Psicrystal as Character [Archive] - Wizards Community

Psicrystal as Character [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Toxic_Shaman
04-24-07, 12:46 PM I'm about to be in a PBEM where the DM is looking for unusual characters. I'm thinking of playing some sort of awakened Construct, possibly a Psicrystal.

I've read the "Big Guy is with Me" thread, and while I think that concept is cool, I'd like to try something a bit different. The idea I have in mind is a Psicrystal that somehow became independent when the Psion that had him died.

I was thinking of making it a Psion(Telepath)/Thrallherd, and having a Psion or Psychic Warrior as his Thrall so that he could pretend that the Thrall is the one running the show. The stumbling block I see is how to make the Psi-crystal exist as an independent entity. I thought of using the Incarnate Construct template from Savage Species, but the loss of special abilities would be pretty ugly, as the self-propulsion and sighted abilities are special abilities of a Psicrystal. The Psi-crystals also lack of a humanoid body, which the template requires.

Anyone have an idea of how to make a Psi-crystal as a viable character independent from the Masnifester that had him originally?
epifreak
04-24-07, 01:11 PM I doubt there's a pre-existing way to do that. You could simply adapt the incarnate construct template to allow you to keep the abilities that are required to be remotely playable perhaps.
obrysii
04-24-07, 02:46 PM My Crystalkin (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=808432) are based heavily off the idea of playing a psicrystal.
penchant
04-24-07, 02:54 PM Why not just use a living construct template? Take a warforged scout from MMIII and alter its fluff so you appear as a psicrystal that manipulates its environment with limited telepathy. Rule wise, treat it exactly like the scout. When you describe yourself substitute what youwant. While the template does have a -2 to mental stats, nobody says a psicrystal is an optimal character. Besides, free light fortification is nice.

There are lots of possibilities when you simply adapt the description block of an existing race. Who cares if you have real fingers or psionic ones?
Poison_Dusk
04-24-07, 04:13 PM You can use the awaken construct spell as well.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Toxic_Shaman 04-24-07, 12:46 PM	I'm about to be in a PBEM where the DM is looking for unusual characters. I'm thinking of playing some sort of awakened Construct, possibly a Psicrystal. I've read the "Big Guy is with Me" thread, and while I think that concept is cool, I'd like to try something a bit different. The idea I have in mind is a Psicrystal that somehow became independent when the Psion that had him died. I was thinking of making it a Psion(Telepath)/Thrallherd, and having a Psion or Psychic Warrior as his Thrall so that he could pretend that the Thrall is the one running the show. The stumbling block I see is how to make the Psi-crystal exist as an independent entity. I thought of using the Incarnate Construct template from Savage Species, but the loss of special abilities would be pretty ugly, as the self-propulsion and sighted abilities are special abilities of a Psicrystal. The Psi-crystals also lack of a humanoid body, which the template requires. Anyone have an idea of how to make a Psi-crystal as a viable character independent from the Masnifester that had him originally?
epifreak 04-24-07, 01:11 PM	I doubt there's a pre-existing way to do that. You could simply adapt the incarnate construct template to allow you to keep the abilities that are required to be remotely playable perhaps.
obrysii 04-24-07, 02:46 PM	My Crystalkin (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=808432) are based heavily off the idea of playing a psicrystal.
penchant 04-24-07, 02:54 PM	Why not just use a living construct template? Take a warforged scout from MMIII and alter its fluff so you appear as a psicrystal that manipulates its environment with limited telepathy. Rule wise, treat it exactly like the scout. When you describe yourself substitute what youwant. While the template does have a -2 to mental stats, nobody says a psicrystal is an optimal character. Besides, free light fortification is nice. There are lots of possibilities when you simply adapt the description block of an existing race. Who cares if you have real fingers or psionic ones?
Poison_Dusk 04-24-07, 04:13 PM	You can use the awaken construct spell as well.