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Shardminds as Parasites

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#1
Sarlax
Sep 22, 2010 23:17:57 This just occured to me: What if the crystal of which shardminds are composed is salt?

Thinking of the common desire to make shardminds not exempt from the need to consume survival days (even though, strictly speaking, they aren't by RAW, since SDs represent more than food and water), I came up with the idea that shardminds, as salt creatures, leach moisture from the environment to survive. Their very presence drains water from their surroundings.

Their consumption of survival days might represent simply large quanities of water, or perhaps the additional supplies that their companions need to survive the passive liquid drain the create. In other words, a shardmind's mul companion is being supernaturally dehydrated, beyond the heat, and so needs more water than normal.
#2
Pennarin
Sep 23, 2010 9:20:50 It would be elemental salt, just like silt is elemental in natural, why it doesn't obey the natural world's rules, as per DSCG.
#3
tavitin
Sep 23, 2010 12:57:13 Punishing players to allow a non-fitting race to a campaign for the sake of stats?

Just pick other race
#4
FlashbackJon
Sep 23, 2010 15:44:05 Pretty decent reasoning, actually. So as to not completely trivialize their racial benefit, consider decreasing the cost or increasing the "duration" of survival days. If this becomes annoying to track, maybe a +2 racial bonus to Fortitude against Sun Sickness.

Punishing players to allow a non-fitting race to a campaign for the sake of stats?

Assumption not stated by the OP. Poor form.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Sarlax Sep 22, 2010 23:17:57	This just occured to me: What if the crystal of which shardminds are composed is salt? Thinking of the common desire to make shardminds not exempt from the need to consume survival days (even though, strictly speaking, they aren't by RAW, since SDs represent more than food and water), I came up with the idea that shardminds, as salt creatures, leach moisture from the environment to survive. Their very presence drains water from their surroundings. Their consumption of survival days might represent simply large quanities of water, or perhaps the additional supplies that their companions need to survive the passive liquid drain the create. In other words, a shardmind's mul companion is being supernaturally dehydrated, beyond the heat, and so needs more water than normal.
#2 Pennarin Sep 23, 2010 9:20:50	It would be elemental salt, just like silt is elemental in natural, why it doesn't obey the natural world's rules, as per DSCG.
#3 tavitin Sep 23, 2010 12:57:13	Punishing players to allow a non-fitting race to a campaign for the sake of stats? Just pick other race
#4 FlashbackJon Sep 23, 2010 15:44:05	Pretty decent reasoning, actually. So as to not completely trivialize their racial benefit, consider decreasing the cost or increasing the "duration" of survival days. If this becomes annoying to track, maybe a +2 racial bonus to Fortitude against Sun Sickness. Punishing players to allow a non-fitting race to a campaign for the sake of stats? Assumption not stated by the OP. Poor form.