Special Conversion Thread: Plants

[Cleon]

Yep. Not many psionic ones, though, which is nice.

You know, the immunity to magic and L size makes me imagine an immobile swarm of Fine- or Diminutive-sized Psionic Plants.

Still, I think we'd better just do them as a hazard.

 

[Shade]

I thought ulitharids were super-illlithids who would like elder brains. Huh.

They're a conniving, treacherous lot.

Base this on something like a memory moss and our new friend the psionic leech?

Sure!

You know, the immunity to magic and L size makes me imagine an immobile swarm of Fine- or Diminutive-sized Psionic Plants.

Still, I think we'd better just do them as a hazard.

I'll support either approach.

 

[freyar]

You mean immunity to weapons?

Personally, if it's an immobile swarm, I think that counts as a hazard.

 

[Cleon]

You mean immunity to weapons?

Personally, if it's an immobile swarm, I think that counts as a hazard.

Oh, I still think it should be a hazard. I'm just now trying to figure out how to make an immobile swarm of Diminutive Psionic Plants into an effective/interesting monster...

Probably it would psychically dominates creatures to be its slaves and use dimension door or probability travel to flit from place to place...

Or it just grows on Huge monsters and gets them to carry it about...

Anyhow, getting back to the Purple Moss.

Do we keep the 3d10 PPPs drained? Does the attack allow a saving throw, and if so what DC? Presumably it'll by a Will save.

 

[freyar]

3d10 sounds like quite a lot; is there a rough "exchange rate" between 2e and 3.5e psionic power points?

The save DC is going to have to be high for this thing to affect an elder brain. Maybe it shouldn't allow a save.

 

[Cleon]

3d10 sounds like quite a lot; is there a rough "exchange rate" between 2e and 3.5e psionic power points?

The save DC is going to have to be high for this thing to affect an elder brain. Maybe it shouldn't allow a save.

Since they "infect" Elder Brains I was guessing they carried some kind of anti-disembodied-brain disease, and the PPP drain was merely some secondary ability of theirs.

Besides, I favour making it half PPP damage on a save, so it will still have an effect.

Plus, its PPP drain could be extra-effective (double damage and hefty racial bonus to DC) against Elder Brains.

 

[freyar]

Hmm, I kind of fancy Will save for half with no bother about a racial bonus vs elder brains. However, some flavor text about how they grow as a disease upon exposed brain matter would be good.

 

[Cleon]

Hmm, I kind of fancy Will save for half with no bother about a racial bonus vs elder brains. However, some flavor text about how they grow as a disease upon exposed brain matter would be good.

That would be alright by me.

 

[Shade]

That would be alright by me.

Same here.

 

[Cleon]

Same here.

So, we need to decide a DC and how much PP it drains.

How about deciding on a target CR to give us something to aim for as to how tough/nasty they are?