Violet Octopus
2010-07-27, 11:13 PM
I've had astral constructs on the brain, and wanted to combine them with other alternate magic systems. So far I've only got the Incarnum ones to a presentable state, but I hope to make more for ToB, shadow, and pact magic, as well as expanded menu choices. Pact magic is tricky because of its mechanical similarity to incarnum, and I'd appreciate suggestions for that, as well as criticism for these.
MANIFESTING CONSTRUCT [PSIONIC]
You can imbue your astral constructs with psi-like abilities.
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, Boost Construct
Benefit: When manifesting astral construct, you can expend your psionic focus to augment the power in the following way:
Augment: By spending X power points, you can imbue the astral construct with the ability to manifest one of your known powers once as a psi-like ability. This power must cost X power points.
The power you imbue the astral construct with can itself be an augmented one, additionally if you have a second psionic focus (such as through the Psicrystal Containment feat), the power can have a metapsionic feat applied to it.
The manifester level of the astral construct's psi-like ability is equal to X, and its DC is that of the power imbued, using the construct's Cha modifier (generally +0).
For example, Jenny, an 8th-level shaper, manifests astral construct and expends her psionic focus. She spends 2 power points augmenting it to a 2nd-level astral construct, and 5 more giving it the ability to manifest mind thrust once. At some point during its existence, the astral construct can manifest mind thrust, dealing 5d10 damage on a failed Will save (DC 13)
Later that day she manifests astral construct again, this time with her trusty psicrystal adjacent to her. She expends both psionic foci and augments the power by 7 power points, granting the astral construct one use of quickened psionic grease.
COBALT CONSTRUCT [PSIONIC, INCARNUM]
You can invest soul energy in your astral constructs, awakening extra abilities.
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, essentia pool of 1 or greater
Benefit: When manifesting astral construct, you can invest essentia in it as part of the same action.This invested essentia grants the construct additional special abilities. Menu A abilities cost 1 essentia each, Menu B abilities cost 2 each, and Menu C abilities cost 3 each. You can only use this feat to give astral constructs abilities from a menu it already has an ability from, or from a lower menu.
For example, if you create a 7th level astral construct (which has one ability from Menu C), you could invest 3 essentia to give it another Menu C ability, or a Menu A and a Menu B ability. However, if you traded the Menu C ability that normally comes with a 7th-level astral construct for two Menu B abilities, you could only invest essentia to gain more Menu A or B abilities.
Once invested, these essentia cannot be reassigned, but return to your essentia pool when the construct is destroyed, dispelled, or its duration expires.
When you use this feat, your manifested astral construct has a silver-blue appearance, and while it doesn't become intelligent or gain speech, it displays echoes of personality in its movements and behaviour.
CONSTRUCT SOULMELD [PSIONIC, INCARNUM]
You can link your soul with your astral constructs, and transfer soulmelds to them
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, Cobalt Construct, ability to shape soulmelds
Benefit: When you manifest astral construct, you can transfer one of your shaped soulmelds and any essentia currently invested it to the created astral construct. You lose all benefits of the soulmeld, but the astral construct gains them.
You cannot use this ability to transfer a soulmeld bound to one of your chakras.
The soulmeld and any invested essentia return to you when the duration of the astral construct power expires. If the astral construct is destroyed or dispelled, you still regain the essentia and soulmeld, but you take damage equal to 1d6 + 1d6/essentia invested. You are sharing part of your soul with the astral construct, and are thus vulnerable to its demise.
Special: If you use this feat in conjunction with Cobalt Construct, the astral construct may not reassign essentia between those powering its extra special abilities and its soulmeld.
MANIFESTING CONSTRUCT [PSIONIC]
You can imbue your astral constructs with psi-like abilities.
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, Boost Construct
Benefit: When manifesting astral construct, you can expend your psionic focus to augment the power in the following way:
Augment: By spending X power points, you can imbue the astral construct with the ability to manifest one of your known powers once as a psi-like ability. This power must cost X power points.
The power you imbue the astral construct with can itself be an augmented one, additionally if you have a second psionic focus (such as through the Psicrystal Containment feat), the power can have a metapsionic feat applied to it.
The manifester level of the astral construct's psi-like ability is equal to X, and its DC is that of the power imbued, using the construct's Cha modifier (generally +0).
For example, Jenny, an 8th-level shaper, manifests astral construct and expends her psionic focus. She spends 2 power points augmenting it to a 2nd-level astral construct, and 5 more giving it the ability to manifest mind thrust once. At some point during its existence, the astral construct can manifest mind thrust, dealing 5d10 damage on a failed Will save (DC 13)
Later that day she manifests astral construct again, this time with her trusty psicrystal adjacent to her. She expends both psionic foci and augments the power by 7 power points, granting the astral construct one use of quickened psionic grease.
COBALT CONSTRUCT [PSIONIC, INCARNUM]
You can invest soul energy in your astral constructs, awakening extra abilities.
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, essentia pool of 1 or greater
Benefit: When manifesting astral construct, you can invest essentia in it as part of the same action.This invested essentia grants the construct additional special abilities. Menu A abilities cost 1 essentia each, Menu B abilities cost 2 each, and Menu C abilities cost 3 each. You can only use this feat to give astral constructs abilities from a menu it already has an ability from, or from a lower menu.
For example, if you create a 7th level astral construct (which has one ability from Menu C), you could invest 3 essentia to give it another Menu C ability, or a Menu A and a Menu B ability. However, if you traded the Menu C ability that normally comes with a 7th-level astral construct for two Menu B abilities, you could only invest essentia to gain more Menu A or B abilities.
Once invested, these essentia cannot be reassigned, but return to your essentia pool when the construct is destroyed, dispelled, or its duration expires.
When you use this feat, your manifested astral construct has a silver-blue appearance, and while it doesn't become intelligent or gain speech, it displays echoes of personality in its movements and behaviour.
CONSTRUCT SOULMELD [PSIONIC, INCARNUM]
You can link your soul with your astral constructs, and transfer soulmelds to them
Prerequisites: Know the astral construct power, Cobalt Construct, ability to shape soulmelds
Benefit: When you manifest astral construct, you can transfer one of your shaped soulmelds and any essentia currently invested it to the created astral construct. You lose all benefits of the soulmeld, but the astral construct gains them.
You cannot use this ability to transfer a soulmeld bound to one of your chakras.
The soulmeld and any invested essentia return to you when the duration of the astral construct power expires. If the astral construct is destroyed or dispelled, you still regain the essentia and soulmeld, but you take damage equal to 1d6 + 1d6/essentia invested. You are sharing part of your soul with the astral construct, and are thus vulnerable to its demise.
Special: If you use this feat in conjunction with Cobalt Construct, the astral construct may not reassign essentia between those powering its extra special abilities and its soulmeld.