The Creation mantle was a psionic mantle that granted ardents and divine minds an array of psionics powers and abilities derived from the universal concept or philosophy of creation, themed around creating objects.[1]
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Those who followed the creation mantle obtained a greater mastery over shaping ectoplasm, allowing them to create a variation of astral construct that was distinct in both appearance and abilities, as well as the potential to create other variations in the future.[1][2][note 1] Additionally, the psychic aura exuded by divine minds of the creation mantle had a restorative effect on constructs.[3] The possible variations of astral constructs were as followed:
- Agile Loper: A sleek quadruped form, similar in appearance to a bariaur, making the astral construct faster and more agile.[4][note 2]
- Alabaster Aerial: A silvery-white humanoid form with clawed feet and wings in place of arms.[4]
- Amber Tunneler: An amber-colored buglike form, with a wide body and numerous short legs that walked low to the ground, making the astral construct a gifted burrower.[4]
- Anathemic Carapace: An oversized red scarab form with fiery eyes. The astral construct unleashed a blast of psychic energy upon death. Alternatively, the manifester could remotely detonate the construct.[5]
- Astral Aquan: A silvery-blue eel-like form, with a pair of long tentacles protruding from their mouth. The astral construct became a gifted swimmer, capable of pummeling foes with its tentacles.[6]
- Ebony Stinger: A shiny black arachnid form with a hooked tail. The astral construct gained the power to deliver a minor poison with the very sharp barb on their tail.[6]
- Emerald Gyre: A green apelike form with a third arm in the middle of its back, making the construct a better grappler.[6]
- Iridescent Serpent: A distinct serpentine form with a clubbed tail, imbued with an energy type of the manifester's choice–acid, cold, electricity, or fire. The astral construct gained minute resistance to that energy type and their attacks became imbued with it.[6]
Powers[]
Novice manifesters gained the astral construct power that the Creation mantle's unique ability necessitated, as well as the power to create cloth and wooden items with psionic minor creation.[1]
Manifesters of some experience could transform raw materials into objects with psionic fabricate. As a manifester progressed further they gained improved versions of the former two powers, psionic major creation and greater psionic fabricate. Masters of this mantle reached the pinnacle of creation, becoming able to create enduring objects with true creation.[1]
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- ↑ In mechanical terms, the Creation mantle granted "...the Ectopic Form feat (page 50) as a bonus feat..." and allowed the player to "...learn the form of your choice."
- ↑ Though not explicitly referred to as a "bariaur" appearance, the description of "centaurlike quadrupeds with pale fur" and "ramlike horns on their foreheads" heavily implies such.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 67. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 50. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Bruce R. Cordell, Christopher Lindsay (April 2006). Complete Psionic. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-3911-7.