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Vapid Exchanger (Alpha 0.1)
🕑 Added 2021-10-10 01:15:20 +0000 UTCVapid Exchangers are ditzy, human-sized fairies that appear indistinguishable from female humans, save for the blue butterfly-like wings that sprout from their backs. They they are incredibly cute and charming, they're incredibly dumb and gullible, often viewing the most mundane knowledge as groundbreaking and prolific. They are notably self-conscious about their lack of intellect and one must be warry of flaunting their own knowledge in front of one or risk of finding themselves in the Vapid Exchanger's shoes. While their physical capabilities are far from dangerous, A vapid Exchanger is capable of forcing its stupidity onto another while stealing their intelligence and spellcasting abilities for themselves. Upon "borrowing" a creature's intellect, an Exchanger's demeanor often becomes far less bubbly and much more smug and condescending.
Though they rarely do so without being provoked these fairies love confusing once genius spellcasters with topics of which they were once masters. Vapid Exchangers always initially intend to give a creature their mental abilities back after they believe a creature has learned their lesson, if attacked, they will simply run away, leaving a creature to a bimbo-brained fate until they can track it down. The easiest way to undo the effects of this fairy is to simply surrender and offer a sincere apology to the exchanger, though many of those it targets tend to be too prideful to do so.
These Fairies are uniquely able to instantly share information with another creature by touching their forehead, viewing a memory of that creature's choice from that creature's perspective, while in turn providing that creature with a memory of its own. While it is only capable of using this effect on a consenting creature, it tends to do this when attempting to get to become better acquainted with those it is trying to befriend or understand. While it will often ask to view the moments prior to a creature meeting the Exchanger, as to gauge if it's antagonistic, it will show others cute and superficial memories of when it had previously befriended woodland creatures or found especially beautiful flowers.
Vapid Exchangers are the most dangerous when in contact with powerful mages and casters as they gain the spells of a creature whose mind they pilfer. However, even the most novice of fighters and barbarians can deal with an exchanger with ease (though an Exchanger Would likely see no reason to target them in the first place).
It is said that if a creature has their mental abilities exchanged with one of these fairies for over a year, the exchanger will lose their wings and become human, while that creature will grow butterfly-like wings, becoming a Vapid Exchanger in their place.
While all vapid exchangers are quite dim-witted, they are each different, each with their own personalities that may determine how it interacts with adventurers. All two personality traits, Ditzy and one chosen by the GM.
Vapid Exchanger
Movement: 5
Combat Stats:
HP: 28
Will: 20
MP: 0
Strength: 2
Mind: 0
Defense: 8
Resolve: 8
Finesse: 8
Speed: 14
Utility Stats:
Awareness: -5
Diplomacy: 10
Knowledge: -5
Physicality: 0
Subtlety: 5
Weaknesses And Resistances: The Vapid Exchanger cannot be charmed or hypnotized.
Inventory:
Basic Light Armor
Abilities:
Fairy Flight: Fairies can fly as long as they're not holding a shield or a two-handed weapon and not wearing medium or heavier armor. While flying, a fairy's movement and finesse increase by 2.
Memory Exchange: As a one-handed action, the Vapid Exchanger can touch a willing target, allowing them to simultaneously view memories from each other's minds. Upon activating this ability, The Vapid Exchanger and the Target each select a memory from their respective minds no greater than sixty seconds in length. The two creatures instantly gain access to all information regarding the memory at hand. If either creature chooses a false memory, or refuses to choose a memory to share, the effect fails.
Mental Drain: As a one-handed action, the Vapid Exchanger can attempt to drain the will from a target. This attack has the following attributes:
Range: 1-4
Accuracy Dice: 1d8
Damage Dice: 1d8 + Mind
Damage Type: Psychic
Additional Effects: The target's maximum MP is reduced by the amount of psychic damage they were dealt from this attack. The Vapid Exchanger's maximum MP increases by this amount.
Cognitive Exchange: As a two-handed action, the Vapid Exchanger can touch a creature, attempting to exchange mental traits and capabilities with it. The target rolls 1d8 and adds their resolve. If the result is 12 or less, the target suffers the effects of Cognitive exchange. (The number needed to succeed this roll increases by 2 for every time the target has been hit by the Vapid Exchanger's Mental Drain in the past 24 hours.)
If a creature suffers the effects of Cognitive Exchange, they exchange the following stats with The Vapid Exchanger (that Vapid Exchanger gains the given stats of that creature): Mind, Awareness, and Knowledge. Additionally, the target gains the Ditzy personality trait (its effects are doubled if they already had it) and the Vapid Exchanger loses this trait. That target also gains one randomly selected personality trait from the Bimbo Mind chart. Lastly, a creature suffering from this effect is incapable of casting spells with an MP cost greater than 5. While this effect is active, the Vapid Exchanger can cast spells known by that creature (though it still must spend MP to cast them)
This effect ends automatically if the exchanger targets another creature with Cognitive Exchange, the Exchanger's HP or Will are reduced to 0, or it dies.
Forgiving Dispel: At any time (on its turn or another creature's turn) the Vapid Exchanger can reverse active effects of its Mental Drain or Cognitive Exchange abilities.
If a creature is under the effects of Cognitive Exchange for one year, the Exchanger's wings wither away and it become human, while the target grows blue butterfly-like wings, becoming a Vapid exchanger itself. When this transformation occurs, the target becomes female if it wasn't already, and it is now classified as a fairy. In the circumstance that a creature becomes a Vapid Exchanger, all stat changes and personality traits gained from the effect of Cognitive Exchange become permanent and they cannot be reversed. The target gains the following abilities from the Vapid Exchanger: Fairy Flight, Memory Exchange, Mental Drain, Cognitive Exchange, and Forgiving Dispel. That creature also gains immunity to the charmed and hypnotized status conditions.
