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    Quote Originally Posted by ScIaDrd View Post
    C953
    I don´t actually have an idea how to make what you are asking for, but here are some thing that should set you on the right track or at least give you some inspiration. This does pretty much what you intend, but unfortunately it is an Epic-level spell. Nevertheless, the point buy system it uses to make new creatures is quite simple and that may be useful to you.

    Speaking of point buy, the ozodrin is a (quite famous) base class that uses a system of form points to give the character a wide array of versatile mutations. As a bonus, it is not complex, even if it is kind of long, and appears to be well balanced (to my inexperienced eye).
    As an aside to finish this off, you might be interested in how to build player races and character races from scratch, which is what this tries to do, using a mix-and-match approach that employs pre-written generic abilities to cover pretty much every archetype you could want.
    Hope this helps.
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    Actually this did help me quite a bit. I looked up other point buy systems and remembered about the PF Summoner. I'm thinking about combining that and some of the suggestions you made to me. Perhaps a specialist caster (like the dread necro, warmage and beguiler) focusing on transmutation?

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    C 953
    Have you looked at the Xenoalchemist? Maybe something using that system with some new grafts, the Handle Animal ability and maybe some altered fluff could fit this too.
    Edit: I sort of want to make that anyway, even if you don't need it.
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    R. 954

    Looking for appropriate Racial Point values for some racial traits for the Pathfinder Custom Race builder:

    -Arms only capable of wielding weapons 2 sizes smaller than creature (Not additional arms).
    -Ability to increase size category of self at-will, for either a limited duration or limited uses per day (whichever sounds less broken).
    -Monster or Magical Beast type (Not sure which is more relevant, as the intelligence score will be at least 10)

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    Souldrake

    {TABLE]Size/Type:|Gargantuan Dragon
    Hit Dice:|45d12+585 (877 hp)
    Initiative:|7
    Speed:|60 ft (12 squares), fly 300ft(Average)
    Armor Class:|67 (-4 size,+3 dex, +14 wisdom, +44 natural), touch 23, flat-footed 64
    Base Attack/Grapple:|+45/+72
    Attack:|bite +66 melee (4d6+20 plus souldrain)
    Full Attack:|bite +66 melee (4d6+20 plus souldrain) and 2 claws +64 melee (2d8+12 plus vorpal) and 2 wings +64 melee (2d6+12 plus stun) and tail slap +64 melee (2d8+27)
    Space/Reach:|20ft/15ft
    Special Attacks:|breath weapon, crush, magical natural weapons, tail sweep
    Special Qualities:|caster lvl 18th, damage reduction 15/epic, deflecting will, indestructible, spawn aspect, spell resistance 50
    Saves:|Fort +37, Ref +27, Will +38
    Abilities:| Str 41, Dex 16, Con 37, Int 27, Wis 39, Cha 38
    Skills:|Balance +51, Bluff +62, Concentration +61, Diplomacy +18, Intimidate +64, Knowledge (arcana) +56, Knowledge (history) +56, Knowledge (religion) +56, Knowledge (the planes) +56, Listen +62, Martial Lore +56, Search +56, Sense Motive +62, Spellcraft +58, Spot +62
    Feats:|extend spell, improved initiative, improved metamagic x4, martial study(mountain tombstone strike), martial study(shadow blink), multiattack, persist spell, power attack, quicken spell, rapid metamagic, silent spell, spell knowledge, still spell
    Environment:|
    Organization:|unique
    Challenge Rating:|35
    Treasure:|varies -- none if imprisoned
    Alignment:|neutral evil
    Advancement:|none
    Level Adjustment:|-
    [/TABLE]

    breath weapon
    The souldrake breathes a cone of pure evil. Being hit has two effects. First, it inflicts 4d4 negative levels (will half, dc 45). It also adds 1d6 points of corruption. A character with corruption must roll against it each turn. If the roll is less than or equal to his corruption level, he acts in the most evil way available to him. If higher than corruption but not his total will save modifier, he acts normally. Higher than the will save modifier, reroll. (Roll the smallest die larger than the modifier.) Atonement (no xp cost) or Heal removes all corruption, but no lesser magic is effective.

    crush
    As true dragon.

    magical natural weapons
    The souldrake's natural weapons and any weapons it wields are +5 magical weapons. The claws are also vorpal.

    tail sweep
    As true dragon.

