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<blockquote data-quote="Casimir Liber" data-source="post: 8512038" data-attributes="member: 6947639"><p>Right - so after discussion I did make it Medium so has 45HP average (6d8+18) - changed walk/climb speed to 30/30</p><p></p><p>These were your working points:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A gu'en-deeko gains proficiency in any skills possessed by a humanoid whose brain it eats.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A gu'en-deeko gains the memories, knowledge-based racial traits and languages of any humanoid whose brain it eats but does not gain any physiological traits of the humanoid's race. For example, if it ate a dwarf it would gain Dwarven Combat Training, Tool Proficiency, Stonecunning and Languages, but it would not gain a dwarf's Ability Score Increase, Size, Speed, Darkvision or Dwarven Resilience.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In addition, a gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of any humanoids of level # or lower whose brains it eats. These abilities never stack, if it gains multiple abilities only the highest level one applies. For example, if it ate the brains of a 2nd-level cleric, a 3rd-level bard, and a 3rd-level druid a gu'en-deeko gains 3rd-level Spellcasting, not three separate sets of Spellcasting (see below for how Gu'en-Deeko spells function). It could, in theory, gain multiple abilities that use spells provided they are different types of magic-use. For example, it could possess the Innate Spellcasting from multiple sources, such as a Drow Elf and a Svirfneblin.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a gu'en-deeko eats the brain of a humanoid of level #+1 or higher, if gains the class abilities of that humanoid until it eats the brain of another humanoid of the same level or higher. If that happens, the gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of the new brain and the class abilities it gained from the previous high-level brain are reduced to a #-level character of that class.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a gu'en-deeko eats the brain of a humanoid whose level exceeds its [6] Hit Dice, the gu'en-deeko must make a DC 15 wisdom roll or go insane and believe itself to actually <em>be</em> the individual whose brain it ate, despite any evidence to the contrary <span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133)">[I prefer this as a high probability not a foregone conclusion]</span></li> </ul><p>Other issues - do the skills/abilities "fade" after a time or just get overlain...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Casimir Liber, post: 8512038, member: 6947639"] Right - so after discussion I did make it Medium so has 45HP average (6d8+18) - changed walk/climb speed to 30/30 These were your working points: [LIST] [*]A gu'en-deeko gains proficiency in any skills possessed by a humanoid whose brain it eats. [*]A gu'en-deeko gains the memories, knowledge-based racial traits and languages of any humanoid whose brain it eats but does not gain any physiological traits of the humanoid's race. For example, if it ate a dwarf it would gain Dwarven Combat Training, Tool Proficiency, Stonecunning and Languages, but it would not gain a dwarf's Ability Score Increase, Size, Speed, Darkvision or Dwarven Resilience. [*]In addition, a gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of any humanoids of level # or lower whose brains it eats. These abilities never stack, if it gains multiple abilities only the highest level one applies. For example, if it ate the brains of a 2nd-level cleric, a 3rd-level bard, and a 3rd-level druid a gu'en-deeko gains 3rd-level Spellcasting, not three separate sets of Spellcasting (see below for how Gu'en-Deeko spells function). It could, in theory, gain multiple abilities that use spells provided they are different types of magic-use. For example, it could possess the Innate Spellcasting from multiple sources, such as a Drow Elf and a Svirfneblin. [*]If a gu'en-deeko eats the brain of a humanoid of level #+1 or higher, if gains the class abilities of that humanoid until it eats the brain of another humanoid of the same level or higher. If that happens, the gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of the new brain and the class abilities it gained from the previous high-level brain are reduced to a #-level character of that class. [*]If a gu'en-deeko eats the brain of a humanoid whose level exceeds its [6] Hit Dice, the gu'en-deeko must make a DC 15 wisdom roll or go insane and believe itself to actually [I]be[/I] the individual whose brain it ate, despite any evidence to the contrary [COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)][I prefer this as a high probability not a foregone conclusion][/COLOR] [/LIST] Other issues - do the skills/abilities "fade" after a time or just get overlain... [/QUOTE]
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