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2014-06-27, 01:04 PM
This is super narrow in application, but seems appropriate.
Ghoulish Mindblade
Your manifested blade of mental power takes on your horrific ghoulish powers.
Prerequisites: Ghoul or Ghast Race, Mindblade class feature, Base Attack Bonus +4.
Benefit: You can deliver your paralysis attacks through your mindblade attacks. Your opponent still gets a saving throw and any elven racial immunites still apply (unless you are a ghast).
Analysis: The only possible balance issue I can think of is that manufactured weapons (like soulknife mindblades) get iterative attacks, whereas natural weapons (like ghoul claw and bite attacks) do not. A dual-wielding ghoul soulknife could really spread the paralysis around.
Assuming that Ghoulish Mindblade isn't overpowered, a second feat in this hypothetical chain:
Improved Ghoulish Mindblade
Your psychic strikes increase the potency of your ghoul paralysis.
Prerequisites: Ghoul or Ghast Race, Mindblade class feature, Ghoulish Mindblade, Base Attack Bonus +4.
Benefit: When you deliver a paralysis attack while using your psychic strike class feature, add your total number of Psychic Strike dice to the Difficulty Class of the saving throw of your paralysis.
Analysis: This feat can put paralysis saving throw DCs higher than the spell save DCs of an similarly specced and leveled sorcerer or wizard. Having to stop to recharge a psychic strike to get it, however is a mitigating factor.
What say you?
Ghoulish Mindblade
Your manifested blade of mental power takes on your horrific ghoulish powers.
Prerequisites: Ghoul or Ghast Race, Mindblade class feature, Base Attack Bonus +4.
Benefit: You can deliver your paralysis attacks through your mindblade attacks. Your opponent still gets a saving throw and any elven racial immunites still apply (unless you are a ghast).
Analysis: The only possible balance issue I can think of is that manufactured weapons (like soulknife mindblades) get iterative attacks, whereas natural weapons (like ghoul claw and bite attacks) do not. A dual-wielding ghoul soulknife could really spread the paralysis around.
Assuming that Ghoulish Mindblade isn't overpowered, a second feat in this hypothetical chain:
Improved Ghoulish Mindblade
Your psychic strikes increase the potency of your ghoul paralysis.
Prerequisites: Ghoul or Ghast Race, Mindblade class feature, Ghoulish Mindblade, Base Attack Bonus +4.
Benefit: When you deliver a paralysis attack while using your psychic strike class feature, add your total number of Psychic Strike dice to the Difficulty Class of the saving throw of your paralysis.
Analysis: This feat can put paralysis saving throw DCs higher than the spell save DCs of an similarly specced and leveled sorcerer or wizard. Having to stop to recharge a psychic strike to get it, however is a mitigating factor.
What say you?