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[Demonic Spoon]

Do psicrystals get feats? I was thinking of giving mine mindsight and lifesense to make it a handy detection device.

[Demonic Spoon]

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.

[RedWarrior0]

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.

[RedWarrior0]

Spoiler: Exposition for Exposition's sake (click to show/hide)

Some time in the future...
"Previously, I spoke of the three clans of the dwarves. That was but a bit of the story, for there are more artifacts and traditions. When earlier I spoke of the Platinum Hammer, the Emerald Sword, and the Burning Axe, I said they were carries by the patriarchs if the clans. It is not exactly so; the patriarchs' weapons are minor artifacts in themselves, but each of the real weapons has its home in a vault deep beneath the clan's anscestral home, sealed away by powerful abjurations, never used unless absolutely needed. The last time they were retrieved from their vault in the clan homes, the current patriarchs were not yet born.

An orc horde rose in the west, tearing through the land. It was turned north by the Demon Spider, and beseiged South Dwarfia. The patriarchs agreed to retrieve the weapons the day the horde broke through; Patriarch Morul in the south barely managed to return to Citadel; the horde was on the horizon when he came through the gate, and the patriarchs, armed with their Weapons, led a hundred dwarves each and destroyed the horde. The smell of burning orc lasted a year and a half before the corpses were finally gone.

The keys to the vaults are in themselves powerful artifacts; two are kept in Fort Citadel, while the third is lost. Wearing the Key and wielding the Weapon of a house, when done by the Patriarch, seems to unleash some primal energy within him and channel the spirit of the house's Founder. The vault at Fort Copperblazes is unlocked by the Storm Crest; that of Fort Boatmurdered is unlocked by the Ocean Seal, and the third key, the Fire Emblem, is lost.

The powers within the Storm Crest are potent, granting mastery over thunder, lightning, and wind; the Ocean Seal brings forth from the ground a great river and a fleet, and the Fire Emblem... Its power is as lost as it is, but it is said to be more powerful than either of the other Keys."

[Demonic Spoon]

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?

Increasing Hit Dice

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.

[RedWarrior0]

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 -.

[RAM]

most constructs are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.

Because it is an extension of its creator’s personality, a character’s psicrystal is in some ways a part of him.

Hit Dice:    As master’s HD (hp ½ master’s)

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.

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.

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...

[RedWarrior0]

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.

[King_of_the_weasels]

So what have I missed?

[Heron TSG]

I will be roughly an hour late, but there.

[Heron TSG]

Is the session going on right now? What's the connection information?

[Shoruke]

yes,
password is admin

[RedWarrior0]

Is the session going on right now? What's the connection information?

Session starts when someone else comes on, as there are two on;

alt energy, password admin

[Heron TSG]

Trying to load maps, going slowly. I'm here, though.

[King_of_the_weasels]

Now that was a good game.