[Shoggoth_Poot]

Well then, let us see. They have given their lives to being Protectors. Protector would suggest they are good. I can't imagine an evil character feeling like they have to protect anything, other than themselves. Well, HIVE is protective of her little ones, but she's not necessarily good. Hmmm...they seem to be in direct opposition of Uras-Beherit and his coming signals their need to take action against him. He's chaotic evil AF, so on the opposite end of the spectrum, they're lawful good. They never raise a hand to harm anyone yet (that we have seen), and need rescuing by Harec and his crew. So, I'd say they're peacful and GOOD. They have devoted themselves to being Protectors (kinda vague, but they're not running off with Lycus to get drunk and get wild) but have set themselves apart for their position as Protector and Harec and Shae both interact with them with an air of humble respect. So, I'm going with Lawful for them. Lawful Good. Wow, that was tougher than I thought it would be. Touche'.

[Level9Drow]

The first protector is Lawful HOT, very high Charisma score. But I never took H.I.V.E. for evil at all. I know someone above said she was, but she doesn't seem like it with all her quotes and dialogue. I think people tend to think she is evil because she's weird and alien, and I mean "alien" as in the original meaning, not "natives" of the borken planet.

I place her, at worst, Chaotic Neutral, at best, Chaotic Good. I'm not sure what her relationship with Harec and the team is though. They saved her I think.

[Shoggoth_Poot]

Yeah, I think she's true neutral. Her main priority seems to be her creepy little symbiotic babies. She'd do anything for them, break any law, kill any fool.  But she'd probably follow laws and help people out if it was in the best interest of her babies too. Yeah.

[Level9Drow]

Yeah, I think she's true neutral. Her main priority seems to be her creepy little symbiotic babies. She'd do anything for them, break any law, kill any fool.  But she'd probably follow laws and help people out if it was in the best interest of her babies too. Yeah.

Is H.I.V.E. under the "aberration" type you think? A humanoid with an "aberration" template? Because she used to be a native ("ancient interstellar human progenitors") like Harec, Shae and the rest of them, but she underwent some strange ceremony where she got all symbiotic with her..."babies"...and then her form changed. Ass stayed absolutely perfect, but otherwise got all "aberrant".

[Shoggoth_Poot]

Aberration is one of the Bloodline types you can take when leveling a Sorcerer/Sorceress. If I recall, it allows for a fifteen foot reach at level 20, plus blind-sight. Some other stuff that I can't remember. But I believe it means your blood has been tainted by something from outside of the planar sphere. Like a Lovecraftian Elder God. So, if she was tainted by Uras-Beherit, then I'd say "yes". But I think she's more of a Summoner type with some alien thing bound to her essence/being/whatever. But...I could be wrong.

[Level9Drow]

Aberration is one of the Bloodline types you can take when leveling a Sorcerer/Sorceress. If I recall, it allows for a fifteen foot reach at level 20, plus blind-sight. Some other stuff that I can't remember. But I believe it means your blood has been tainted by something from outside of the planar sphere. Like a Lovecraftian Elder God. So, if she was tainted by Uras-Beherit, then I'd say "yes". But I think she's more of a Summoner type with some alien thing bound to her essence/being/whatever. But...I could be wrong.

No, i'm not talking about specific class features. I'm talking GENERAL Monster Manual definition. Beholder, Pherim, Ilithid, Aboleth, Grell, Grick, etc... rubbery, alien, unnatural, weird powers, etc...

I think she would be a humanoid with an aberration sub-type ("Humanoid, Aberration).

 Classes don't really translate well to RotBP. Everyone in the game has powers from the monk class and do lethal damage from unarmed strikes. Hades Division have the most health and so can withstand the most melee hits, but have no armor, so they have elements from fighter and barbarian, but no rage and but run fast. The "Native" faction has low health but good stealth, like rogues, and do bonus damage under certain circumstances. 5th Council are slow, medium health and good armor against gunfire, but are otherwise unremarkable. Wardogs are fast, medium health and regenerate but have NO stealth.

It's all kind of mixed up. As it should, this is sci-fi and not fantasy so there is going to be universal skills everyone has, as opposed to fantasy. And technology is going to replace a lot of magical and natural features. Like, everyone is an expert at fire-arms in RotBP.

[Shoggoth_Poot]

I'll have to glance at the Starfinder rulebook and see if there are some comparable classes therein. By the way, if you haven't checked out the sci-fi spinoff of Pathfinder (which is D&D 3.5), then you should check it out. Starfinder. Yeah. But keep playing RotBP ya'll. For real.

[Level9Drow]

Me and my group left 3.5 a long time ago, man. We're all 5th edition now. 3.5 was just math porn, for the most part. You should check out 5th ed.

[Shoggoth_Poot]

When Wizards of the Coast moved on from 3.5, a lot of people went nuts, because they thought 3.5 was the end-all-be-all for tabletop roleplaying. Paizo capitalized off of that by taking, what was basically, the 3.5 rules, tweaking them slightly, and selling it as Pathfinder. I've got 5th edition D&D, for sure. But some players still swear by Pathfinder (3.5), and I like to roll with both groups. However, Paizo is beta testing Pathfinder 2nd Edition *gasp*! After nine years of rolling out supplement after supplement for Pathfinder, they finally ran out of stuff to do with it (that would be worth the money, anyway). It's all a bunch of expanding or simplifying based on player expectations and playing to your audience and squeezing every bit of content out that you can. Genius, really. Wizards picked up the players who didn't like the math of 3.5, and Paizo ran with die-hard 3.5 fans.

...MercurySteam, you taking notes here?

Anyway, what were we talking about?

[Level9Drow]

UPDATE: Aneska, Valeria, 5th Council and more...