Xuldarinar
2015-06-13, 11:39 PM
I know that most archetypes can function perfectly fine with both the standard class they were made for as well as the unchained version released for them. With that, we have no problem, but one has arisen from a third party archetype (from Beyond the Void) called the alienist.
In short, the alienist archetype is a summoner archetype that alters the eidolon such they are creatures of the dark tapestry. On a mechanical level, it works perfectly fine with everything the unchained summoner has. On a flavor level, however, we hit an interesting problem. Every eidolon has a subtype, and gains abilities according to that subtype. Now, lets say you select, as the title of this, the angel eidolon and elect to be an alienist. You will have an angelic, tentacled, eidolon with the angel and mythos subtypes (The mythos subtype is just used to specify creatures of alien origin or association). That being said, am I the only one who sees a conflict, at least on a flavor level, produced by this? Do you think there should be created a "mythos" eidolon subtype to at least make sure there isn't a conflict of flavor, or do you view the opportunity to make lovecraft-equse eidolon that are angels (or demons, or devils, or elementals, or ect.) to be a plus?
In short, the alienist archetype is a summoner archetype that alters the eidolon such they are creatures of the dark tapestry. On a mechanical level, it works perfectly fine with everything the unchained summoner has. On a flavor level, however, we hit an interesting problem. Every eidolon has a subtype, and gains abilities according to that subtype. Now, lets say you select, as the title of this, the angel eidolon and elect to be an alienist. You will have an angelic, tentacled, eidolon with the angel and mythos subtypes (The mythos subtype is just used to specify creatures of alien origin or association). That being said, am I the only one who sees a conflict, at least on a flavor level, produced by this? Do you think there should be created a "mythos" eidolon subtype to at least make sure there isn't a conflict of flavor, or do you view the opportunity to make lovecraft-equse eidolon that are angels (or demons, or devils, or elementals, or ect.) to be a plus?