Rubik
2013-07-11, 05:23 PM
I was curious; which are the best Metamorphosis (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/metamorphosis.htm) forms at 7 HD and below? What grants the best stats and abilities at the minimum ML for the power? Please include construct forms as well, given that it's really easy to nab a psicrystal to use it with.
So far, I know that hydras are quite excellent, given their Huge size and natural attack routine (7 bites as a standard action or AoO), as well as Str 19 and Con 20.
Animated objects are great for stealth (pretend to be a rug!), construct immunities, and general utility (as turning into a specific object should grant the utility of that object -- say, a lock, or a key, or a wagon).
Pixies and phantom fungi (funguses?) potentially grant Greater Invisibility with Assume Supernatural Ability or Metamorphic Transfer; the former grants 18 Dex and flight, and the latter has some situational immunties.
Assassin vines get plant immunities, Str 20, Con 16, constrict, improved grab, and potentially camouflage (despite being a special quality, as it's based entirely on the thing looking like a normal plant).
What I'm really looking for is a good list of immunities (especially of the construct type) and the highest Dex score I can manage. Such things really aren't prevalent in Core, and I'm not entirely familiar with non-Core monsters. Str scores and natural armor aren't particularly important to me; neither is size, for that matter.
[edit] Also, anything that can trample would also be appreciated.
What say you?
So far, I know that hydras are quite excellent, given their Huge size and natural attack routine (7 bites as a standard action or AoO), as well as Str 19 and Con 20.
Animated objects are great for stealth (pretend to be a rug!), construct immunities, and general utility (as turning into a specific object should grant the utility of that object -- say, a lock, or a key, or a wagon).
Pixies and phantom fungi (funguses?) potentially grant Greater Invisibility with Assume Supernatural Ability or Metamorphic Transfer; the former grants 18 Dex and flight, and the latter has some situational immunties.
Assassin vines get plant immunities, Str 20, Con 16, constrict, improved grab, and potentially camouflage (despite being a special quality, as it's based entirely on the thing looking like a normal plant).
What I'm really looking for is a good list of immunities (especially of the construct type) and the highest Dex score I can manage. Such things really aren't prevalent in Core, and I'm not entirely familiar with non-Core monsters. Str scores and natural armor aren't particularly important to me; neither is size, for that matter.
[edit] Also, anything that can trample would also be appreciated.
What say you?