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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sound of Azure" data-source="post: 3384240" data-attributes="member: 40749">Mutation commentsSpeed Burst: the speed burst needs to be an enhancement bonus, and be limited to a maximum increase equal to the biowarrior's base speed. I realise you refer to expeditious retreat here (which includes these limitations), but it's often better to spell this stuff out so that you don't need to flip through the PHB.Thick Skin: I made some changes for clarity in my first response. I changed the language here so that it worked with the main class ability... otherwise your stipulations on non-stacking would mean that this mutation is useless. You could make this mutation an enhancement bonus, and have the original an actual natural armour increase instead.Athletic: I felt this should be a racial bonus since your form is changing due to the class. Grappling Spines: You could add 1d3 piercing damage (lethal, obviously) to the normal damage you deal when you take the "Damage Your Opponent" action when in a grapple.Vicious: Seems good, but I'd rename it "Brutish" or "Combat Brute" or something like that.Finned: See my earlier post about movement types. Also, I'd restrict the swim speed to the biowarrior's base speed.Chameleon Skin: I note that Hide isn't on the biowarrior skill list. Invisibility seems a bit strong... how about giving the ranger's Hide in Plain Sight ability (natural surroundings only)? If you do this, it would be an (Ex) ability, rather than spell-like.Burrower: Probably just put in the description of the burrow movement type here for clarity.Extendable Limbs:  I'm a bit iffy about this one. Reach is pretty strong.Also... this is fairly easy to visualise with claws and slams, but how does this interact with a biowarrior who selected bite as his natural attack type?  I don't think it would be pretty.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Spines: Can a biowarrior do this at will? What kind of action is it to launch spines?May want to peek at the Manticore description for reference. Are fired spines a natural attack too? Amphibious: You should spell out what amphibious does, as well as the effect that freedom of movement grants.Fortified Body: This is extremely strong! I'd split this up into a chain of abilities.Shocker Glands: I'd allow a reflex saving throw to negate the damage. Perhaps the biowarrior could be fatigued until he "recharges". Breath Weapon: 1d6 per level? I'd reduce it to 1/2 class level, since this is a mainly melee focus.This, Energy Claw, and Thunder Fist seem slightly out of place. Shocker Glands seems a little out of place too, but I can see where the inspiration came from.---Hope this helps, and that we can all work to polish up your work.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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