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<blockquote data-quote="Big Mac" data-source="post: 4216808" data-attributes="member: 61182"><p>They seem pretty logical.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds good, but should Improved Sunder only work against metal weapons? What is the basis behind the sundering? Is the silatic supposed to be good at disarming people or is it supposed to be good at grabbing metal weapons out of the hands of characters? I'd say the second sounds a bit more true to its metal-chomping nature.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The original blurb says silatics prefer to hang out in uninhabitable places where they are less likely to face attack.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not good with the maths of this sort of stuff yet, so I'll let you guys deal with this bit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that 6 inches of height is too low, too. The blurb says they "hide well, for they can stretch as thin as 1" thick". While the blurb doesn't give the normal thickness, I'd expect it to be much more than 5 inches fatter than the minimum thickness. The illustration in MC9 isn't any use as it shows a silatic floating weightless in Wildspace (so it is in the thin "almost gracefull" mode). We know that silatics are not normally that thin on the ground.</p><p></p><p>I think that the only blurb we have left is the bit at the begining: "Silatics are amorphous blobs, 5-7' in diameter..." I think these guys should be more like 5-7 feet in height, as well as diameter, when they move about. Flattening themselves to 1 inch thick should be something they do to hide.</p><p></p><p>Is hide +5 enough for a creature that can be 1 inch thick or should it gain some sort of circumstance bonus when it flattens itself? (This is why I menioned hide in plain sight, earlier.)</p><p></p><p>Also, should the silatic's "stretching as thin as 1 inch" be a two dimensional ability (so it can make itself like a pancake) or should it be able to stretch that thin in any dimension (so that it can make itself long as well as thin)? This creature can <strong>potentially</strong> slide under a badly fitted door, or climb through barred gates. That <strong>could</strong> help it sneak onboard ships without causing damage that alerts a crew to its presence. Should it be able to do that sort of stuff?</p><p></p><p>One last thing</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is nothing in the text, yet. It should be 6d10 lbs of iron for the standard creature and 7-18d10 lbs of iron for the advanced versions of the creature (unless you want to stick with "1d10 lb of iron per HD").</p><p></p><p>Should anything like "silatic jelly" count as treasure? Maybe it could be useful as a spell component.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Mac, post: 4216808, member: 61182"] They seem pretty logical. Sounds good, but should Improved Sunder only work against metal weapons? What is the basis behind the sundering? Is the silatic supposed to be good at disarming people or is it supposed to be good at grabbing metal weapons out of the hands of characters? I'd say the second sounds a bit more true to its metal-chomping nature. The original blurb says silatics prefer to hang out in uninhabitable places where they are less likely to face attack. I'm not good with the maths of this sort of stuff yet, so I'll let you guys deal with this bit. I think that 6 inches of height is too low, too. The blurb says they "hide well, for they can stretch as thin as 1" thick". While the blurb doesn't give the normal thickness, I'd expect it to be much more than 5 inches fatter than the minimum thickness. The illustration in MC9 isn't any use as it shows a silatic floating weightless in Wildspace (so it is in the thin "almost gracefull" mode). We know that silatics are not normally that thin on the ground. I think that the only blurb we have left is the bit at the begining: "Silatics are amorphous blobs, 5-7' in diameter..." I think these guys should be more like 5-7 feet in height, as well as diameter, when they move about. Flattening themselves to 1 inch thick should be something they do to hide. Is hide +5 enough for a creature that can be 1 inch thick or should it gain some sort of circumstance bonus when it flattens itself? (This is why I menioned hide in plain sight, earlier.) Also, should the silatic's "stretching as thin as 1 inch" be a two dimensional ability (so it can make itself like a pancake) or should it be able to stretch that thin in any dimension (so that it can make itself long as well as thin)? This creature can [B]potentially[/B] slide under a badly fitted door, or climb through barred gates. That [B]could[/B] help it sneak onboard ships without causing damage that alerts a crew to its presence. Should it be able to do that sort of stuff? One last thing There is nothing in the text, yet. It should be 6d10 lbs of iron for the standard creature and 7-18d10 lbs of iron for the advanced versions of the creature (unless you want to stick with "1d10 lb of iron per HD"). Should anything like "silatic jelly" count as treasure? Maybe it could be useful as a spell component. [/QUOTE]
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