    caster lvl 18th
    The souldrake casts as an 18th level sorceror from the sor/wiz and cleric lists. His spell list:
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    • Detect Poison, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Dancing Lights, Light, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Mending, Prestidigitation
    • Grease, Mage Armor, True Strike, Ray of Enfeeblement, Cure Light Wounds
    • Scintillating Scales, Glitterdust, Web, Detect Thoughts, Command Undead
    • Animate Dead, Stinking Cloud, Fireball, Haste
    • Divination, Scrying, Greater Invisibility, Fear
    • Cloudkill, Teleport, Plane Shift, Righteous Might
    • Create Undead, Greater Dispel Magic, Heal
    • Bite of the Werebear, Forcecage, Blasphemy
    • Mind Blank, Greater Shadow Evocation
    • Miracle, Dominate Monster, Shades


    deflecting will
    The souldrake adds its wisdom modifier to its AC.

    spawn aspect
    Once a week, the souldrake can create a Lesser Aspect of the Souldrake (see future post). Once a year it can create a Greater Aspect. In either case, the Aspect serves it with perfect loyalty. If the souldrake is magically imprisoned, it can create these aspects outside of its prison if it defeats the prison's maker in an opposed spellcraft check. Every time it fails, it gains a cumulative +1 on future checks to overcome the same prison.


    souldrain
    Any creature the souldrake bites must make a dc 46 will save or suffer one negative level. The save is cha based.

    stun
    Any creature the souldrake hits with its wings must make a dc 45 fort save or be stunned for one round. The save is con based.

    indestructible
    No matter how negative its hit points, the souldrake always heals when it rests. No mortal magic can prevent this.

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    H944 (cont)

    Lesser Aspect of the Souldrake

    {TABLE]Size/Type:|Large Dragon
    Hit Dice:|18d12+54 (171 hp)
    Initiative:|1
    Speed:|60 ft (12 squares), fly 200ft(Poor)
    Armor Class:|23 (-1 size,+1 dex, +13 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 22
    Base Attack/Grapple:|+18/+26
    Attack:|bite +21 melee (2d6+4) or claw +21 melee (1d8+4) or wing +21 melee (1d6+4) or tail slap +21 melee (1d8+4)
    Full Attack:|bite +21 melee (2d6+4) and 2 claws +21 melee (1d8+4) and 2 wings +21 melee (1d6+4) and tail slap +21 melee (1d8+4)
    Space/Reach:|10ft/5ft
    Special Attacks:|breath weapon
    Special Qualities:|alternate form, caster lvl 4th
    Saves:|Fort +14, Ref +12, Will +12
    Abilities:| Str 19, Dex 12, Con 17, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 16
    Skills:|Varies at the will of The Souldrake, usually 21 ranks in each of 8 skills, often including spot, listen, bluff, intimidate, and spellcraft
    Feats:|Varies at the will of The Souldrake, 7 total, usually including power attack, multiattack and flyby attack; often including martial study(pouncing charge)
    Environment:|
    Organization:|Perfectly loyal to the souldrake
    Challenge Rating:|11
    Treasure:|standard
    Alignment:|always neutral evil
    Advancement:|none
    Level Adjustment:|--
    [/TABLE]

    breath weapon
    A Lesser Aspect's breath weapon deals 2 negative levels (will 22 negates).

    alternate form
    A Lesser Aspect has a single small or medium humanoid form that it can assume at will.

    caster lvl 3rd
    A Lesser Aspect casts as a 4th level sorcerer, from both the sor/wiz and cleric lists. Exact spell choice is at the will of The Souldrake.



    Greater Aspect of the Souldrake

    {TABLE]Size/Type:|Gargantuan Dragon
    Hit Dice:|32d12+256 (464 hp)
    Initiative:|0
    Speed:|60 ft (12 squares), fly 250ft(Average)
    Armor Class:|37 (-4 size,+0 dex, +31 natural), touch 6, flat-footed 37
    Base Attack/Grapple:|+32/+54
    Attack:|bite +38 melee (4d6+10 plus souldrain) or claw +38 melee (2d8+10) or wing +38 melee (2d6+10) or tail slap +38 melee (2d8+10)
    Full Attack:|bite +38 melee (4d6+10 plus souldrain) and 2 claws +38 melee (2d8+10) and 2 wings +38 melee (2d6+10) and tail slap +38 melee (2d8+10)
    Space/Reach:|20ft/15ft
    Special Attacks:|breath weapon, tail sweep, crush
    Special Qualities:|alternate form, caster lvl 12th
    Saves:|Fort +26, Ref +18, Will +24
    Abilities:| Str 31, Dex 10, Con 27, Int 21, Wis 22, Cha 26
    Skills:|Varies at the will of The Souldrake, usually 35 ranks in each of 11 skills, often including spot, listen, bluff, intimidate, and spellcraft
    Feats:|Varies at the will of The Souldrake, 11 total, usually including power attack, multiattack and flyby attack
    Environment:|
    Organization:|Perfectly loyal to the souldrake
    Challenge Rating:|21
    Treasure:|standard
    Alignment:|always neutral evil
    Advancement:|none
    Level Adjustment:|--
    [/TABLE]

