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[NeoSeraphi]

Meduthid


Fantastic Meduthid picture by TinyMushroom

The Meduthid is a hybridization between the mysterious illithids and the deadly medusa. It possesses both the serpent hair of a Medusa and the eerie facial tentacles of the Illithid.

Alignment: The Meduthid tends towards the Lawful Evil alignment, like its parents.

Religion: Meduthids worship Cthulhu. If Cthulhu isn't allowed in your game, chances are meduthids aren't either. If your DM allows you to play a meduthid but not worship Cthulhu, his/her idiocy provokes an attack of opportunity.

Racial Traits

• +2 Charisma, -2 Constitution- A meduthid is a charming creature and her eyes can stop any creature in its tracks. However, she is much frailer than a human.
• Medium Aberration- As Medium creatures, meduthids receive no special Size bonuses or penalties. As an aberration, meduthids are not subject to spells and effects that target humanoids, such as dominate person
• Land Speed- Meduthids have a base land speed of 30 feet
• Gaze Attack (Su)- As a standard action, a meduthid may use a gaze attack against any creature within 30 feet who can see her. Her piercing eyes carry some of the weight of her mother, and any creature who looks into them must make a Fortitude save (DC 10+1/2 her character level+her Charisma modifier) or be dazed for one round. After using this ability, a meduthid must wait 1d4 rounds before using her gaze attack again.
• Psi-Like Ability (Ps)- The meduthid is able to psionically transfer some of her own wounds to her foe. A meduthid whose Charisma score is at least 13 is able to manifest hostile empathic transfer once per day as a psi-like ability, with a manifester level equal to her character level. The save DC for this ability is 13+her Charisma modifier.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Undercommon
• Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Elven
• Favored Class: Psion (or Sorcerer, if psionics is not allowed)
• LA- +0

Racial Ability Scores and Special Attack (Closed)

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Racial Ability Score Adjustments
{table] Name | Votes
+2 Str | 1
+2 Dex |
+2 Con |
+2 Int | 5
+2 Wis | 1
+2 Cha | 12
-2 Str | 5
-2 Dex | 1
-2 Con | 8
-2 Int |
-2 Wis | 3
-2 Cha | 2
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Extraordinary Abilities
{table] Name | Votes
Tentacles/Improved Grab | 1
Gaze Attack | 12
Natural Bite (snakes in the hair) | 4
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Psi-Like Abilities (Closed)

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Psi-Like Abilities
{table] Name | Votes
Brain Lock | 4
Cloud Mind |
Deja Vu | 1
Demoralize | 1
Disable |
Ego Whip | 1
Empty Mind |
Hostile Empathic Transfer | 5
Mindlink | 1
Mind Thrust | 2
Psionic Blast | 1
Read Thoughts | 4
Time Hop | 2
Ubiquitous Vision | 4
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Size and Type (Closed)

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Size
{table] Size | Votes
Small | 6
Medium | 15
Large | 1
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Type
{table] Type | Votes
Aberration | 17
Monstrous Humanoid | 5
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The Options (Closed)

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The Options

{table] Name | Votes
Aberration | 1
Air Elemental | 2
Angel | 4
Aquatic Humanoid|
Archon | 1
Centaur | 2
Demon | 1
Devil |
Earth Elemental |
Eladrin |
Fey | 5
Fire Elemental | 1
Genie | 2
Harpy | 1
Illithid |
Intelligent Undead | 2
Invisible Stalker | 1
Living Construct |
Lycanthrope |
Medusa | 1
Meduthid | 7
Ooze | 5
Storm Elemental | 1
Treant | 1
Water Elemental | 1
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[Veklim]

Not to be awkward dude, but I'd personally like to see a half-decent Fey race to play. There's so much you can do with them, but so little to start with, and there's only so many pixies one can play before you hanker for something Fey without all the cliches!

[NeoSeraphi]

Not to be awkward dude, but I'd personally like to see a half-decent Fey race to play. There's so much you can do with them, but so little to start with, and there's only so many pixies one can play before you hanker for something Fey without all the cliches!

Oooh, nice idea! Updated the options. Thanks for your vote. I'm going to go back through the MM carefully and see if there's anything else I missed.

[TinyMushroom]

I think I'll vote for Fey as well.

[NeoSeraphi]

Added a few new options. Didn't want to put too many, as too many options would probably result in a bunch of 1s in the voting.

[Zeta Kai]

1. This is how such a contest was attempted in the past.
2. I shall also like to see a Fey.

[Zeofar]

I'd like to see a Fey as well.

[UrsielHauke]

I would love to see a fae. Particularly something having to do with the seelie/unseelie courts.

[NeoSeraphi]

That's 5 votes for Fey so far, and no votes in any other categories. I've decided to keep the voting open until the 23rd, so please, if anyone has any friends who would also be interested in seeing a new playable race, please let them know so we can get a whole lot of input!

[The Underlord]

I'm going to go with illithid for my vote.

[NeoSeraphi]

Update! Sorry to keep changing the rules, like I said, I'm new to this. Each poster now gets 2 votes, and one of those votes may be used to vote down an option, or both votes may be used to vote for two different options.

Each poster who has already voted once gets an additional vote, of course.

[Dandria]

Fey? Nay, for me it's Intelligent Undead all the way! And just to make that clear, I think I'll give my vote down to Fey.

[Razanir]

Fey and LotR-based Treant

[UrsielHauke]

In that case, I'll give my second vote to Angel.

[Zaydos]

I've got enough fey to play, and enough ways to be fey themed without being a fey (I'm looking at you fey-heritage warlock I love so much); so I'm going to go for Illithid and Treant.

[NeoSeraphi]

Votes tallied.

[Gallus]

I'd like to put in my two votes for Harpy, provided it isn't a One Gender Race. If not, then 2 for Medusa, with the same stipulation. If neither of those work out, I'd like to double-down vote Fey, just to be fickle.

[The Witch-King]

Apologies to the denizens of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts but I'm going to have to vote up for the Illithid and down for the Fey.

[NeoSeraphi]

None of my races will be One-Gender specifically, but all of the Elementals and the Living Construct will have no gender, if I make them. Votes tallied.

[The Underlord]

Voting down fey then.

[Zale]

I love these.

Vote up Medusa and Demon.

[The-Mage-King]

Illithid and Fey, for my votes.

[Zeofar]

If we're getting two, my second vote will be Medusa.

[NeoSeraphi]

All votes tallied.

[Mo_the_Hawked]

Fey Up and Illithid down. The world has enough scary squid monsters.

[NeoSeraphi]

I'd like to put in my two votes for Harpy, provided it isn't a One Gender Race. If not, then 2 for Medusa, with the same stipulation. If neither of those work out, I'd like to double-down vote Fey, just to be fickle.

Just to be clear, you can't use both votes on the same race. So I interpreted this as 1 vote to Harpy, 1 vote to Medusa for now. (Both of them are dual-gender). If that's not the vote you want, then please correct me.

[Gallus]

That's fine with me, I just seem to have mis-read, but this is probably better, seeing how popular Medusa is getting.

[Hyudra]

Harpy +1
Centaur +1

[togapika]

Angel and Genie

[Bastian Weaver]

Air Elemental. And Fire Elemental.