Special Conversion Thread: Plants

[Cleon]

Let's pick 1d10 absent any information from Shade or anyone else. RavinRay would probably know, but I'm not sure he's reading this thread.

So, 1d10 drain, grows by a square on draining 30 power points?

That leaves the Will save for half damage. DC 16 or 18, maybe?

 

[freyar]

1d10 and 30 to grow subject to modification given new information.

I suggested DC 17 earlier, which is right in between. So it makes not much difference to me.

 

[Cleon]

1d10 and 30 to grow subject to modification given new information.

I suggested DC 17 earlier, which is right in between. So it makes not much difference to me.

17 is fine by me.

 

[Shade]

1d10 and 30 to grow subject to modification given new information.

I suggested DC 17 earlier, which is right in between. So it makes not much difference to me.

Agreed to all this.

 

[Cleon]

Agreed to all this.

Okay then, so we just need to set the hit points per 5 ft. square and confirm the CR and we should be done.

Revised version...

Purple Lichen (CR 5?)
Purple lichen is a parasitic fungoid life form that feeds off psionic energy. It can live in any damp underground area frequented by psionic creatures. Purple lichen may grow on any nonhazardous surface (walls, floor or ceiling), and can grow underwater or floating on subterranean pools. Whenever a psionic creature ends its turn within 10 feet of a patch of purple lichen the lichen will drain 1d10 psionic power points from them (DC 17 Will save to halve this amount). For each 30 points the lichen patch drains, it grows to fill an additional 5 ft square. A 5-ft square patch of purple lichen has 20 hit points but is immune to weapon damage. Purple lichen is rendered dormant by exposure to any bright light, and it is killed instantly by exposure to natural daylight or a daylight spell.

It is rumored that renegade mind flayers developed purple lichen to infect and destroy elder brains; some scholar speculate that purple lichen causes a horrific disease when placed in direct contact with brain matter. (Purple lichen causes a supernatural disease, called purple rot, that only affects psionic creatures with exposed brains that touch a patch of lichen. Purple rot's effects are the same as mummy rot, except the disease's Fortitude DC has a +10 bonus against Psionic Aberrations. A victim infested with purple rot will have filaments of purple lichen growing in their brain, this lichen will drain power points from the victim and anyone else within 10 feet until the disease is cured.)

 

[Shade]

Since it's higher CR than some of the other hazards, how about boosting the hps to 20?

 

[Shade]

Since it's higher CR than some of the other hazards, how about boosting the hps to 20?

 

[freyar]

20 hp is fine.

 

[Cleon]

Since it's higher CR than some of the other hazards, how about boosting the hps to 20?

Such a good idea, it was worth saying twice.

20 hit points suits me. The original was 4 HD, so averaged 18 hp.

I'll update the most recent version.

 

[Shade]

I'm happy with the latest revision and CR 5. Everyone else?