    breath weapon
    A Greater Aspect's breath weapon deals 6 negative levels (will 34 negates).

    tail sweep
    As true dragon

    crush
    As true dragon

    alternate form
    A Greater Aspect can take the form of any small or medium humanoid.

    caster lvl 12th
    A Greater Aspect casts as a 12th level sorcerer, from both the sor/wiz and cleric lists. Exact spell choice is at the will of The Souldrake.

    souldrain
    Any creature a greater aspect bites must make a dc 34 will save or suffer one negative level. The save is cha based.

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    R. 955

    I need help to decide damage, critical and any property for a weapon. This weapon
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    Sorry, English isn't my first language ~♪

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    Do you do homebrew for non-d20 systems?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rakaydos View Post
    Do you do homebrew for non-d20 systems?
    I don't think there is any rule for the thread against it, but you might not have as much luck.

    Go ahead and ask, it can't hurt.
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    H948

    There's very little that everyone can give up besides levels. Consider a psion who's considering being a pixie and the drawbacks *don't* include anything manifesting related. Pretty unbalanced.

    But there is a way.

    Everyone gets a certain free LA. They may spend it on monsters, templates or specialnesses:
    • Ability boosts: one of the following (may only be taken once)
      • +2, +2 for 1 LA
      • +4, +2, -2 for 1 LA
      • +4, +2, +2, +2, +2, +2 for 2LA
      • +6, +4, +4 for 2 LA
      • +8, +6, +4, -4, for 2LA
      • +6, +4, +4, +4, +4, +4 for 3LA
      • +8, +8, +6, +6, -4, -6 for 3LA
    • Magical talent: select any spell with no XP or material cost of up to 2nd level. You may cast it at will as a swift action. +1LA
    • Wings: Grow wings and fly at 3x your base speed +1LA
    • Athleticism: Gain swim and climb speeds equal to your base speed +1LA
    • Special Attacks: Gain any three of improved grab, rage (as 1st lvl barb), ferocity, trip, constrict (1d6+str), pounce, oversized weaponry, or rend (2d6+1.5*str) +1LA
    • Skillful: Extra 2 skills per level, also select any 2 skills to always be class +1LA
    • Gestalt: Gestalt all levels with Fighter, Expert, Ninja, Monk or Adept (may only be taken once) +2LA


    This way you can have a balanced party of humanoids and monsters with the same number of class levels, it's just that the humanoid are the most awesome humanoids ever.

    I tried to design these to be slightly weaker than actual monsters (actual monsters that people play, that is), since these let you pick abilities more precisely for your build.

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    C. 948
    That proposed solution also helps out the MAD and melee classes in a low point-buy environment, whichever option they choose. Personally I'd give the melee a bit more free LA, but that depends on how effective the casters are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Persychan View Post
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    id say
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    C. 955 If that blade is what I think it is it should deal sonic damage.
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    Odd question, but, what is the damage for using a medium sized creature as a club?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreaserFish View Post
    Odd question, but, what is the damage for using a medium sized creature as a club?
    Improvised weapon. Call it 1d8, because it's definitely two-handed, and longspears are two-handed simple weapons that do 1d8.
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    R956:
    "Edge of Empire" style dice, where each die has a certian number of sucesses and a certian number of Advantace on the die, but distributed with up to two "symbols" per side. (if you've played Edge of Empire, you know how it works)

    I need:
    a D4 with 1 success and advantage (easy enough)
    a D6 with 3 success and advantage
    a D8 with 5 success and advantage
    a D10 with 7 success and advantage
    a D12 with 9 success and advantage

    Lookup chart is fine for now(IE: 1=nothing, 2=nothing, 3=1advantage, ect)
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuggyNE View Post
    Improvised weapon. Call it 1d8, because it's definitely two-handed, and longspears are two-handed simple weapons that do 1d8.
    Nope. Depends on weight. The lightest medium creature in existence does 3d6 damage and is two-handed for medium creatures.

