The Shing from Dimension Book 14 missing M.D.C.?
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:06 am
The Shing are an awesome idea but they seem to have failed to give them a fighting chance. They are S.D.C. creatures and under the M.D.C. entry it says: "By magic or force fields only." Only one of the 6 options for R.C.C. magic provides a protective spell (Armor of Ithan) and no starting equipment is listed. So even if you take that one option at level one you have 10 M.D.C. A decent damage roll from an energy pistol would take one out.
As G.M. I could allow them to have a Naruni forcefield as starting equipment but that makes them dependent on the Naruni and these guys are supposed to be bad asses all on their own who fight off invaders by teleporting onto the enemy ships in orbit. They are supposed to have run off Golgans, Deevils and demons (among others).
What are your thoughts on this? How would you "fix" them? I am tempted to convert their hit points and S.D.C to M.D.C. AND let them add the spells of one of the 6 racial magic options as bonus spell knowledge to one of the magic O.C.C. options they are given. I don't think that's unbalancing since they don't have opposable thumbs and have no manufacturing capabilities.
As G.M. I could allow them to have a Naruni forcefield as starting equipment but that makes them dependent on the Naruni and these guys are supposed to be bad asses all on their own who fight off invaders by teleporting onto the enemy ships in orbit. They are supposed to have run off Golgans, Deevils and demons (among others).
What are your thoughts on this? How would you "fix" them? I am tempted to convert their hit points and S.D.C to M.D.C. AND let them add the spells of one of the 6 racial magic options as bonus spell knowledge to one of the magic O.C.C. options they are given. I don't think that's unbalancing since they don't have opposable thumbs and have no manufacturing capabilities.