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| #1webjiciFeb 09, 2008 20:39:49 | It's been a while since I've post a new monster or template. This time, I've tried to give the moons more love: Siberys-blessed The twelve moons of Eberron slowly orbit alongside the Ring of Siberys. These stars have become key elements for understanding the dragonmarks and the Draconic Prophecy and have nurtured many legends and tales and. One of them is about the creation of shapeshifting beasts that serve Siberys’s purposes. Called “Siberys-blessed”, these creatures have been known to adopt various forms depending of the number of moons shinning in the night sky. It also has been rumored that a few of these creatures can harness the power of the moons beyond their capacities. Venerable moonspeakers (Races of Eberron pp 143) were the only ones who possess the power to transform fellow shifters into Siberys-blessed forms, but over the years, secret cults have been using those rituals. Today, this powerful transformation even appears at birth, which is a rare occasion that can stir up many events. Creating a Siberys-blessed creature Siberys-blessed is an inherited or acquired template that can be applied to any animal, dragon, fey, giant, humanoid, living construct, magical beast, or monstrous humanoid, referred to hereafter as the base creature. Size and type: Animals become magical beasts with the “augmented” subtype, and all Siberys-blessed creatures gain the “Shapechanger” and the "good" subtypes. Size is unchanged. Speed: Siberys-blessed creatures in alternate form move 10 feet faster in all modes, besides burrowing. AC: The base creature’s natural armor bonus increases by 2 while in alternate form. Attack: In its alternate form, a Siberys-blessed creature gains claws (if it can otherwise use its limbs to attack) and sharp teeth. It may make a single claw or bite attack as a standard action. For a medium base creature, the claws deal 1d4 points of damage and the bite deals 1d6 points of damage. If a creature already has claw and bite attacks, when the Siberys-blessed creature is in alternate form, the damage for those attacks improves as if the creature were one size larger. Furthermore, if 6 or more moons are present in the sky, the damage increases again by one step. Full Attack: As a full attack action, a Siberys-blessed creature in alternate form may make two primary claw attacks and one secondary bite. If the base creature had another primary natural attack, it retains that designation and the claws and bite become secondary. Special Attacks: A Siberys-blessed creature retains all the special attacks of the base creature, and gains those below.
Special Qualities: A Siberys-blessed creature retains all the special attacks of the base creature, and gains those below.
Skills: All Siberys-blessed creatures have Control Shape as a class skill. Abilities: In alternate form, modify as follows: Str +2 and Con +2 for each moon, and Dex +2 for every 2 moons. Alignment: The base creature's alignment shifts to good. Challenge Rating: as base creature +3 Level adjustment: Same as the base creature +6 ------- Eberron-blessed This variant has the following characteristics: Size and type: Eberron-blessed creatures do not have the "good" subtype. Silver and Magic strike (Su): An Eberron-blessed creature’s natural attacks are treated as silver and magic weapons for overcoming damage reduction. Alignment: As base creature. ------- Khyber-blessed Well, what do you think ? Feel free to give your opinion ! Size and type: Khyber-blessed creatures gain the "evil" subtype. Unholy and Magic strike (Su): A Khyber-blessed creature’s natural attacks are treated as evil-aligned and magic weapons for overcoming damage reduction. Alignment: The base creature's alignment shifts to evil. ------- EDIT: added the "good" components EDIT: added a neutral and evil variant |
| #2lunarwolfprimeFeb 10, 2008 15:38:03 | Love it shifters rule, HOOOOOWWWWLLLLL! Now that I got that out of my system I would like to say thank you now I have the in fo I need for making my lunar stones shifter artifacts. Imagen 12 crystal spheres that look like the moons themselves each with a diffrent power each guarded by a lvl 12 moonspeakers of a diffrent trait (thier are 11 traits official, trying to come up this a 12th) each with a moon that they rep and a animal as thier totem. It is just I am having serious prob's with come up with the effects of each one and what they can do when all together, or should their be any effects on the shifter guarding or carrying the artifact say like special effects to their shifting or some thing else. Also another reason for needing the 12 traits is this I want to make a new shifter holiday that is made of a wide variety of compition's form the athelitic to entertainment ( story telling, dance, song, etc) even a fighting tournament. Think of this Lunar festaval as the olympics for the shifters an the authority's presideing over these games are 12, 8th lvl shifter sub'lvl druid 12th lvl moonspeakers each with a difrent primary trait to rep their clan, totem animal, and moon. How ever this is where another prob rises it's ugly head what animal rep's which moon and which trait best? I have been pouding one this idea for more that 3 month's at this rate my head is going to :headexplo Sorry about that and the rant, I really love the temp. One last Q though if you or anyone reading this has an idea for the camp idea or artifact ideas noted above pls pm me? Thank you, and keep up the good work. |
| #3lunarwolfprimeFeb 10, 2008 19:16:02 | Quick Q Is thier any diffrence in the moon phases between ebberon and the plane by the name of "Lamannia,the Twilight Forest" |
| #4webjiciFeb 10, 2008 20:05:17 | Thanks for your comments. This template is basically about the moon appereances in the sky, without much concern about the planes. |
| #5lunarwolfprimeFeb 11, 2008 19:29:05 | Hey this could be a a reward for those deemed worthey thought the athletic events during the Lunar Festavil, give to them by the Moon Speakers useing the Lunar Stones as a focus, that could be how it got started and then a arcain researcher could have stumbled across it and the every thing else on how the knowlege of the ritual's spread is lost to history. Oh on a diffrent note how does this sound for the 12th shifter trait, Shadow Walker trait: while shifting you gain a +2 to DEX and +4 to Hide and Move Silent checks, the elite gain a the ablity to run with only a minus -10 on the checks mentioned above while shifted, this trait is also cappable taking shifter stealth feat as well. |
| #6webjiciFeb 15, 2008 15:59:54 | Any other comments ? |
| #7webjiciMar 01, 2008 19:30:59 | Bump? Anyone else? |
| #8brotherdogMar 05, 2008 2:52:29 | I'd strongly suggest that this template also have the Good Subtype, if associated with Siberys. Plus the natural attacks should be also Holy as well as Magic. |
| #9webjiciMar 16, 2008 6:37:00 | Good point. Added and corrected. |
| #10thaliostMar 17, 2008 12:46:47 | Just one subtle thing to mention, when refering to DR, holy should actually be written as "good-aligned". I guess this is what you mean. |
| #11webjiciMar 17, 2008 19:44:18 | *goes double-checking his books* oh yeah, you're right. Fixed. |
| #12webjiciApr 08, 2008 7:34:58 | Added two variants |
| #13brotherdogApr 09, 2008 2:03:02 | "Unholy and Magic strike (Su): A Siberys-blessed creature’s natural attacks are treated as evil-aligned and magic weapons for overcoming damage reduction. Alignment: The base creature's alignment shifts to evil." You may want to change that "Syberis" to "Khyber". They sound great! ;;D |
| #14webjiciApr 10, 2008 20:12:43 | "Unholy and Magic strike (Su): A Siberys-blessed creature’s natural attacks are treated as evil-aligned and magic weapons for overcoming damage reduction. eh eh eh... woops... my bad. Fixed |