    Edit: And that would fit better in the RAW FAQ.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkhaic View Post
    Nope. Depends on weight. The lightest medium creature in existence does 3d6 damage and is two-handed for medium creatures.
    Hmm. Is there some guideline I'm not aware of for this? Because I can't figure out how you got this conclusion. Two-handed weapons are the same size category as their wielder (usually), and it's reasonable to assume an improvised weapon will probably be less damaging than a deliberately constructed weapon, so simple two-handed weapons seem like the best match; of those, two have 1d8 damage and one has 1d6/1d6 double-ended.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuggyNE View Post
    Hmm. Is there some guideline I'm not aware of for this? Because I can't figure out how you got this conclusion. Two-handed weapons are the same size category as their wielder (usually), and it's reasonable to assume an improvised weapon will probably be less damaging than a deliberately constructed weapon, so simple two-handed weapons seem like the best match; of those, two have 1d8 damage and one has 1d6/1d6 double-ended.
    I follow this guideline actually

    A weapon’s size category isn’t the same as its size as an object. Instead, a weapon’s size category is keyed to the size of the intended wielder. In general, a light weapon is an object two size categories smaller than the wielder, a one-handed weapon is an object one size category smaller than the wielder, and a two-handed weapon is an object of the same size category as the wielder.

    Edit: This is actually in the PHB page 113
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    Quote Originally Posted by desero clades View Post
    I follow this guideline actually

    A weapon’s size category isn’t the same as its size as an object. Instead, a weapon’s size category is keyed to the size of the intended wielder. In general, a light weapon is an object two size categories smaller than the wielder, a one-handed weapon is an object one size category smaller than the wielder, and a two-handed weapon is an object of the same size category as the wielder.

    Edit: This is actually in the PHB page 113
    That's what I said, isn't it? Like, exactly the rule I was using.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuggyNE View Post
    That's what I said, isn't it? Like, exactly the rule I was using.
    Correct, I was just stating that the phb said those rules too. Basically I was agreeing with you that 3d6 seems a tad much and would probably be closer to the damage you stated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by desero clades View Post
    Correct, I was just stating that the phb said those rules too. Basically I was agreeing with you that 3d6 seems a tad much and would probably be closer to the damage you stated.
    Gotcha. Good to know I'm not completely off-base.
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    Edit: R 957

    I have need of a template that would allow at least six different substances affected by Animate Objects or Minor Servitor made from six different special materials to act as one creature.

    Alternatively, it could allow six constructs of the same size category to cooperate and act as a single construct as a size category 2-3 sizes larger than the component constructs.

    Something I'm unsure of is how to have the resulting amalgam utilize the different traits of it's component constructs.
    Should it have access to all of the component's abilities at once? Benefit from only one at a time but be able to shift between them once per round? Act like some sort of shapechanger with the qualities of the component constructs as it's alternate forms?

    The materials I'm looking to use are Livewood, Living Metal, Shapesand, Quintessence (after it's made it's no more magic than a wall of stone by RAW), Thinuan Steel, and Aurorum in case anyone was wondering.

    I envisioned them all being blended together in a sort of experimental Warforged. But a Template that would allow the combination of other materials/Constructs would be awesome too.

    Thanks to anyone who chooses to tackle this.
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    I would like to request my Drakin race for homebrewing. I'd like it for as many systems as possible, for my group hasn't decided on one yet, so any number of people may take up this offer. (I suggest announcing which system your homebrewing this for so there's no overlap.)

    If you'd rather not read the entire linked page, Drakin are a warrior-race Utopically-incined psychic-Dragon-Plants.

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    Sorry, haven't been here. There are rules in Complete Warrior for improvised weapons. They can be sort of abusable, if you can lift the weapon in the first place.

    Edit: By abusable I mean that human corpses tend to be better than weapons at some levels. Yeah.
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    I have need of a template that would allow at least six different substances affected by Animate Objects or Minor Servitor made from six different special materials to act as one creature.
    So normally I roll my eyes when Debby posts a request-tagging reminder, but having to scroll through 7 of these I realize how important it is. Debby, if you ever read this and don't hate me forever, please accept this as a formal admission of guilt and apology. Your wisdom extends beyond my knowing.

    unseenmage, your request is R 957, and any discussion will be labeled C 957. So without further ado...

