the flare spell.
this can probably be removed, or added to another section.
BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
yes, that does work for part of it:
Illusions (Su): A tirapheg can create two illusory duplicates of itself at the same time. The duplicates are partially real, and appear to be the same as the original. These duplicates remain under the tirapheg’s absolute command at all times, through a telepathic link.
just need to figure out how to state that they can attack and cause damage, but take no damage themselves.
what do you think of the lesser confusion/flare idea?
Edit: PHB, page 173 offers up a fair amount of info on illusions. it states that figments and glamers specifically cannot cause damage to creatures or objects. we would need these illusions to be mind-affecting. it might be of the shadow type, if successfully disbeleiving a shadow-illusion allows you to negate the damage. otherwise, perhaps a pattern is more appropriate (patterns are there for all to see, whereas phantasms exist only in the minds of those chosen by the caster).
Illusions (Su): A tirapheg can create two illusory duplicates of itself at the same time. The duplicates are partially real, and appear to be the same as the original. These duplicates remain under the tirapheg’s absolute command at all times, through a telepathic link.
just need to figure out how to state that they can attack and cause damage, but take no damage themselves.
what do you think of the lesser confusion/flare idea?
Edit: PHB, page 173 offers up a fair amount of info on illusions. it states that figments and glamers specifically cannot cause damage to creatures or objects. we would need these illusions to be mind-affecting. it might be of the shadow type, if successfully disbeleiving a shadow-illusion allows you to negate the damage. otherwise, perhaps a pattern is more appropriate (patterns are there for all to see, whereas phantasms exist only in the minds of those chosen by the caster).
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