Randel
2010-10-28, 04:30 PM
I looked through the Libre Mortis book and found the Brain in Jar which frankly seems kind of cool. I'm wondering how I could go about playing as one, either as a spellcaster or a psionic user.
However, I'd like to use a race with no Level Adjustment (due to level adjustment limiting caster power and if I'm just a brain in a jar then I need all the casting power I've got). The Brain in a Jars natural flight and other special abilities aren't really interesting to me. I'm getting the idea of something that is virtually defensless and immobile aside from casting. Maybe some limited flight and telekinesis (probably through casting spells or psionic powers) but by default just a brain in a jar. Maybe have someone else carry the jar around until they need my casting power.
But, I also know that familiars and psicrystals have special abilities that their owners can make use of. I suppose I could play as a fefluffed psicrystal for a guy who can't use powers himself and has to carry me around... or I could have somethign weird where I'm a brain in a jar and I mentally control a zombie or something and have them carry me around.
Anyway, the main question here is how can I go about playing as a Brain in a Jar without (somethign that could for all intent and purposed just be a magic item with class levels) without any level adjustement while still looking cool and fitting in with the general 3.5 rules.
Also, I'm really curious how I could go about playing this in a zombie game. I mean, there are zombies out there trying to eat peoples brains but I'm an exposed brain in a jar that can cast spells!
Plus, if I can come up with an LA 0 Brain in a jar player race then there could be a setting where mad necromancers harvest peoples btains for evil purposes or whatnot, kind of like the warforged but cheaper and with spellcasting.
However, I'd like to use a race with no Level Adjustment (due to level adjustment limiting caster power and if I'm just a brain in a jar then I need all the casting power I've got). The Brain in a Jars natural flight and other special abilities aren't really interesting to me. I'm getting the idea of something that is virtually defensless and immobile aside from casting. Maybe some limited flight and telekinesis (probably through casting spells or psionic powers) but by default just a brain in a jar. Maybe have someone else carry the jar around until they need my casting power.
But, I also know that familiars and psicrystals have special abilities that their owners can make use of. I suppose I could play as a fefluffed psicrystal for a guy who can't use powers himself and has to carry me around... or I could have somethign weird where I'm a brain in a jar and I mentally control a zombie or something and have them carry me around.
Anyway, the main question here is how can I go about playing as a Brain in a Jar without (somethign that could for all intent and purposed just be a magic item with class levels) without any level adjustement while still looking cool and fitting in with the general 3.5 rules.
Also, I'm really curious how I could go about playing this in a zombie game. I mean, there are zombies out there trying to eat peoples brains but I'm an exposed brain in a jar that can cast spells!
Plus, if I can come up with an LA 0 Brain in a jar player race then there could be a setting where mad necromancers harvest peoples btains for evil purposes or whatnot, kind of like the warforged but cheaper and with spellcasting.