various more-obscure mythical creatures

[Sanctaphrax]

I think Human Form could handle the segmentation.

But I dunno whether Item Of Power is appropriate. The chick is in your stomach, right? It might as well be a body part.

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I think Human Form could handle the segmentation.

But I dunno whether Item Of Power is appropriate. The chick is in your stomach, right? It might as well be a body part.

The problem is that by RAW people wouldn't be able to find and destroy the lower half thus trapping the vamp in monstrous form. This is an integral part of the myth.

If the chick was just a body part than how could someone else swallow it and gain it's power?

[Sanctaphrax]

The problem is that by RAW people wouldn't be able to find and destroy the lower half thus trapping the vamp in monstrous form. This is an integral part of the myth.

I'd do that with Aspects. Aspects can do anything.

If the chick was just a body part than how could someone else swallow it and gain it's power?

Through the standard rules for buying a new Template, whatever they are.

Item of Power is balanced around the assumption that having your Powers in an item is somehow inconvenient. I dunno if that's really the case here.

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I'd do that with Aspects. Aspects can do anything.

Something like "Detached Lower Body"?

Through the standard rules for buying a new Template, whatever they are.

Item of Power is balanced around the assumption that having your Powers in an item is somehow inconvenient. I dunno if that's really the case here.

Oh yeah  .

The few times it does become inconvenient it can probably be handled with Aspects.

[Sanctaphrax]

Something like "Detached Lower Body"?

Sounds good to me.

Oh yeah  .

The few times it does become inconvenient it can probably be handled with Aspects.

For what it's worth, you might want to look at the Limitation custom Power. I dunno if Item Limitation would actually work here, but I think there's at least a possibility.

[Violet Rook]

I noticed no one took the challenge of making a Mind Flayer.

[vultur]

Aren't those WotC intellectual property? 

[Sanctaphrax]

I think I could make a mind flayer.

I don't have my D&D books on hand, though.

So...mind flayers are super-smart and telepathic. Plus they can levitate, hop from plane to plane, and control minds. Their signature tricks are a mental attack that stuns everyone in the area and sucking out the brains of people they successfully grapple.

Am I missing anything? Are they super-strong or really intimidating or otherwise awesome in some way I didn't mention?

[Mrmdubois]

No, I'd say you got it.  Chuck in biomancy though, expansions gave them really twisted grafts and servants.  Like the Fomor have.

[Sanctaphrax]

Mind Flayer (Chest Deep)

High Concept: Brain-Eating Psionic Monstrosity
Other Aspects: Very Smart, Pure Evil, From The Future?, Fallen Empire, Crazy-Ass Life Cycle
Skills: 
Great: Discipline, Scholarship, Lore
Good: Conviction, Might, Endurance
Fair: Intimidation, Deceit, Investigation
Average: Presence, Alertness, Stealth
Stunts:
Eat Brains (Might): +1 stress with damaging grapple actions.
Powers:
Superior Compulsive Weaponized Telepathy [-6]
Wings [-1] (Really ought to be a lesser version, but for some reason Wings is a [-1] Power so that's impossible.)
Brain Eater [-1] (As Blood Drinker, but boosts rolls to maintain a grapple instead of attack rolls)
Area Telepathy [-1] (Can attack zones with Telepathy without risk of harming self, but can't give commands with area attacks)
Worldwalker [-2]
Total Refresh Cost:
-12
Refresh Total:
-4

Some Mind Flayers also have Ritual (Biomancy) or even full spellcasting Powers. Such Mind Flayers don't necessarily have higher stats otherwise, so feel free to just add those Powers to the above stat-block.

[vultur]

Basilisk, version 1
High Concept: Basilisk
Other Aspects: King of Serpents; Still Just an Animal

Skills
Great: Fists, Alertness
Good: Might, Survival
Fair: Athletics, Endurance
Average: Conviction, Discipline

Stunts
Virulent Poison (Fists) - +2 to the difficulty to treat poison from Venomous Claws

Powers
Breath "Weapon" [-2] (uses Fists)
Claws (Venomous) [-3]
Diminutive Size [-1]

Stress
Mental ooo
Physical oo
Social oo

Total Refresh Cost: -7
Remaining Refresh: -1

EDIT: stunt bonus raised to +2.
EDIT: Breath "Weapon" uses Fists.

[Sanctaphrax]

I like the idea and all the math checks out, but...Breath Weapon and Claws together makes me sad.

And the stunt looks kinda weak.

[Hick Jr]

Agreed. I'd change the stunt to +2. It doesn't have much else going for it. Maybe the Spitter stunt and Inhuman Strength.

[vultur]

Agreed. I'd change the stunt to +2. It doesn't have much else going for it.

I was treating it as an attack trapping, but wasn't sure... yeah, I'll make the change.

Maybe the Spitter stunt

Not familiar with it...

and Inhuman Strength.

It's Diminutive, I don't think that'd really be appropriate.

[Hick Jr]

Oh. I missed Diminutive*. I was thinking a Basilisk about the size of an anaconda.

*took me like 5 tries to spell that correctly

and Spitter changes Breath Weapon into a Fists attack, so it provides some synergy with Claws.