Flamestrike
Legend
Pretty odd contingency condition too - like the dude becomes invisible when the guy down the road (who doesn't like him) sees him.
Must happen a lot.
D&D 5E 20th level Sorcerer vs the world
Pretty odd contingency condition too - like the dude becomes invisible when the guy down the road (who doesn't like him) sees him.
Must happen a lot.
Gammadoodler
Hero
I can't tell if you're intending this to be offense, defense or both. A lot of the stuff you're doing to build an advantage seems like it only works if you're picking a fight.
Pass without a trace lasts an hour (I know y could extend it) so keeping that up is gonna drain slots or SP a lot. Armor of Agathys, same but worse since you're upcasting it. Trance of order lasts a minute/LR or costs 5 SP.
Sure you can be really really stealthy...for a minute, or just plain old really stealthy..for an hour at a time til you burn out your slots. I just don't see how what tools you have to acquire a target.
If no one can find you, and you can't find them, maybe you don't lose. I just don't see how you win.
The build sounds legal, but with a very high maintenance cost.
1. He's always under twinned Mind Blank, so no 9th level slot.
2. Every 10 days, he must recast his Contingency, which require a Wish, so he loses Mind Blank every 10 days for a day.
3. He's resting within his Demiplane daily, so he can be undetectable during that prep time for spells that last for a long time), so he must always reserve his 8th level spell slot for that use at the end of the day.
4. He needs to exit his Demiplane after rest, but the door closed 7 hours ago, so he needs to Planeshift back to the Prime (7th level spell slot) which doesn't allow for a precise location to get back, unless you follow with Teleport to the last place you were (and you took a pebble from there to guide the Teleport Spell to perfect accuracy) (another 7th level spell slot). BUT...
5. He is Ethereal for 16h a day, which is cool (and probably his main defense), but it needs the 7th level spell slot as well... So no Teleport, so he's getting back semi-randomly from the place he wants do be each morning...
So the sorcerer has no real mean of interacting with the world as he's Ethereal all the time except for one round a day, when he casts Demiplane and crosses the door to enter it as his move action. He has also poor control on where he is each day, only in the general vicinity of the places he wishes to be, which can be very close or quite far away, depending on GM's whim. And since it's forbidden to appeal to GM, we must assume a middle road of arriving neither at destination nor across a sea from his destination...
He has no usable 9th, 8th, 7th level spells slots.
He casts 8 extended Armor of Agathys a day (8 SP) so he needs to spend, 8 Pass without trace (8 SP and constant concentration) and 1 Extended Aid (upcast to 6th level for 25 HP) for 1 SP. That's 17 SP, but he needs also 8 1st-level and 2nd-level slots, of which he only has 4 and 3, which means resetting them with SP as well for 8 and 15 SP respectively. He's spending an ungodly 40 SP a day. That means he must spend all of his daily allotment, plus take 5 short rest a day, and it leaves him with 0 SP and the following usable spell slots:
1st level: 0
2nd level: 0
3rd level: 3
4th level: 3
5th level: 3
6th level: 1
7th level :0
8th level: 0
9th level: 0
OK, since he's staying all the time in the Ethereal and seeks to interact as little as possible with the world, he doesn't really NEED spell slots, but that put a serious difficulty on his world domination plans.
If the build is to become unkillable and unable to interact, there are several easier build... One could cast imprisonment on oneself and chose the Hedged Prison, or one could Wish to become the colour blue... But anyway, let's deal with him.
1. He's always under twinned Mind Blank, so no 9th level slot.
2. Every 10 days, he must recast his Contingency, which require a Wish, so he loses Mind Blank every 10 days for a day.
3. He's resting within his Demiplane daily, so he can be undetectable during that prep time for spells that last for a long time), so he must always reserve his 8th level spell slot for that use at the end of the day.
4. He needs to exit his Demiplane after rest, but the door closed 7 hours ago, so he needs to Planeshift back to the Prime (7th level spell slot) which doesn't allow for a precise location to get back, unless you follow with Teleport to the last place you were (and you took a pebble from there to guide the Teleport Spell to perfect accuracy) (another 7th level spell slot). BUT...
5. He is Ethereal for 16h a day, which is cool (and probably his main defense), but it needs the 7th level spell slot as well... So no Teleport, so he's getting back semi-randomly from the place he wants do be each morning...
So the sorcerer has no real mean of interacting with the world as he's Ethereal all the time except for one round a day, when he casts Demiplane and crosses the door to enter it as his move action. He has also poor control on where he is each day, only in the general vicinity of the places he wishes to be, which can be very close or quite far away, depending on GM's whim. And since it's forbidden to appeal to GM, we must assume a middle road of arriving neither at destination nor across a sea from his destination...
He has no usable 9th, 8th, 7th level spells slots.
He casts 8 extended Armor of Agathys a day (8 SP) so he needs to spend, 8 Pass without trace (8 SP and constant concentration) and 1 Extended Aid (upcast to 6th level for 25 HP) for 1 SP. That's 17 SP, but he needs also 8 1st-level and 2nd-level slots, of which he only has 4 and 3, which means resetting them with SP as well for 8 and 15 SP respectively. He's spending an ungodly 40 SP a day. That means he must spend all of his daily allotment, plus take 5 short rest a day, and it leaves him with 0 SP and the following usable spell slots:
1st level: 0
2nd level: 0
3rd level: 3
4th level: 3
5th level: 3
6th level: 1
7th level :0
8th level: 0
9th level: 0
OK, since he's staying all the time in the Ethereal and seeks to interact as little as possible with the world, he doesn't really NEED spell slots, but that put a serious difficulty on his world domination plans.
If the build is to become unkillable and unable to interact, there are several easier build... One could cast imprisonment on oneself and chose the Hedged Prison, or one could Wish to become the colour blue... But anyway, let's deal with him.
