So, who wants to know more about Magic of Incarnum?

[Nightfall]

Okay I've seen mentions of undead and evil incarnum users. Is there such a thing as anti-incarnum? What's the deal with Necro-incarnum then? Necro-incarnum undead?

Also what relationship, if any, is there between incarnum and the outer planes, specifically the good-aligned and the evil-aligned ones?

 

[Antara]

Can you provide us with more details about Incarnum domain? Granted Power? Spells?
How is Incarnum incorporated into Eberron?
Can Undead and Constructs use Incarnum? (I suppose no, since they lack Con)

 

[WildWeasel]

There are epic feats that allow a character to open their heart and soul chakras and bind soulmelds to them

 

[FireLance]

Thanks!

According to the WotC preview, a totemist never gains the ability to bind a soulmeld to his soul chakra (though he has one, and can shape soulmelds that occupy that chakra without binding to it, correct?). That leads to my following questions:
Presumably, the incarnate gains access to all chakras. What about the soulborn?
Is there a way for the totemist to bind soulmelds to his soul chakra outside of multiclassing? (of course, that requires that there are soulmelds available to the totemist and another incarnum class that could be bound to that chakra)
How does multiclassing work regarding the chakras the character bind soulmelds to? Is it strictly by class, or is there some kind of stacking possibility?

The Soulborn does not gain the ability to bind soulmelds to his heart and soul chakras. However, as WildWeasel points out, there are epic feats that allow a character to bind soulmelds to the heart and soul chakras.

For the purpose of binding, meldshaper abilities are completely separate. If you are a multiclassed incarnate/totemist and have the ability to bind incarnate soulmelds to your arm chakra, you do not also gain the ability to bind totemist soulmelds to your arm chakra.

 

[FireLance]

Okay I've seen mentions of undead and evil incarnum users. Is there such a thing as anti-incarnum? What's the deal with Necro-incarnum then? Necro-incarnum undead?

Also what relationship, if any, is there between incarnum and the outer planes, specifically the good-aligned and the evil-aligned ones?

Necrocarnum is a corrupt form of incarnum. It is not anti-incarnum as such, but its power is derived from torturing souls. There is only one form of necrocarnum undead mentioned - the necrocarnum zombie, formed with the use of a necrocarnum meldshape.

Incarnum is quite closely linked with alignment, and with the aligned planes as a result. Certain meldshapes such as Incarnate Avatar and Planar Chasuble specifically draw on the power of outsiders and aligned planes.

 

[FireLance]

Can you provide us with more details about Incarnum domain? Granted Power? Spells?
How is Incarnum incorporated into Eberron?
Can Undead and Constructs use Incarnum? (I suppose no, since they lack Con)

The granted power of the Incarnum domain is Incarnum Spellshaping as a bonus feat, which allows you to cast spells with the Incarnum descriptor. The domain spells are all new:

1. Detect Incarnum: Detect soulmelds and essentia within 60 ft.
2. Soul Boon: Grant one point of essentia per three caster levels to subject.
3. Wall of Incarnum: Creates wall of incarnum that deals essentia or Wisdom damage tp those attempting to pass through.
4. Essentia Lock: Target can't reallocate essentia.
5. Incarnum Weapon: Weapon shaped of incarnum attacks foe.
6. Incarnum Vigor: Subject gains fast healing; his healing spells cure extra damage.
7. Incarnum Bladestorm: Storm of blades deal Wisdom damage to living creatures within.
8. Incarnum Apotheosis: Target's incarnum receptacles are treated as if invested with maximum essentia; target is immune to effects that reduce his essentia pool or unshape his soulmelds.
9. Soulmeld Disjunction: One or more of target's soulmelds are destroyed.

There is no specific information for incorporating incarnum into Eberron, but two of the suggested approaches for introducing incarnum into a campaign - Opening the Wellspring (something happens that makes meldshaping possible) and The Secret Keepers (incarnum use has been kept secret until now) have a few sentences how to run these scenarios in an Eberron campaign.

Undead usually cannot use incarnum. However, there is a feat, Undead Meldshaper, that allows undead to use Wisdom instead of Constitution for meldshaping. I can't find it stated specifically, but living constructs such as warforged should be able to use incarnum since they have a Constitution score. There is also a Soulfused Construct template that can be added to a construct that has no Intelligence score and is not already a living construct. The template turns it into a living construct, gives it some Intelligence and gives it some essentia which it can use to increase its saving throws.

 

[Nightfall]

Cool! So essentially, then you could in theory turn an Iron Golem into a living construct! Wow.

So incarnum is linked with alignment. So then it's possible then, say in old 2nd edition form, for a Devil to torment incarnum to gain greater powers then to rise in ranks huh? Any mention of any demons, devils or other evil outsiders using Incarnum?

Can necromancy and necrocarnum work together then?

 

[I'm A Banana]

This is actually seeming REALLY interesting.....though it might just be that I have a soft spot for new magic systems....mmmmmm....

 

[Nightfall]

K-midget,

Or maybe you just like something that's not fire and forget.

 

[Caliban]

There are feats that allow any class to use one soulmeld, give you Essentia, and bind one soulmeld to a chakra.

This means that any 6th level character can get Uncanny Dodge and Evasion if they want to spend 2 or 3 feats. (Or one of several other minor abilities, but that's the one that stood out to me.)