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Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 12:14:57 PM »
The Rules of Grafting

Grafting is complicated, especially for a DM. There are four different sets of rules, each unique to their subset of grafts, each spread out through several different books. To make this easier, I'm going to summarize these sets of rules here.

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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 12:15:18 PM »
Individual Graft Review


Before we begin, I'd like to discuss several methods of getting Grafts onto your character. Here are the various options:

  • The Wish spell: Worst method by far, even if you have the grafts in front of you. You end up having to pay 5K+twice the XP cost of the item. Only use this method if it's a scroll or ring or staff, or if you want to set yourself a level behind. Or if using the Sacrifice rules from the BoVD...
  • Crafting them yourself: This is an OK method, as there are two classes capable of doing this cheaply: The Fleshgrafter PrC and the Artificer base class. Both of those can reduce the costs dramatically, making grafts more widely available for the party. The downside is you need to waste feats in order to make grafts, but in the Artificer's case you can just create an item of Psychic Reformation and get rid of the feat when you finish. Do not do this if you are not able to play one of those classes.
  • Paying an NPC to craft them for you: More expensive than crafting them yourself, but it's better to spend GP than levels or XP. Even better: Dominate them, and force them to craft the grafts for free. Odds are they are non-Good anyway.
  • Find a Fiend of Corruption: Fiends of Corruption are capable of creating any Fiendish Graft once per month. This is a risky method, but it's not too hard to get a Succubus FoC into a Planar Binding trap and forcing the ability (then use Dismissal to get rid of the fiend).
  • The Silithar: From Lords of Madness, we get a CG swarm-like race capable of using the Graft Flesh feat. What's more, they are eager to continue their research on grafting, and may do so for free if you are wiling to let them work on you. This is very much dependent on your DM though.
  • Planar Binding a Sibriex: From the FC1, we get a super-grafter: The Sibriex Obyrith. With 15HD, these are perfectly within GPB's abilities, and good god are they powerful bastards. The force a DC24 Will save on you just by being within 60ft, and can attack through a Magic Circle against Evil thanks to their Control Chains ability, and are immune to Mind-Affecting spells/abilities. But they have one massive bonus if you can subdue them: Instant Graft 3/day. They can create ANY Fiendish graft for free, 3/day. Quite a step up from the Fiend of Corruption. It may be possible to use Psychic Reformation to alter what they can create (since they do have the Graft Flesh feat), so talk with your DM.


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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 12:15:35 PM »
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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2011, 12:16:13 PM »
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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 03:13:58 PM »
Your Morg Tongue description seems like you moved on without finishing it.
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Re: Stitching Thing Together: The Graft Handbook
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 08:32:46 PM »
Your Morg Tongue description seems like you moved on without finishing it.

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