Timeline for What living apex lifeforms are there other than dragons?
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| Aug 5, 2014 at 7:07 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | Neither living nor breathing. | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 6:09 | comment | added | Wesley Obenshain | Put another way, the only natural advantage of the illithid is their psionic ability. So is that enough to make them "top dog"? Because the rest is something that could be given to any other intelligent species at the same "cost". | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 6:07 | comment | added | Wesley Obenshain | You're missing the point. An Alhoon is an (or used to be) illithid. It's like saying "Let me give the kobold 20 levels of bad-ass and a name" as a suggestion. It misses the point. What is it about the illithid that makes it superior. | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 6:01 | comment | added | Sandwich | Well you have the powers of an Arcane Spellcaster, A psion, and a Lich all in one package. Essentially you have to deal with high will save domination, high fort save-or-dies, high reflex save direct damage, and if you manage to kill the thing it could've hidden its phylactery in a psionically or magically shielded container that is next to impossible to break or destroy. | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 4:57 | comment | added | Wesley Obenshain | I've got the same issue with this that I've had with a lot of suggestions. It's easy to turn a specific character into a badass (see the PCs) but what is it about the species that makes it superior? | |
| Aug 5, 2014 at 3:16 | history | answered | Sandwich | CC BY-SA 3.0 |