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[aerial-ace97]

6. Shipmind - Pathfinder, Starfinder

A bit of a step down from being able to control an entire planet, a Shipmind controls an entire spaceship. Though given that the spaceships of Starfinder can feasibly come close to small planetoids it doesn't end up being much of a step down from the Oracle of Oras. Even if it were, it more than makes up for the step down.

Being one of the creatures to serve as the launching off point between Pathfinder and Starfinder, it in some ways feels a bit odd to have a stat block for it in the former but these are some of my favorite Starfinder creatures because it doesn't require a conversion. It also makes it one of the first creatures to talk about the Dominion of the Black, of which it is tied too heavily.

Let's talk about the ship part first though. Now from what we have records of, Shipmind's were designed to interface with the bioorganic ships used by the Dominion, serving as the brain to a greater body and gaining access to all the major systems. However, there is nothing here to say that a Shipmind could not take control of any sort of shape, so long as they were given a proper interface. This might extend their influence, with members of the Dominion seeking to board ships and construct the interface, so that a Shipmind could slip in and hijack an enemy vessel. The major vessels you'll find Shipminds on though are Seeders, the only detailed ships of the Dominion. Though its the only one mentioned though, I would advise that you can design several more, as the Dominion is made up of a myriad of bizarre and varied aberrations that would have very different crafts.

Being a part of the Dominion, the Shipminds are designed with deeply raw intelligence and belief in the mysterious ideologies of the galaxy-spanning cult. Some of these beliefs lead them towards the cruel experimentation of species they see as lesser and the gathering of intellect, brains, and memories. They are as deeply and bizarrely zealous as the others of their expansionist people, needing to be sated with live sacrifices and quarantining random sections of their 'body' as they become immune. However, it also seems to gear towards the superiority of aberrant life, something which shipminds come close to but are not themselves.

This belief and the fact it does not come into alignment with their own physiology may be part of the reason Shipminds have a greater tendency to diverge from their creators intentions. Instances of Shipminds going insane and killing their crew are common enough to be known, which makes it even more entertaining how the Dominion keeps employing their use (it makes them more alien to me that they seem to care so little about the lives lost through these tremendous tragedies).

This split in the uniformity of the Dominions could potentially introduce an opportunity for others working against them. If a Shipmind with enough significant information on them were to defect, it may potentially be a race between them and the Dominion to find this essential piece. Though it is unlikely that the creature's defection at all lessens its hatred for whoever does end up finding it.

Some Shipminds also are known to 'deteriorate' after the ships the Dominion uses are abandoned with them. During this time, they seep into the rest of the ship and become a sort of haunt and this can always be extended quite substantially. As the ooze and ship seep into the soil, it is very like to corrupt the land around it and only extend its decaying psyche over great swathes of terrain. Pieces of the craft may even become cursed artifacts influenced by the creature. The Shipmind has a significant depth of potential throughlines to expand upon into their own stories.

[silentsanctummanga]

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men (and woman) promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help and if you can find them. Maybe you can hire, The Ice Ice B-Men!

[lord-squiggletits]

yes cross continuity megop shipping almost always leaves things to be desired but have you considered cross continuity Optimi shipping? it's like when you make two toys of the same character kiss and i think that's a good shitpost idea

Me slapping together IDW Optimus/SG Optimus as the ultimate "I wouldn't fuck my clone because what if my clone was evil" selfcest where IDW OP has to deal with SG OP being his id and going "aren't you tired of being nice? don't you just want to go apeshit"

[ajtostolahazba]

Bmeg fél napig nem nézek híreket, oszt' arra kell eszmélnem, hogy kiléptetett minket a Hágai Nemzetközi Bíróságból...hát nem jutok szóhoz, komolyan! Innentől ha szeretnéd a méltánytalan ítéletedet nemzetközi bíróság elé vinni, hivatkozva a nemzetközi jogra, (legyen az kirekesztés, hátrányos megkülönböztetés, gyerek elhelyezés stb..bármi), nincs feljebb.

