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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #300 on: October 02, 2011, 04:54:44 am »

Do psicrystals get feats? I was thinking of giving mine mindsight and lifesense to make it a handy detection device.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #301 on: October 02, 2011, 07:25:19 am »

I don't think those earplugs are up to industry standard. Or business standard. How much does any of this stuff cost?
Garlic is a foodstuff. The fact that vampires are susceptible to it qualifies it as their weaksauce weakness. Also it is typically considered very healthy and can make food tastier, but may give you a -1 on diplomacy with people who are within 5 feet of you due to bad breath.

The cost of all my stuff is on my character sheet.

Garlic is awesome, I'm not actually going to eat it though, you guessed correctly that it is to ward off vampires.

EDIT: Whoops sorry for the doublepost, meant to edit this into my previous post.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #302 on: October 02, 2011, 09:12:40 pm »

Do psicrystals get feats? I was thinking of giving mine mindsight and lifesense to make it a handy detection device.
It's ambiguous in the words, but I'm going to rule that psicrystals don't get feats.

Assuming no West Marches on Saturday, I may do a purely plot-based mini-session then, depending on how much gets done Friday. Regardless, the plot will certainly thicken further.

To shoruke: most of the long-term planning is done extemporaneously the week before. There are a couple notable exceptions (such as Batta) but even then stuff is done while I'm bored in class (I made a partial new character sheet in class for Batta after deciding he would be a barbarian rather than a totemist). Old Man Swampy, for example, was pulled out of nowhere (The fact that there was a dr00d in them thar woods was made up when I gave the description of it; the only thing about him that I knew for a while was he had a bear companion that would be absolutely massive).

Later, I may do more exposition for exposition's sake.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #303 on: October 02, 2011, 09:53:48 pm »

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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #304 on: October 03, 2011, 03:56:13 am »

Do psicrystals get feats? I was thinking of giving mine mindsight and lifesense to make it a handy detection device.
It's ambiguous in the words, but I'm going to rule that psicrystals don't get feats.

I don't really see anything ambiguous?

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As its Hit Dice increase, a creature’s attack bonuses and saving throw modifiers might improve. It gains more feats and skills, depending on its type, as shown on Table: Creature Improvement by Type.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #305 on: October 03, 2011, 05:50:29 am »

Yes, I know that. However, the thing on the psicrystal in the Psion entry doesn't mention HD advancement anywhere - only in the monster table for the psicrystal does it show up, and the only feat on there should be a bonus feat and the advancement is listed as -.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #306 on: October 03, 2011, 06:30:33 pm »

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most constructs are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.
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Because it is an extension of its creator’s personality, a character’s psicrystal is in some ways a part of him.
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Hit Dice:    As master’s HD (hp ½ master’s)
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A psicrystal’s characteristics depend on its master. Its Hit Dice are equal to its master’s Hit Dice (counting only levels in psion or wilder), its hit points are equal to half its master’s, and its saving throw bonuses are the same as its master’s.
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Increased Hit Dice

Intelligent creatures that are not humanoid in shape, and nonintelligent monsters, can advance by increasing their Hit Dice. Creatures with increased Hit Dice are usually superior specimens of their race, bigger and more powerful than their run-of-the-mill fellows.
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Advancement

The monster entry usually describes only the most commonly encountered version of a creature. The advancement line shows how tough a creature can get, in terms of extra Hit Dice. (This is not an absolute limit, but exceptions are extremely rare.) Often, intelligent creatures advance by gaining a level in a character class instead of just gaining a new Hit Die. (See Improving Monsters.)
By the rules, it is a little dubious, it is a very non-standard creature entry. The entry specifies various variable properties and the feats section is fixed. It seems that the intent is that its feats remain static. As for the rules, well, it never actually uses the advancement rules so feat increases are not really referenced, but it does genuinely gain hit dice, as opposed to familiars which just have a bonus to hit dice against hit dice effects... And then again, the hit dice don't actually do anything, they do not confer skills, saves, or hit points, so it seems clear to me that the intent is that they do not gain feats, and that the text is ambiguous, but probably(according to the SRD) in favour of feats, though both these claims are dubious...

As far as the characterisation of them goes, I would see a strong argument for the psicrystal having the same feats as the master, but that is completely unsupported by the text...

The D.M. says no, and this seems sensible for balance purposes, I would consider including a feat that would grant feats to the psicrystal, psicrystal independence maybe, maybe a feat chain two or three long, first it gains feats according to half its hit dice, then you can transfer some of your power points and known powers to it, then it gains the class abilities psion/wilder of half your level except that it has no power points and instead has to use its master's...
Hmm, I seem to have wandered off again. Feats would be essentially free, and could imbue some pretty significant abilities. I would make the same decision myself for balance and flavour reasons. Psicrystals seem more like storage devices and a reflection of the character's own mind, and less like miniature cohorts and custom pets...
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #307 on: October 06, 2011, 08:34:16 pm »

Yeah, RAM got my train of thought pretty well.

Anyways, I need to push the session back an hour to midnight GMT/8:00 EDT.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #308 on: October 06, 2011, 08:58:01 pm »

So what have I missed?
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #309 on: October 06, 2011, 11:15:39 pm »

I will be roughly an hour late, but there.
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #310 on: October 07, 2011, 07:10:55 pm »

Is the session going on right now? What's the connection information?
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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #311 on: October 07, 2011, 07:14:59 pm »

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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #312 on: October 07, 2011, 07:15:47 pm »

Is the session going on right now? What's the connection information?
Session starts when someone else comes on, as there are two on;

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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #313 on: October 07, 2011, 07:29:58 pm »

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Re: D&D 3.5: Alternative Energy: That last plot wasn't the real plot: DCW
« Reply #314 on: October 08, 2011, 12:10:16 am »

Now that was a good game.
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