Mind Flayer

blzbob · 04:33 PM

So I added the mind flayer as a race to HL but for some reason it is adding spell like abilities I didn't include. For the life of me, I can't figure out why it is giving the creature:

Spell-like Abilities (At will) (Sp) You may use the following as spell-like abilities at will as an 8th level caster: Detect Magic, floating disk, mage armor, resist energy, unseen servant.

Those appear on the Output Active Hero Summary and when I mouse over the "?" on the Specials tab. When I look at the Spells tab and on the Character Sheet they are listed correctly.

I double checked my work and it should have: Charm Monster, Detect Thoughts, Levitate, Plane Shift, and Suggestion.

Am I doing something wrong? I can send someone the user file if that helps.

Mathias · June 27th, 2010, 10:39 AM

What race did you copy as your starting point?

blzbob · June 27th, 2010, 10:50 AM

I didn't copy any race. I created it completely from scratch.

Mathias · June 27th, 2010, 10:58 AM

Among the racial specials you bootstrapped, what are the names and unique Ids?

blzbob · June 27th, 2010, 11:14 AM

Levitate: sPFRMA2010
Plane Shift: spPlanShi5
Suggestion: sPfSugges4
Charm Monster: spCharMon3
Detect Thoughts: spDeteTho2

blzbob · June 30th, 2010, 06:31 AM

I know you're busy trying to get things ready for the Advanced Player's Guide release by Gen Con and you are working on dozens of other things as well, have you had time to figure out what I might be doing wrong?

Mathias · June 30th, 2010, 08:40 AM

Sorry I didn't get back to you.

That can't be all the racial specials you've added - don't mindflayers also have abilities for grabbing and brain-sucking? The abilities you've listed are only spell-like abilities, and there's probably something else adding that random piece of text.

blzbob · July 1st, 2010, 08:23 AM

Sorry, I thought you only needed the spell-like abilities.

I didn't realize that this was the problem right here =

Spell-Like Abilities: rPfWitSpel

I removed that and everything is fine now. Thank you.

zerzix · May 2nd, 2012, 09:04 PM

Not to kick a dead horse, but I have pretty much figured out how to make this race in custom. The only problem I'm having currently is in the skill point area. I 'copied' the intellect devour and reworked it into the Mind Flayer. New spell like and so on, but I can't seem to find where to readjust the inherent skill points provided.

ShadowChemosh · May 3rd, 2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by zerzix

where to readjust the inherent skill points provided.

Mostly likely these are in an "Eval" script on the Race.

Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 June 27th, 2010, 10:39 AM	What race did you copy as your starting point?
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blzbob Senior Member Volunteer Data File Contributor Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mountlake Terrace, Washington Posts: 407 June 27th, 2010, 10:50 AM	I didn't copy any race. I created it completely from scratch.
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zerzix Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 26 May 2nd, 2012, 09:04 PM	Not to kick a dead horse, but I have pretty much figured out how to make this race in custom. The only problem I'm having currently is in the skill point area. I 'copied' the intellect devour and reworked it into the Mind Flayer. New spell like and so on, but I can't seem to find where to readjust the inherent skill points provided.
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