Vote up a new monster species

[Strormer]

Well, I'll go +2 so that it's not overmuch, but present.
I'll also go hivemind because I did way back in the Int vote.

[Howler Dagger]

+5 NA.
No Hivemind

[RedWarrior0]

+3 NA

No to the hivemind.

[Malimar]

Natural Armor +5

No hivemind

(I was leaning yes, but then I remembered I hate all the existing hive mind creatures and never use them. CR12ish already means this is likely to never get used in my games, but I want it to at least have a chance.)

[Togath]

Why would CR 12 prevent it from being used?

[The Underlord]

+10 NA and yes hivemind.

[137beth]

Voting is now closed. The winner is:
Hivemind!

And Natural armor is +3!

[zagan]

For skills I choose:

Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (nature), Disguise, Concentration, Survival

[Howler Dagger]

Skills are Dimplomacy, Bluff, Sense Motive, Concentration, and Move Silently

[TravelLog]

I'm going to go with:
Move Silently, Sense Motive, Knowledge (Nature), Spot, Concentration

If I can assign:
Move Silently 10
Sense motive 20
Knowledge (Nature) 15
Spot 15
Concentration 20
Knowledge (Arcana) 10
Survival 10
Search 10

[The Underlord]

Hide, Move Silently, Intimadate, Sense Motive, Knowledge(Nature)

[deuxhero]

Autohypnosis, Psycraft, Ijutsu Focus, Control Shape and uh... Martial Study

:p

[lothofkalroth]

Medium Shapechanger

[Togath]

Bluff 20 ranks
Disguise 10 ranks
Gather Information 20 ranks
Hide 15 ranks
Knowledge(local) 10 ranks
Move Silently 15 ranks
Survival 10 ranks

[137beth]

Autohypnosis, Psycraft, Ijutsu Focus, Control Shape and uh... Martial Study

:p

Well, I did say CORE skill
Granted, I also said the assumed setting was Eberron, which has psionics, so perhaps if it is on the eberron character sheet...nope! No psionic skills.

Due to the fact that I want this to be useable in most games, and a lot of people don't have XPH (including me, hint hint), and because it does not have the "psionic" subtype, I'm going to rule that psionics is out.

If you really, truly, want it, then send me a copy of the XPH, the cost is on you Then we will have a vote of whether to add psionics in (and we won't even vote on it until after I receive my free XPH, mind you), THEN psionics will be accepted. So, yea, if you want to go through all that trouble...

[Togath]

Psionics rules can be found here, near the bottom, though psionic skills wouldn't be much is to this creature
, psionic abilities could be intsresting to add at some point though

[Strormer]

Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Hide (Dex), Move Silently (Dex), and Listen (Wis)

Disguise, Hide, and Move Silently because it should be stealthy for hunting. Escape Artist because I can't see how a creature like this wouldn't be good at getting away, though this might be better as a racial bonus. Lastly, Listen for hunting again so that it could detect prey while burrowed or hidden. I'm picturing a swarm of plants on the side of a tree or something, like a creeper, listening for prey and then bursting around a hapless creature. I suppose I'm also thinking these would be carnivorous plants. Will diet be voted on later?

[dethkruzer]

Disquise, Bluff, Diplomacy, Control Shape, Sense Motive

[Veklim]

20 ranks:
Hide
Move Silently

10 ranks:
Bluff
Knowledge (Nature)
Knowledge (Arcana)
Sense Motive
Spot
Survival

[Malimar]

Why would CR 12 prevent it from being used?

Because I've never DMed or played in a game that went past 10.

Skill choices:

• Autohypnosis
• Concentration
• Spellcraft
• Use Magic Device
• Use Psionic Device

[137beth]

Because I've never DMed or played in a game that went past 10.

Skill choices:

• Autohypnosis
• Concentration
• Spellcraft
• Use Magic Device
• Use Psionic Device

*facepalm*
When I initially put up the vote, I specified that only core spells were allowed. 6 posts up, I reiterated that specifically psionic skills were not allowed. I have now edited the first post to make the core requirement bigger...
Unless you change your vote, I will assume you voted 20 points in Concentration, Spellcraft, UMD, and divided your other 40 points equally among the other skills. You vote is still valid

That being said, I have no idea what to do with deuxhero's votes...

[TravelLog]

*facepalm*
When I initially put up the vote, I specified that only core spells were allowed. 6 posts up, I reiterated that specifically psionic skills were not allowed. I have now edited the first post to make the core requirement bigger...
Unless you change your vote, I will assume you voted 20 points in Concentration, Spellcraft, UMD, and divided your other 40 points equally among the other skills. You vote is still valid

That being said, I have no idea what to do with deuxhero's votes...

He voted Iajutsu Focus...for a plant...when we haven't even decided on giving it weapons yet. I'm pretty sure he was kidding, especially with the "tongue-out" face he put at the end.

[137beth]

Yea, I assumed he was...

[Maraxus1]

Bluff, Knowledge (Nature), Move Silently, Perform (preferably dance), Sense Motive

[Rafinius]

Knowledge (Arcana): 10
Spot: 5
Sense Motive: 10
Decipher Script: 10
Use Magic Device: 10
Hide: 10
Search: 10
Open Lock: 10
Disable Device: 15
Disguise: 5
Spellcraft: 5
= exactly 100
If it takes you less time to evaluate this then it took me to decide on, allocate and recalculate the points I think it is acceptable .

EDIT: I decided to make it easier. I hope multiplies of 5 are okay.
2nd EDIT: Changed around some stuff.

[137beth]

Knowledge (Arcana): 10
Spot: 5
Sense Motive: 10
Decipher Script: 10
Use Magic Device: 10
Hide: 10
Search: 10
Open Lock: 10
Disable Device: 15
Disguise: 5
Spellcraft: 5
= exactly 100
If it takes you less time to evaluate this then it took me to decide on, allocate and recalculate the points I think it is acceptable .

EDIT: I decided to make it easier. I hope multiplies of 5 are okay.
2nd EDIT: Changed around some stuff.

The "quick and simple" voting method takes me less time to evaluate (no, not much less time). As with when we voted for hit-dice, you don't have to vote multiples of 5, and in fact, you don't have to vote for integers

[Rafinius]

Ah well, I won't change my vote now anymore.

[RedWarrior0]

Knowledge(Nature) is a shoe-in. Perform(Dance) is also required, without a doubt. Use Magic Device would be an excellent scary- those wands you get after the encounter? It's using them. Hide and Move Silently are a necessity for its ambush-fu tactics.

[Pepz]

Hide and move silently only make sense.
Knowledge (nature)
Intimidate because a mass of small cold plants would scare the crap out of me and
Perfom(Dance) because I like that suggestion, Redwarrior00

[RedWarrior0]

Bluff, Knowledge (Nature), Move Silently, Perform (preferably dance), Sense Motive

Not my idea