    C 957
    My questions:
    • I'm lazy as all hell and can't be bothered to spend more than 2 minutes doing google searches--what are the interesting properties of those 6 materials?
    • Is this meant to be a race?
    • What CR range are we looking at?
    • Is this supposed to be a scary dangerous thing or a good guy?
    • Why god why are you putting these together?
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    My questions:
    • I'm lazy as all hell and can't be bothered to spend more than 2 minutes doing google searches--what are the interesting properties of those 6 materials?
    I don´t know anything about most of these materials so let me help you with the little tidbit of info I can contribute. Quintessence is time itself condensed into a shimmering silvery goo that can be used to preserve items you immerse or cover in it. These items are taken out of the time stream and are in a state of stasis until you remove the quintessence. You can do this to cratures ass well, but they periodically take 1 ponit of damage while in stasis. If you´re wondering where you can get it,psions can conjure it.

    Thinuan Steel is a metal that absorbs souls, so weapons made from it imprison the souls of cretaures killed by them, preventing them from being raised unless you destroy the weapon or have it on hand while casting the resurrection spell. Thinuan Steel is, apparently, found in Complete Warrior.
    That´s all I can do to help you here, but I´m noticing that you´re asking if his request is a race, while he specifically says he wants a template.
    Just mentioning that in case you missed it.

    Edit: Am I still ninjerd if somedoby else said what I wante to say but did it in such a short time after I posted, Tha nobobdy cud´ve nanged to read my post? Rapid reaction ninja or what?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just to Browse View Post
    So normally I roll my eyes when Debby posts a request-tagging reminder, but having to scroll through 7 of these I realize how important it is. Debby, if you ever read this and don't hate me forever, please accept this as a formal admission of guilt and apology. Your wisdom extends beyond my knowing.

    unseenmage, your request is R 957, and any discussion will be labeled C 957. So without further ado...

    C 957
    My questions:
    • I'm lazy as all hell and can't be bothered to spend more than 2 minutes doing google searches--what are the interesting properties of those 6 materials?
    • Is this meant to be a race?
    • What CR range are we looking at?
    • Is this supposed to be a scary dangerous thing or a good guy?
    • Why god why are you putting these together?
    C 957

    My apologies for the lack of labeling. I know better and am ashamed.

    As for your questions, it's meant to be a template the DM or a player could apply to lesser constructs like Animated Objects, Homunculus, small and smaller Effigies combining them and making them into one larger construct that's still effective at later levels.

    That said, they should not be able to break apart again, the template shold be irreversible.
    The various abilities of each lesser construct should be accessible o the amalgam, either all the time or as alternate forms.
    Numerical stuff like HD,CR, price should be based somehow on the constituent creatures. Though a line about being able to combine only xHD of smaller constructs where x= your character lvl-2 wouldn't be remiss.

    Just a cool thing that players can use on their lesser constructs to keep them relevant at higher levels.

    Special Material Properties:
    - Aurorum (BoED, 38), divine material, if Sundered it can be repaired simply by holding the broken edges against each other. A lot of tables play this as functioning for any kind of clean break.
    - Livewood (ECS, p127), still counts as living wood even after it becomes an item. Can have Dryad bonded to it.
    - Living Metal (MoF, p180), heals hp slowly.
    - Quintessence (EPH128), created by a Psionic Power, contact deals damage, but something completely enveloped in it is removed from time, after being created is no more magical than a Wall of Stone.
    - Shapesand (Sa102), an Alchemical item, Wis check to gain control of it, can shape a volume of it into any nonmagic, nonliquid item based on Wis score via more Wis checks.
    - Thinaun (CW, p136), evil material, a creature slain by a weapon made of this stuff (for our games we include improvised weapons made of it too) has it's soul trapped in the metal.

    I hope this helps, and thanks for both your interest and the reminder about tagging requests. And again, my apologies.

