heretic
2012-05-28, 01:22 PM
I'm planning on running some Mind Flayers (XPH version) at my party and I want to soup up one or more of them with class levels in Psion.
Here's the problem though--Mind Flayers are CR 8, yet manifest as 9th level Psions. So if I add two levels of Psion, I've basically created an 11th level Psion with some free extra abilities (mind blast, tentacles) that weighs in at only CR 10.
My inclination is to raise the Mind Flayer base CR to 9 or 10, but I'd like to know what others have done or would do in this situation.
Here's the problem though--Mind Flayers are CR 8, yet manifest as 9th level Psions. So if I add two levels of Psion, I've basically created an 11th level Psion with some free extra abilities (mind blast, tentacles) that weighs in at only CR 10.
My inclination is to raise the Mind Flayer base CR to 9 or 10, but I'd like to know what others have done or would do in this situation.