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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8200491" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>How about a Valgoss familiar? A supernatural symbiont link does not seem that different from a supernatural familiar link.</p><p></p><p>I can see it going two ways:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>#1: Complicated!</strong>.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the <em>Dungeon Master's Guide</em>) beginning at 3rd level. See <a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961" target="_blank">Maelost Worm Magic</a> for expanded rules.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><em>Worm Magic</em></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Valgoss Familiars</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the <em>Dungeon Master's Guide</em>) beginning at 3rd level.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A spellcaster can have a valgoss symbiont as a familiar, in which case the symbiont grant its Slaiyith Gift to its master whenever it is within arm’s reach. It does not need to attach itself parasitically like a normal valgoss symbiont (so no 2 hit points of permanent damage for that symbiont!). Valgoss symbiont familiars cannot grant the Hanim Gift.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>#2: Simple!</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the <em>Dungeon Master's Guide</em>) beginning at 3rd level. See <a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961" target="_blank">Maelost Worm Magic</a> for additional worm-related magic.</p><p></p><p>Oh, I've modified the Sample Valgoss Hosts with a background paragraph on Hanim, as follows:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Sample Valgoss Hosts</span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The following sample creatures have gained the valgoss host template.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The hanim are a race of humans native to the plane of Maelost. Hanim culture is intimately dependent on the slaiyith gifts of their valgoss symbionts, without which they couldn't safely approach the deadly swamps covering the plane. What land there is on Maelost is mostly quicksand or razor sharp rock, so hanim have domesticated the <a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/7556398" target="_blank">giant riding fly</a> to avoid the dangers of navigating their homeland. Hanim have <a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961" target="_blank">Worm Magic</a> of considerable power, but their nonmagical technology is limited to stone and earth or organic materials such as wood, leather and chitin. Warriors usually specialize in mounted combat, wielding torag poles and javelins from flyback.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought about adding that proviso but it seemed to be unnecessarily restrictive. Leaving it out allows for a more conventional "Cleric of the Worm God" or vermitheurge who can use the spells without having to have a valgoss squirming through their body.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well we were going through them in level order, so <em>wormtongue</em> is next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8200491, member: 57383"] How about a Valgoss familiar? A supernatural symbiont link does not seem that different from a supernatural familiar link. I can see it going two ways: [INDENT][B]#1: Complicated![/B]. Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I]) beginning at 3rd level. See [URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961']Maelost Worm Magic[/URL] for expanded rules. [B][I]Worm Magic[/I] Valgoss Familiars[/B] Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I]) beginning at 3rd level. A spellcaster can have a valgoss symbiont as a familiar, in which case the symbiont grant its Slaiyith Gift to its master whenever it is within arm’s reach. It does not need to attach itself parasitically like a normal valgoss symbiont (so no 2 hit points of permanent damage for that symbiont!). Valgoss symbiont familiars cannot grant the Hanim Gift. [B]#2: Simple![/B] Valgoss can be acquired as familiars by means of the Improved Familiar feat (detailed in the [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I]) beginning at 3rd level. See [URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961']Maelost Worm Magic[/URL] for additional worm-related magic.[/INDENT] Oh, I've modified the Sample Valgoss Hosts with a background paragraph on Hanim, as follows: [INDENT][B][SIZE=6]Sample Valgoss Hosts[/SIZE][/B] The following sample creatures have gained the valgoss host template. The hanim are a race of humans native to the plane of Maelost. Hanim culture is intimately dependent on the slaiyith gifts of their valgoss symbionts, without which they couldn't safely approach the deadly swamps covering the plane. What land there is on Maelost is mostly quicksand or razor sharp rock, so hanim have domesticated the [URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/7556398']giant riding fly[/URL] to avoid the dangers of navigating their homeland. Hanim have [URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8165961']Worm Magic[/URL] of considerable power, but their nonmagical technology is limited to stone and earth or organic materials such as wood, leather and chitin. Warriors usually specialize in mounted combat, wielding torag poles and javelins from flyback.[/INDENT] I thought about adding that proviso but it seemed to be unnecessarily restrictive. Leaving it out allows for a more conventional "Cleric of the Worm God" or vermitheurge who can use the spells without having to have a valgoss squirming through their body. Well we were going through them in level order, so [I]wormtongue[/I] is next. [/QUOTE]
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