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    OK, so let me toss some ideas and problems at you:
    • Problem: It's effectively impossible to write a semi-universal system that mashes two disparate creatures together and retrieve a coherent statblock that matches well to a desired CR or CR increase. Putting 6 together is just a recipe for insanity.
    • Problem: Each of those materials has different special properties that make it more or less useful in a fight (shapesand is special because you can make it work like a solid, but Thinaun eats souls and Quintessence could no-save freeze you in time.
    • Problem: Forcing craftsmen to break down constructs to make other constructs doesn't make intuitive sense (in that raw materials are better for making things than assembled materials) and applies a painfully long crafting period to the assembly of the super-material golems.
    • Idea: If you're specifically creating a template for a creature made of these 6 types, and the change is irreversible, why not just make it a template for that 1 creature?
    • Idea: Why not make a "special materials" template that allows constructs to made from special things (granting appropriate CR increases), and then mix and match--so you can have a shapesand flesh golem, or a shapesand thinaun flesh golem, or a 6-material flesh golem
    • Question: Why are you making this? Is it for a party of 6 players who are all getting a familiar? Is it components of a BBEG like Devastator from Transformers (combines from all his minibosses into a final boss)
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    C 957

    OK, so let me toss some ideas and problems at you:
    • Problem: It's effectively impossible to write a semi-universal system that mashes two disparate creatures together and retrieve a coherent statblock that matches well to a desired CR or CR increase. Putting 6 together is just a recipe for insanity.
    • Agreed, but that's part of why I didn't attempt it alone. Lycanthrope, Symbiotic, Multiheaded, Chimeric are all templates that I would've used as inspiration for this thing though.

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    • Problem: Each of those materials has different special properties that make it more or less useful in a fight (shapesand is special because you can make it work like a solid, but Thinaun eats souls and Quintessence could no-save freeze you in time.
    Good point, which is why I suggested some form of Alternate Form ability. it'd be nice to have the creature benefit from all of the abilities at once but that's probably impossible.

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  30. Problem: Forcing craftsmen to break down constructs to make other constructs doesn't make intuitive sense (in that raw materials are better for making things than assembled materials) and applies a painfully long crafting period to the assembly of the super-material golems.
That's the thing though, the craftsmen don't break down the constituent constructs, they just use them as ingredients whole-cloth so to speak. You take a few completely intact lesser Constructs and bond them magically into one larger Construct.

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  • Idea: If you're specifically creating a template for a creature made of these 6 types, and the change is irreversible, why not just make it a template for that 1 creature?
  • Had considered that. But again, not what I'm after. A variant Warforged which is just a Construct and not a Living Construct that can shift its components about and use different materials for different body parts would be cool though. Kinda the Shifter Warforged.

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  • Idea: Why not make a "special materials" template that allows constructs to made from special things (granting appropriate CR increases), and then mix and match--so you can have a shapesand flesh golem, or a shapesand thinaun flesh golem, or a 6-material flesh golem
  • I like that idea, that'd be sweet. Just not what I'm after for this creature. maybe some other time though.

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  • Question: Why are you making this? Is it for a party of 6 players who are all getting a familiar? Is it components of a BBEG like Devastator from Transformers (combines from all his minibosses into a final boss)
  • As I said before this Template would be for higher level characters/NPCs who have access to many smaller, lesser constructs. It would allow those characters to take a bunch of little guys who are no longer useful in combat at higher levels and make them into one big guy who is useful in combat at higher levels.

    It's a boon to Artificers who specialize in minions especially, which is who I would use it for.

    Edit: I'm reminded of the Grisgol too, made from discarded magic items, has a used Lich's Phylactery at it's heart.
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    I would like to request a homebrew to use any/all of Rage/Berserker Strength/Whirling Frenzy as a feat chain instead of a class feature. Personally, I was thinking something like this (with a chain of feats to advance, and probably a feat at BAB +X to add the Whirling Frenzy extra attack), but wasn't sure if it would be balanced to turn these into feats:

    Bloodied Berserker [General]
    Your injuries cause you to fly into a focused rage. When things seem dire, you rise to the occasion with a vengeance.
    Prerequisites: Con 13
    Benefits: Whenever your current hit point total is below 5 × your base attack bonus, you fly into a rage. You gain a +4 bonus to your Strength score, a +2 bonus on saves, damage reduction 2/-, and a –2 penalty to your AC. The damage reduction granted by your rage stacks with any similar kind of damage reduction. There is no limit to the number of times per day you can enter this rage. While raging, a you cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except for Balance, Escape Artist, Intimidate, and Ride), the Concentration skill, or any abilities that require patience or concentration, nor can you cast spells or activate magic items that require a command word, a spell trigger (such as a wand), or spell completion (such as a scroll) to function. You can use any feat you have except Combat Expertise, item creation feats, and metamagic feats. You cannot voluntarily end your rage, although you automatically drop out of it while unconscious, helpless, or (most likely) when you receive healing to bring your current hit points above the threshold.
    Special: A fighter may select this feat as one of his bonus feats.
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