TPK Your Entire Party

sam500 · Jan 11, 2007

Question: Does this trick work for TPKing an entire party?
I am 11th level evil wizard.
There are 3 other characters in the party.
I have watch and my mates are asleep.
I Coup de Gras them all using a full round action to cast sudden maximized empowered scorching ray (3 rays, 3 targets).
They all fail their stupidly high fort save.
I cast animate dead and gain 3 new followers in evil.

The Thayan Menace · Jan 11, 2007

No Dice

Casting scorching ray is a standard action ... you can't combine it with a full-round action.

-Samir

Diirk · Jan 11, 2007

Just use a scythe. Coup de gras is an auto hit so it doesn't matter that you aren't proficient, and it has x4 crit multiplier.

Artoomis · Jan 11, 2007

First, no it does not work.

Second, what are you trying to do? Win friends and influence people?

I would not normally allow such behavior from a player, were I the DM or another player in the group. How is this fun for the other players in the group?

Artoomis · Jan 11, 2007

Diirk said:
Just use a scythe. Coup de gras is an auto hit so it doesn't matter that you aren't proficient, and it has x4 crit multiplier.

That works for one character only - then the others may very well wake up from the noise and quickly do away with the wizard (if not the player!

).

Combined with Silence this works -leaving only the wizard's player to be dealt with.

The Thayan Menace · Jan 11, 2007

Grim Adventures, Anyone?

Diirk said:
Just use a scythe.

That's not exactly a stealthy weapon.

-Samir

The Thayan Menace · Jan 11, 2007

Harvester of Sorrow

Artoomis said:
Combined with Silence this works ....

That's actually pretty clever. I'll keep that in mind for a future NPC.

Thanks,

-Samir

The Thayan Menace · Jan 11, 2007

TPKillah!

The Thayan Menace said:
Casting scorching ray is a standard action ... you can't combine it with a full-round action.

However, I believe that Quicken Spell can overcome this limitation.

-Samir

weiknarf · Jan 11, 2007

sam500 said:
Question: Does this trick work for TPKing an entire party?
I am 11th level evil wizard.
There are 3 other characters in the party.
I have watch and my mates are asleep.
I Coup de Gras them all using a full round action to cast sudden maximized empowered scorching ray (3 rays, 3 targets).
They all fail their stupidly high fort save.
I cast animate dead and gain 3 new followers in evil.

No. TPK means everybody dies. Your character would have to kill himself.