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  1. coriolis

    Wilderness encounter for 15th-level PCs

    Have the giant bees attack the lone monk. I expect it'll take him a round or 2 at most to deal with them. Once the party arrives, they can detect the forest fire. Once they start dealing with it, add a few fire elementals of various sizes that came through the temporary vortex inside the forest...
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    Illyria: Corporate Raider?

    From http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/20 05-08-18/#2 ---------------------------------------------- Lachlan Murdoch Opens New Company in Australia Less than a month after resigning his posts at his father's News Corp, Lachlan Murdoch has registered a new company, Illyria Pty. Ltd., in Australia...
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    Feat selection sugestions?

    That sounds good. I'll have to check it out. We don't have all of those books (I wish!) It's just that we found those publishers tend to put out reliable stuff*, so we can just go ahead and use it in our game without going through the approval process (the choice can still be vetoed once the...
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    Feat selection sugestions?

    There's really no need. The dwarf is a powerhouse that can grind almost anything in his path (his record is something like 200 points of dmg in 1 round). That's pretty close to my style. I'm the support guy. About half my spells I prepare help the rest of the party (greater status, holy...
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    GenCon SoCal (Anaheim, CA): Worth the trip?

    I went last year during my vacation -- it was my first large con. I liked it a lot. I got to play games I had always wanted to, but never had the chance, such as the Buffy/Angel RPG (the GM was a guy who worked in show business and used headshots of real actors for the NPCs - cool!). I also...
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    Feat selection sugestions?

    My character just reached 12th level (the first time I've ever had a character go this high), and I'm hesitant to choose my feat -- there's so many of them! So I would like some suggestions before I make my choice. Acceptable sources include WOTC books except those related to FR, Bastion...
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    Farscape (No Spoilers)

    Eheheh... Karen Shaw
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    Elemental Princes of Evil / Archomentals

    The Planescape archomentals (evil & good) are also mentioned on the last page of Defenders of the Faith. IIRC, it says that they are not true deities and cannot grant spells. However, in the list of 'monster' deities, you will notice a mention of Kulthiere (sp) as the god of salamanders and...
  9. coriolis

    Just got Netflix. Name some great old movies.

    If you like heavily stylized stuff... Night of the Hunter: A dark fairy tale about an ex-con (played by Robert Mitchum) pretending to be a preacher to get his hands on the inheritance of a widow and her 2 grandchildren. Buckaroo Banzai: A weird product of 80s sci-fi with Peter Weller. Probably...
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    Vote: The Best 2nd ed AD&D Adventures!

    Dead Gods was very cool -- especially the beginning (a mind flayer proxy screams and drops dead in front of you) and the 'first' end (a journey to the abandoned layer of Arvandor). The idea of the visages was also creepy.
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    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    Ah! I thought these were some buff spells or powers. I also wanted to adhere to the description that was given to the party It's a spur-of-the-moment feat I invented to explain the greatswords from the description. See the beginning of the thread. That leaves Weapon Finesse -- that'd be a...
  12. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    Thanks Rystil! Excellent work. I would make the following changes (I highlighted the changes in bold): Armor Class: 28 (+5 Dex, +9 gleaming full plate +1, +2 natural, +2 deflection), touch 17, flat-footed 23 Attacks: +3 keen lucky Greater Mind Blade +19/+14 melee (2d6+5 damage 17-20/x2) Saves...
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    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    No one has touched the githzerai guards yet. I'll throw in my suggestion: make them psychic warriors, or even better, soulknives (the crystal greatswords could simply be the result of a feat -- Greater Shape Mind Blade). 13th-level would seem to be a good range. For their feats, use the Mage...
  14. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    I agree. You have 6 PCs vs. 8 enemies (3 slaads + 3 githzerai guards + Queen + King). The minions should be below the PCs in ability, and use relatively simple strategies. Their role is to slow down the party and to force the PCs to expand energy on them. That way, Morrus can concentrate on the...
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    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    Oooh, good idea! Why not use the impeded magic planar trait (maybe boost the DC to 25 or so since it's 'focused' in a small area)? ----------------------------------------------- Impeded Magic: Particular spells and spell-like abilities are more difficult to cast on planes with this trait, often...
  16. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    In my experience, that's tough to do: casters have a good Will save, and tend to have protection from evil or other mental protections. Looking at the list of party members, I think the ranger or samurai would be your best bet for such an attack. Then have the target attack the cleric -- this...
  17. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    Thanks to www.systemreferencedocuments.org and Sovelior_Sage, I've found something that fits pretty well with my plan: ----------------------------------------- Dissipating Touch Psychoportation (Teleportation) Level: Psion/wilder 1, psychic warrior 1 Display: Auditory and visual Manifesting...
  18. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    All right, slight change in plan: have the psicrystal be invisible and sneak towards one of the arcane casters. Ready an attack for when your target casts a spell, and channel a touch spell at that point -- something targeting Fort to hit him where it hurts. Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar...
  19. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    Assuming: a) The Queen is a high-level psion with a psicrystal b) Psionic effects can affect magic (and vice-versa) in your campaign Have her psicrystal discreetly advance towards the party (I believe psicrystals can walk on ceilings, so that would be a good way to do it). Once it's within 10...
  20. coriolis

    Help me kill Darmanicus & Friends!

    I know this goes in favor of the party rather than the enemy, but considering their level and their background, I'm guessing the diviner has a pretty good Knowledge (the planes) score. I would allow him to make a check to correct their mistake -- githzerais are rather different from githyankis...
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