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Red_Decker

07-07-07, 01:26 AM
A "human" Illithid body tamer
Take any psionic race or wild talented character use 4 levels of fighter for the feats
Slap on the Illithid Heritage feat, Illithid skin, Illithid grapple x2:

Example:
Human Fighter
1: Wild Talent
1: Illithid Heritage
1: Great Fortitude
2: Power attack
3: Illithid Grapple
4: Weapon focus [tenticle]
6: Illithid Grapple
6: Weapon Specialist [tenticle]
then go with Illithid Body Tamer for 10 levels
that could be interesting

http://www.geocities.com/customsmiliesbyswordmaster/inthered.txt
Khan the Destroyer

07-07-07, 07:50 PM
Enough to beat... the drow?

;)
Red_Decker

07-07-07, 08:11 PM
Enough to beat... the drow?

;)

I did kinda smile when I saw you posted. Maybe with that added human element. ;)

What do you think though, they get tons of bonuses to tenticle attacks and don't have to worry about using their psionics like most illithid do.

http://www.geocities.com/customsmiliesbyswordmaster/inthered.txt
baltasar_basilius

07-08-07, 12:27 PM
To take the grapple you need 2 illithid feats. heritage and something else. So youll need to add another illithid feat in there somewhere.
Red_Decker

07-08-07, 12:35 PM
To take the grapple you need 2 illithid feats. heritage and something else. So youll need to add another illithid feat in there somewhere.

Oops... swap out Illithid skin with the first grapple and then grapple w/weapon spec.

http://www.geocities.com/customsmiliesbyswordmaster/inthered.txt
baltasar_basilius

07-08-07, 08:02 PM
Example:
Human Fighter
1: Wild Talent
1: Illithid Heritage
1: Great Fortitude
2: Power attack
3: Illithid Grapple
4: Weapon focus [tenticle]
6: Illithid Grapple
6: Weapon Specialist [tenticle]
then go with Illithid Body Tamer for 10 levels
that could be interesting

I still don't see where you would place the skin feat. When looking these up, I noticed the heritage feats also count as psionic, and i thought I might try my hand at this.

Psion 1/Psy-warrior 2/ Fighter 2/ whatever---

1st: Illithid Heritage
1st (Human): Illithid skin or Illithid Compulsion
1st (Psion): Illithid Grapple
2nd(Psy-warrior): Illithid Grapple
3rd(Psy-warrior): Illithid Grapple
3rd: Illithid Grapple
4th (Fighter): Weapon focus [tenticle]
5th (Fighter): Weapon Specialist [tenticle]
6th: Illithid Extraction

So there you have it. You obviously can play around with it how you see fit. You can ditch the weapon focus and specialization if you care more about manifesting psionics, or maybe go into kensai and add some crazy abilities to the tenticles.

Rather than wasting your time with a LA of 7 and 8 HD, instead you too can be eatting brains in as little time as 6 levels!
Khan the Destroyer

07-08-07, 08:44 PM
I did kinda smile when I saw you posted. Maybe with that added human element.
Good times, good times.

How do you qualify for the Body Tamer prestige class? You need to be an illithid, illithidkin, or half-illithid.

Do these feats qualify you?
Red_Decker

07-08-07, 09:19 PM
Good times, good times.

How do you qualify for the Body Tamer prestige class? You need to be an illithid, illithidkin, or half-illithid.

Do these feats qualify you?

Looks to me like Illithid Heritage makes them Illithidkin, I couldn't find an actual definition of illithidkin, so that was my interp.

@ baltasar_basilius:
your right there are some problems. The problem with taking Psion, or Psywar is you then just have some wasted space of abilities since you're supposed to forgo the use of your psionic abilities. Ok needed feats are: Great Fortitude, Power attack, and Weapon focus [tenticle], Wild Talent, illtihid Heratige.

you need a BAB of +6 maybe taking two levels of Psywar and 5 levels of fighter will do it.

PsyWar 2, Fighter 5

1(h): Illithid Heritage
1(P): Illithid Skin
1: Illithid Grapple
2(p): Illithid Grapple
3: Great Fortitude
3(f): Power attack
4(f): Weapon Focus [Tentacle]
6(f): Weapon Spec [Tentacle]
6: any here

maybe go for more Illithid Grapple or Skin, Combat relfexes could be good since the tentacle will gain reach after a few levels.

At 17th level your tentacles will do: 1d8+str+2[spec]+2[insight]

http://www.geocities.com/customsmiliesbyswordmaster/inthered.txt
baltasar_basilius

07-09-07, 09:13 PM
Sorry, didn't know you were trying to avoid Psion. I was just personally trying to get to extraction as fast as I could, then posted what i found here.

PS. Where are you getting the extra reach and 1d8 from? I'd be interested to see how you do that.
Red_Decker

07-09-07, 10:09 PM
Sorry, didn't know you were trying to avoid Psion. I was just personally trying to get to extraction as fast as I could, then posted what i found here.

PS. Where are you getting the extra reach and 1d8 from? I'd be interested to see how you do that.

Illithid Body Tamer gives those as special abilities. They are illithid that focus on the martial side of conquest.

They first get an advance to 1d6 then to 1d8 with their tentacles and also some Expertise feats that can only be used with their tentacles.

http://www.geocities.com/customsmiliesbyswordmaster/inthered.txt