12-08-2016, 03:28 PM | #41 | |
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12-08-2016, 04:31 PM | #42 |
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Re: Alternate Crosstime Organizations
If they were really a fusion, then many would rebel and try to protect humanity. The fact that none do, pretty much shows that that is some odd lie. Illithid are monsters that only physically take on some characteristics of the food-host.
We also have the unreliable narrator to deal with. It's not like the Illithid themselves can't be wrong about how they develop in the same way ancient humans had odd ideas of our reproduction.
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12-08-2016, 05:42 PM | #43 | |
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If your taking the reflexes, memories, organs, and logic centers, but completly replacing the higher brain functions, base desires and wants with that of the 'larva'- then your not going to see too many rebellions; but its still a fusion (in that two things are coming together to make a greater whole). The fusion might instead be more of a 'battle' where the larva and the mind of the 'host' fight for control of the new illithid/human brain; routing out potential remnants is pretty easy in that case: If it turns into an illthid in body, 'larva' is in control- if it stays humanoid, human is in control. It might even be how they induce psi powers into humanoids- purposely select weak, or even purposely lobotomized 'larva' to implant into chosen agents. |
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12-08-2016, 09:56 PM | #44 |
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In the original D&D source material (The Illithiad for 2nd edition and Lords of Madness for 3rd edition), the tadpole larva eats most of the hosts brain, and replaces the consumed material with itself as it grows. The rest of the host body is retained and converted, but the original brain is lunch.
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12-08-2016, 10:02 PM | #45 |
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D&D monsters have changed over the years, sometimes strangely and extensively.
Anyone else remember when kobolds were dog-like rather than weirdly reptilian?
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12-09-2016, 01:22 AM | #46 |
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I keep both versions, with kobold being more of a category of "small, menacing, tribal and makes traps" rather than a distinct species. Which nicely leaves the door open to feathery or amphibious kobolds as a surprise.
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12-09-2016, 01:45 AM | #47 |
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The Amethyne Royals. In a Bronze Age version of France there is a highly anachronistic city named "Amethyst" with titanium alloy swords, steam engines and electric lights, and it's all thanks to the ruling family of Amethyst all of whom are immortals who have the power to create portals to other universes. Calling them an organization might be an overstatement since they spent most of their time divided into factions at odds with each other and have ever since the founder of Amethyst disappeared but they are mostly capable of drawing together if they perceive a parachronic threat to their family or their city.
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12-09-2016, 03:02 AM | #48 |
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Um, what? There are no worlds that block Psi, Psi doesn't work on something that varies in nature like mana. I mean you could have one, but that would require every living thing or the world itself to posses the Anti-Psi power, which means that Psi powers still sort-of work, and if you could find a counter to that your powers would work fine.
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12-09-2016, 05:08 AM | #49 | |
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12-09-2016, 08:00 AM | #50 | |
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