Warforged and Spawn of Kyruss

[Aramis Simara]

Hello all,

Can a warforged be affected by the worm that turns you into a spawn of Kyruss? If so would the Spawn of Kyruss Warforged keep its natural AC or would it now have the AC of the spawn entry in MM2?

 

[nobodez]

I'm going to say no, but since i don't have my books with me, my rationale isn't going to be from the RAW, since I don't have them. It think it has something to do with the Create spawn ability saying "The host's flesh". Since a warforged does not have "flesh", they are immune to the attack.

 

[starwed]

Since a warforged does not have "flesh", they are immune to the attack.

Now, remember that most of a warforged is composed of living wood. So it's certainly plausible that the worms could burrow into that and do their things. Still, a quick google of flesh indicates that "The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable." is the only application regarding plants.

Now, I've seen some warforged with pretty low mental stats, but calling them vegetables is probably stretching it. ^_^ (Which is a pity, since a warforged Spawn of Kyuss would definately be pretty \,,/ )

 

[Jarrod]

It hasn't come up, but my initial bent is to have them be disabled/killed, but not to rise. Though you could have some fun with "'forged of Kyuss".

 

[D.Shaffer]

I dont have the book in front of me, but dont the worms only convert humanoids and monstrous humanoids? If so, Warforged are still constructs and wouldnt be effected by that part.

 

[Sejs]

Two questions:

1) Are you the DM for the scenario in question?

2) Is the proposal awesome?

If both #1 and #2 are true, then hell yes warforged can become spawn. Even if they couldn't normally, by virtue of #2 they can now. *nod*

 

[Vegepygmy]

Can a warforged be affected by the worm that turns you into a spawn of Kyruss? If so would the Spawn of Kyruss Warforged keep its natural AC or would it now have the AC of the spawn entry in MM2?

Races of Eberron says warforged cannot become undead by "any known means" (or words to that effect). Whether that includes Kyuss worms (indeed, whether Races of Eberron carries any weight in the first place) is up to the DM.

 

[moritheil]

Two questions:

1) Are you the DM for the scenario in question?

2) Is the proposal awesome?

If both #1 and #2 are true, then hell yes warforged can become spawn. Even if they couldn't normally, by virtue of #2 they can now. *nod*

Sejs is so eloquent that on this topic I must concur. Awesome FTW!

 

[Wolfwood2]

Hello all,

Can a warforged be affected by the worm that turns you into a spawn of Kyruss? If so would the Spawn of Kyruss Warforged keep its natural AC or would it now have the AC of the spawn entry in MM2?

If the worm can convert any creature with a constitution score, then yes.

If it only works on specific creature types, then it probably doesn't work on constructs.

 

[Aramis Simara]

Yes I am the DM. I wanted to thank everyone for the great info and ideas. Since the rules say Warforged can not be turned into undead I decided that I would go with the following house rule.

1) A Kyruss worm can enter the fiberous/fleshy parts of a Warforged body and causes 1 point of damage per round as it heads towards the brain as per MM2.
2) Once a worm is in a warforged head and a human brain is not available the worm dies/explodes
3) The goop from the worm starts a chain reaction in a warforged "brain" that causes it's systems to short circuit and begin to shut down. The warforge loses 1 to 2 points of INT per round as per MM2.
4) Once the warforged reaches 0 INT his "brain" reboots and he starts to gain 1 to 2 points of INT per round. During this time he is effected as per the 4th level Confusion spell until his INT reaches 1/2 his normal INT.

I do like the idea of a warforged becoming a unknowing carrier of breeding worms. I'm sure the Lord of Blades would be interested in such a tactic. Also a worm/virus variant that can control a warforged sounds like an interesting idea.