Quote Originally Posted by Hyudra View Post
It's ambiguous whether the kaorti level would strip away these natural abilities (paralysis, bite), but even so, there's always a potential for players to just take thralls with stats far above and beyond what their HD would normally allow.
I must however point out that the best thrall combinations won't just fall from the skies to the kaorti feet. He has no means by himself to summon the "best" thralls. He would need to actively search for them using other means, and that it's something everybody can do. A bard can go around charm monstering and dominating slaves. Even a fighter can pump his handle animal and, using Arms and Equipment guide, get stuff like purple wurms as pets.

So, yes, the potential for a super thrall is there, but considering that you'll need to actualy go out there, find it and catch it yourself balances it out. A druid can replace lost animal companions in 24 hours for free, a kaorti can only do that if he happens to be in an area filled with suitable monsters. It's quite easy for the DM to stop any abuse by simply claiming that no, there aren't carrion crawlers nearby. You'll have to do with those kobolds.

Also, nonhumanoids get the pseudo natural template, not an kaorti level, so they keep their racial traits. However that kaorti level counts as one HD, so you can at best enslave one humanoid wich had one less HD than you before you bited it.