De itt inkább nem nagyon van lejjebb... :(((

[pajjorimre]

Pont ez jutott eszembe, ez már zebrákat vett viziló helyett de más nevén van ugye. Minden cinikusan letagadva, lehazudva.

Once proli, always proli. Legalább a Scala-ban látnám szomkingban kaviáros piriTTóst zabálni bmeg. De nem, ezeknek ugyanaz kell, mint egy random Józsinak. Csak a retek ragadt rájuk 50 év alatt.

[helsinkiaznyugate]

ohh bmeg

[mukodik]

Ezt a církuszt bmeg... Államtitkár szép kocsmai stílusban... Nem lenne egyszerűbb beengedni megmutatni neki hogy minden ok és viszlát!!? Persze hogy nem, mert valami nagyon gáz lehet ha ennyire titkolják...

Szerintem egyszerűen csak kapkodnak, mert félnek, hogy ezzel csak növeli MP a népszerűségét, ők meg nem tudnak semmi jót felmutatni vele szemben.

Plusz már két kulcsfigura leesett a sakktábláról a gyerekotthonok miatt.

Magyar Péter: *adományt és mikuláscsomagot hoz egy súlyos betegeket ápoló gyermekotthonnak*

Menczer Tamás nevű köpedelem féreg: "ne remegj, Brüsszel Péter, vége van, kicsi."

Érik a kormányváltás!

[y-eontan]

"majd jövök hozzád korrepetálásra" hozzám aztán jöhetsz bmeg nem tudom hányszor mondjam még el neked hogy nekem már készen küldték a táblát 😭😭😭😭

[aerial-ace97]

23. Treant/Arboreal - 3.5, 5E, Pathfinder, PF2E

It is always a good sign when a creature appears across so many editions (not all 5 I'm using as it fails to appear in Starfinder). It's even more a good sign when that same creature is a classic that goes all the way back into classic Tolkein. Their history from this starting point is perhaps one of the least changed of all that took off from those original stories, even down to the tradition of moots in PF2E. The Treant in the modern history is a shepherd and speaker for the forest. This immediate connection clearly gives a fairly straightforward method for an antagonist who takes the defense of such natural environs to excess. Or to exactly the level it's required. There is nothing that says your villain can't be entirely correct in their methods. There isn't a whole lot to say on the Treant, however it is such an integral classic that it's surprising how little I see it used as an actual enemy to a party rather than an ally or passing NPC. One way in which I would advice upon the advancing the unique aspects of Treants is of course to give them additional personality traits or even abilities based within what sorts of trees you are going to use. Go beyond the classic forest tales and make a large Baobab Treant that lords over a great savannah with the creative spirit but fierce power of a bull elephant.

[lord-squiggletits]

Actually, to me you will always be the person who for some incomprehensible reason loves the sun and the heat, couldn't be me

Thanks bestie this is something I can be proud of

[pajjorimre]

Van ez a csávó, Rainbolt a tiktokon

feketeöves geoguesser, tényleg, mindent kitalál, beletette a fejébe a komplett sztrítvjút bmeg és a telefonpóznából megmondja hogy Afganisztánban vagy, szóval kurvára a vágja a földgömböt, na ő úgy kerül be a filmtörténelembe, hogy Rami Maleknek és tettestársainak őt tanították az új filmjükhöz (the amateur) és épp most néztem, ahogy Malek mondja ezt neki egy videocallban. Profin hobbizni is megéri néha.

[pajjorimre]

Azt hittem a tesóm bmeg.

[helsinkiaznyugate]

Zsóti bmeg, ez mi?!

[telaviv-delhi]

Esik, bmeg, Esik. Mégsem Párizsba emigrálunk. Ha az esőt szeretjük, akkor Írország. Ott egy év alatt moha nőtt a fejemre.

[ncisfranchise-source]

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[pajjorimre]

Nem tudod bmeg mennyire monumentális cucc ez, amíg nem állsz a kurva sziklák tetején, alattad 60-100 méterre meg az óceán baszkodja teli torokból a követ, ha valaha zéró akartál lenni, itt meg se kell erőltetni magad, csak körülnézni.

Algarve, Portugal

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