Ok so I wanted to check out making this super alien styled character and the Kasatha are already one of my favorite races and are really powerful.
But I really like the idea of adding the Half-Illithid template, and the Illithid trying to turn a Kasatha would definatly make a Half-Illithid.
Half-Illithid
I know this is powerful, and for a CR 3 I think it is well worth the CR 3 adjustment using the Pathfinder rules, not the LA of D&D (Which we all know tended to be a little bit bloated)
I was thinking a Monk character would be pretty good with this idea, especially a Tetori monk, as they are grapple fiends.
If this was used in Gestalt I would go Monk//Psionic Class for fluff and flavor (Probably an Erudite)
Any advice on this idea? Is this just too Alien?