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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7756800" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p><em>*tips hat*</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>It was a toss-up and I rounded up a bit for her transforming wand. I've started balancing the results from Blog of Holding's <em>Monster Manual </em>breakdown and the actual rules in the <em>Dungeon Master's Guide</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As always it's great to get your feedback sir!</p><p></p><p>Circe's the daughter of a nereid and a god (Achilles/Achilleus is the son of a nereid and human). So she's either a demigod or a nereid. She's often referred to as a nymph and I went with that as there's absolutely precedent for it and I've always thought about her reluctance to leave her home at all to be strange.</p><p></p><p>Got my words mixed up and suppose a more mundane word suffices (changing it to Sleeping Brew). Circe definitely drugs a bunch of sailors and needs mechanics reflecting that.</p><p></p><p>Per innate spellcasting - As mentioned above this is a conversion of a Pathfinder RPG statblock appropriate to the race I've ascribed to Circe here (an oceanid nymph). Because you don't see the dragon breathe fire doesn't mean it can't breathe fire. Odysseus frequently encounters and interacts with creatures far more powerful than him and while sometimes we see that, I believe that we don't <em>always</em> have it spelled out for us (and that this woman getting away with drugging people on the regular and turning them into animals <em>probably </em>has tricks up her sleeve). </p><p></p><p>The inclusion of an herb gifted to Odysseus by a god specifically to counteract her drugged wine seems super specific to him and his story, but sure--caveat added. Translations I've read and am looking at now refer to Circe's wand many times (specifically when doing the transforming people into animals thing) so I feel okay with leaving it as the object that grants her polymorph.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for clarifying! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 7756800, member: 6726030"] [I]*tips hat* [/I] It was a toss-up and I rounded up a bit for her transforming wand. I've started balancing the results from Blog of Holding's [I]Monster Manual [/I]breakdown and the actual rules in the [I]Dungeon Master's Guide[/I]. As always it's great to get your feedback sir! Circe's the daughter of a nereid and a god (Achilles/Achilleus is the son of a nereid and human). So she's either a demigod or a nereid. She's often referred to as a nymph and I went with that as there's absolutely precedent for it and I've always thought about her reluctance to leave her home at all to be strange. Got my words mixed up and suppose a more mundane word suffices (changing it to Sleeping Brew). Circe definitely drugs a bunch of sailors and needs mechanics reflecting that. Per innate spellcasting - As mentioned above this is a conversion of a Pathfinder RPG statblock appropriate to the race I've ascribed to Circe here (an oceanid nymph). Because you don't see the dragon breathe fire doesn't mean it can't breathe fire. Odysseus frequently encounters and interacts with creatures far more powerful than him and while sometimes we see that, I believe that we don't [I]always[/I] have it spelled out for us (and that this woman getting away with drugging people on the regular and turning them into animals [I]probably [/I]has tricks up her sleeve). The inclusion of an herb gifted to Odysseus by a god specifically to counteract her drugged wine seems super specific to him and his story, but sure--caveat added. Translations I've read and am looking at now refer to Circe's wand many times (specifically when doing the transforming people into animals thing) so I feel okay with leaving it as the object that grants her polymorph. Thanks again for clarifying! :D [/QUOTE]
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