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Nope, Odaire and The Rider's Bridge also use new monsters as their dark lords.
This is true, I had been referring to the most descriptive Domains.
Nope, Odaire and The Rider's Bridge also use new monsters as their dark lords.
Sure, I was just being pedantic, as per usual.This is true, I had been referring to the most descriptive Domains.
You can list social skills without a statblock. And you would want to have very different levels if it is a 1st level or 20th level character the dark lord is talking to.What if the statblock also contains social skills? Is it there to be fought, or talked to?
Soth didn't cheat the Dark Powers. He simply got so boring, because all he did was hang out in his magic holodeck all day, that they fired him.Yeah Azalin Rex, I'm gonna assume, somehow cheated the system ala Soth and now the Dark Powers are like "Oh BLOODY SMEG NOT AGAIN!!"
Don't forget that most of the Darklords have a huge number of minions they can call upon. Viktra may be CR 1, but she undoubtedly has dozens of golems and other constructs. Likewise Ivana, who certainly has tons of carnivorous plants and venomous animals under her command.And of course CR matters. It's not the only or most important thing,
Don't forget that most of the Darklords have a huge number of minions they can call upon. Viktra may be CR 1, but she undoubtedly has dozens of golems and other constructs. Likewise Ivana, who certainly has tons of carnivorous plants and venomous animals under her command.
But why would you ever put her in to a combat? Borcas suppose to be about intrigue and poison not about confrontation. I'd suppose she wont even be present when her posionous schemes afflict the PCs. So if Ivana is ever in a combat herself, having only 27 hp means she won't last long even against a low-level party.
Why would Ivana fight? She'd sacrifice her minions to get away.So if Ivana is ever in a combat herself, having only 27 hp means she won't last long even against a low-level party.
But why would you ever put her in to a combat? Borcas suppose to be about intrigue and poison not about confrontation. I'd suppose she wont even be present when her posionous schemes afflict the PCs
What are Borcas themes now anyway?
Why would Ivana fight? She'd sacrifice her minions to get away.
True... if you run them directly as that statblock says. Remember, the book says they have statblocks like spies or like nobles, not that they use that statblock exactly--and even then, you can change them.So even in Borca, where the focus is politics and family machinations, a PC could walk up to Ivana, cast charm person and learn key information or manipulate her in other ways.
This isn't going to be as easy as say against Ramya, who has abilities like magic resistance.
Anyway, I'm pointing out that CR does have several important limitations on these NPCs, even when these characters are not strictly your enemies.