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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #180 on: March 20, 2009, 09:21:37 PM »
1) Do you go with the interpretation that Psicrystals have construct hit dice, gain feats, have a 3/4 BAB progression, etc?
2) Does Improved Psicrystal increase the psicrystal's hit dice (giving it more feats, a higher BAB, etc)?
3) Also, what happens if it is destroyed? How do I replace it?
4) How are you doing Magic/Psionic Transparency?
5) What LA would you assign to a Bone Creature (BoVD)? Alternatively, can I say a person with Corpsecrafter turned me into a Necropolitan in a desecrated area? :p
6) Any problems with the stuff I'm planning so far? :D

1) That would make sense, yes.
2) After reading through threads on the subject, yes. :P
3) Meditation for 24 hours, similarly to a druid's animal companion.
4) SR is effective against powers and spells, Dispel Magic works just as effectively on psionics, etcetera.
5) Eh...+1 sound about right?
6) We'll see, I suppose. I'll probably be in for a fair number of nasty shocks when we start.

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« Reply #181 on: March 21, 2009, 02:57:42 AM »
I can be the trapspringer, no worries. Besides, how are you going to get an entire 300 ft. airship in a trap-riddled dungeon anyway :P
Sense Link through the psicrystal. :p

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If you turn the ship into an Outsider, how will the rest of us be able to ride it? (unless it's a Succubus ofcourse :lmao)
Besides, I think the ship can already Plane Shift with one of the upgrades I posted earlier, so no real need for that :D
You'd have to get your own way there. If you've already outfitted it, I guess we won't need that cheese, then. I'd rather actually not do that. It's just too silly. I'd rather the ship stay a ship, and Eddie just manifest himself on it every now and then. The rest of the time, he'll be the disembodied voice of the ship, and will act through it and the psicrystal.
1) That would make sense, yes.
2) After reading through threads on the subject, yes. :P
3) Meditation for 24 hours, similarly to a druid's animal companion.
4) SR is effective against powers and spells, Dispel Magic works just as effectively on psionics, etcetera.
5) Eh...+1 sound about right?
6) We'll see, I suppose. I'll probably be in for a fair number of nasty shocks when we start.
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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #182 on: March 21, 2009, 10:42:25 AM »
Now we seem to be resembling the Weatherlight and crew.

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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #183 on: March 23, 2009, 05:11:27 PM »
Boz, how do you interpret Swift Concentration? Can you cast other spells while using this to concentrate on one? I've been pondering how to both maintain Sense Link and manifest powers through my psicrystal. Here is a repost from the thread on my character.

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I'd like to be able to continue concentrating on Sense Link, while manifesting through my psicrystal. I thought about taking the Swift Concentration skill trick, but per the RAW, that actually still won't let you cast/manifest while Concentrating. Solicit Psicrystal won't work by itself, because I want the psicrystal to be doing stuff, like attacking.

So... what about using Psychic Reformation to retrain some of the psicrystal's skill points into Swift Concentration? Then I could use Solicit Psicrystal to pass concentration to it, and it could maintain it as a swift action. But then I rememebered that skill tricks can only be used once per encounter. Does that mean it would only be able to concentrate on it as a swift action for one round?

Or maybe I should take Schism to get a second standard action to concentrate, but that still doesn't technically override the clause about not being able to manifest while concentrating on a power, except with a liberal interpretation of the "second mind" of Schism. I guess I could use Schism to remanifest Sense Link every round, but that's getting kind of expensive on the power points, actions, and feats. :p

So how can I do this?


Edit: Actually, maybe Schism would work. It says the minds work in "complete autonomy", and are like "two characters in one body". That's pretty strong language.
I think Schism is the most legal way, but if I can just get by with a skill trick, I'd of course rather do that.  :lol

Also, I'm putting most of my equipment on the psicrystal. How much is the weight reduced for being diminutive. I've only found it listed for small and large, which are halved and doubled. So is it halved again for each further reduction?

And what body slots to psicrystals have, anyway? :p

And another question... what about items that I want to affect the psion himself, like a headband of intellect? Do I just say he's "wearing" it? What if it is something that has to be manipulated to use, like a dorje/wand? Can it just be laying on the ship? Does it "merge" into the ship with his body?
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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #184 on: March 23, 2009, 05:57:06 PM »
I'd say that both Swift Concentration and Schism work just fine. Use whichever works.

Weight, go ahead and keep halving it.

Body slots...Hmm. This is completely arbitrary and I may be off my rocker here, but face, throat, body, waist, head, shoulders, and torso.

Just handwave the items the psion is wearing, but for manipulated items, only as many as he could actually hold. So, for instance, two dorjes, one in each hand.

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« Reply #185 on: March 23, 2009, 07:44:20 PM »
Great. Thanks. :) I actually changed him into a Psion 5/Thrallherd 5. Man... this is going to be crazy...

Using a Metaconcert from his Telepath 9 thrall, he'll be able to buff the psicrystal massively from the safety of the ship (using psiwarrior powers from believers, etc), and also his powers will have a +9 to their DC from the Metaconcert... meaning he'll be able to blast/dominate the crap out of stuff... through the psicrystal... while it is mauling thing's faces off with full attacks. :D Eddie will have to "manifest" on the ship, and use Metamorphosis on himself to participate in the Metaconcert, so this will be kind of a "ritual" him and his believers do when they know a big fight is coming up. :D
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« Reply #186 on: March 23, 2009, 08:38:13 PM »
Metaconcert
Divide by zero. It's easier. :P
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« Reply #187 on: March 23, 2009, 11:41:34 PM »
Metaconcert
Divide by zero. It's easier. :P
Meh. Doesn't look that bad to me. I remember there were some ambiguities surrounding it, but I think having it work through the psicrystal ultimately simplifies things. It is an incredibly powerful effect, despite some of its wonkiness.
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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #188 on: March 27, 2009, 09:18:07 PM »
Body slots...Hmm. This is completely arbitrary and I may be off my rocker here, but face, throat, body, waist, head, shoulders, and torso.
What about when it sprouts legs to walk around? It would have legs then, right? :D
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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #189 on: March 27, 2009, 09:56:29 PM »
Body slots...Hmm. This is completely arbitrary and I may be off my rocker here, but face, throat, body, waist, head, shoulders, and torso.
What about when it sprouts legs to walk around? It would have legs then, right? :D
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Re: OOC Thread
« Reply #190 on: March 27, 2009, 11:14:29 PM »
Body slots...Hmm. This is completely arbitrary and I may be off my rocker here, but face, throat, body, waist, head, shoulders, and torso.
What about when it sprouts legs to walk around? It would have legs then, right? :D

Oh, fine. What does your psicrystal need with magic pants anyway? It's not like it has anything to conceal. :P

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« Reply #191 on: March 28, 2009, 03:42:07 AM »
Body slots...Hmm. This is completely arbitrary and I may be off my rocker here, but face, throat, body, waist, head, shoulders, and torso.
What about when it sprouts legs to walk around? It would have legs then, right? :D

Oh, fine. What does your psicrystal need with magic pants anyway? It's not like it has anything to conceal. :P
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« Reply #192 on: March 30, 2009, 03:15:37 PM »
Just thought you guys might like to know.

I think I've gotten crafting costs down from 15% to 12,15%  :D  *does a happy dance*
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« Reply #193 on: April 03, 2009, 08:01:56 AM »
Are we still doing this???
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« Reply #194 on: April 03, 2009, 05:35:58 PM »
Hey, I'm waiting on you guys. Otherwise this will be the best game that never happened. Ever.

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« Reply #195 on: April 03, 2009, 05:45:11 PM »
I think I'm pretty much done, except for choosing my army of followers :P

Ow, and maybe write down a more complete statblock for the airship.
I don't have any skills with photoshop or paint or any kind of imaging software, so I think we'll have to go with the basic airship layout presented in the Explorer's Handbook.

I might be able to finish some stuff by hand and scan that, but not before I finish this period of exams (still got one more week to go).


How are the rest of you guys coming along?



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« Reply #196 on: April 03, 2009, 05:55:12 PM »
I'm done.
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« Reply #197 on: April 03, 2009, 06:00:51 PM »
Gotta overcome my inherent laziness and finish my cohort and followers. For followers, I think I'll just get a bunch of Warmage/Factotums and copy/paste some of Bowen's for the higher-level ones.

Still accepting wish lists for persistable spells. :D
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« Reply #198 on: April 03, 2009, 06:03:09 PM »
Fine with me :)

I think Diplomancy and some basic Ranged attacks is probably the best use for followers. Tends to keep them relatively safe and can be made at least somewhat effective at those levels.

Do we have a Bard by the way? If not I'll throw together something somewhere tomorrow :)
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« Reply #199 on: April 03, 2009, 06:05:13 PM »
I just noticed: Of the 28 (I think) current PbP game forums, this one is 8th (or 9th, too lazy to recount) in terms of post count. And we haven't even started yet. :P