Zio_the_dark
The dark one :)
Where is the tough feat?
I think there's still some mistakes here and there. Best way to have legal builds is to make them with a builder...
Alfred: "and this way, the NCEST (nameless, cowardly, elusive, shadowy target) will be located unerringly by the power of maths!"
Rufus: "or, more exactly, the power of two."
Alfred: "indeed. Am I not a master investigator?"
Rufus: "yes you are, so you could put this finding ability to good use and fetch me my food."
Alfred, sighing: "why didn't I take a dog?"
Rufus: "because a dog isn't smart as I am, and you are about to spend valuable time while there is an even easier way?"
Alfred: "O RLY?"
Rufus: "I AM NOT A LOLCAT" (proceeds to cast fireball)
Alfred, counterspelling: "OK, then tell me..."
Rufus: "Your error was to use a spellcasting glyph to trigger the alarm. Glyph of Warding also haves the provision that "If the spell summons Hostile creatures or creates harmful Objects or traps, they appear as close as possible to the intruder and Attack it."
Alfred: "I see where you're going. With, say, Summon Construct having a range of 90 feet, I inscribe a glyph triggered by "the person I am tasked to kill being present within 1 light-year on this plane of existence" and I just wait until he steps on the prime, which should be nearly immediate if he isn't totally paranoid or a planeswalker, and the spell will pop a Construct that will go to attack him. Of course the construct has no way of knowing where to go and will idle quizzically, but I can draw the line between the center of the glyph where the spell is cast from and the 90 feet distance towrd which the construct appeared... I have a decent bearing, then I teleport somewhere distant not along that line, proceed to do the exact same thing, so I can draw the lines on a map and get a rough identification of his location... Next, I'll be doing it closer to the X on the map, until the construct reaches him within an hour. It will probably take a few tries because well, the distance to measure the bearing are far too short, but I'll quicken my search!"
Rufus: "You're a bright one. You won the right to scratch my head."
[Of course, it will be foiled because NCEST has lost the ability to return to the prime material place in a controllable location, but at this time, neither Alfred nor Rufus could know that. Determining how much it will be foiled can only be explained by the OP, because we don't know if NCEST tries to get to a precise location or juste Planeshift randomly back to the Prime].
Rufus: "or, more exactly, the power of two."
Alfred: "indeed. Am I not a master investigator?"
Rufus: "yes you are, so you could put this finding ability to good use and fetch me my food."
Alfred, sighing: "why didn't I take a dog?"
Rufus: "because a dog isn't smart as I am, and you are about to spend valuable time while there is an even easier way?"
Alfred: "O RLY?"
Rufus: "I AM NOT A LOLCAT" (proceeds to cast fireball)
Alfred, counterspelling: "OK, then tell me..."
Rufus: "Your error was to use a spellcasting glyph to trigger the alarm. Glyph of Warding also haves the provision that "If the spell summons Hostile creatures or creates harmful Objects or traps, they appear as close as possible to the intruder and Attack it."
Alfred: "I see where you're going. With, say, Summon Construct having a range of 90 feet, I inscribe a glyph triggered by "the person I am tasked to kill being present within 1 light-year on this plane of existence" and I just wait until he steps on the prime, which should be nearly immediate if he isn't totally paranoid or a planeswalker, and the spell will pop a Construct that will go to attack him. Of course the construct has no way of knowing where to go and will idle quizzically, but I can draw the line between the center of the glyph where the spell is cast from and the 90 feet distance towrd which the construct appeared... I have a decent bearing, then I teleport somewhere distant not along that line, proceed to do the exact same thing, so I can draw the lines on a map and get a rough identification of his location... Next, I'll be doing it closer to the X on the map, until the construct reaches him within an hour. It will probably take a few tries because well, the distance to measure the bearing are far too short, but I'll quicken my search!"
Rufus: "You're a bright one. You won the right to scratch my head."
[Of course, it will be foiled because NCEST has lost the ability to return to the prime material place in a controllable location, but at this time, neither Alfred nor Rufus could know that. Determining how much it will be foiled can only be explained by the OP, because we don't know if NCEST tries to get to a precise location or juste Planeshift randomly back to the Prime].
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Earth2Carnifex
Explorer
5 murder hobos looking at the crater that use to be the sorcerers Fortress:
Wizard snatches the notebook from the Barbarians hands and looks at it
Wizard: You idiot, you misplaced the decimal point, we needed 30 gallons, not 300!
Barbarian: Well, I never was very good with math.
Bard: I have to admit, you out did yourself this time.
Cleric: Too bad about the Paladin, where did you get the 300 gallons of Orc Whiskey anyway?
Rogue: I have a friend who imports it, hey you guys ready for a beer?
Wizard snatches the notebook from the Barbarians hands and looks at it
Wizard: You idiot, you misplaced the decimal point, we needed 30 gallons, not 300!
Barbarian: Well, I never was very good with math.
Bard: I have to admit, you out did yourself this time.
Cleric: Too bad about the Paladin, where did you get the 300 gallons of Orc Whiskey anyway?
Rogue: I have a friend who imports it, hey you guys ready for a beer?
This is turning into a saga. I hope the OP won't give up on supporter demigod sorcerers too soon.
Edit: I just realized that only the NCEST was Etheral. So the Simulacrum and the DMM are both staying material. Not that it is of any help since the NCEST has absolutely no notoriety and can't be LINKED to an eventual Simulacrum or Eiliria's Simulacrum.
Edit: I just realized that only the NCEST was Etheral. So the Simulacrum and the DMM are both staying material. Not that it is of any help since the NCEST has absolutely no notoriety and can't be LINKED to an eventual Simulacrum or Eiliria's Simulacrum.
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FireLance
Legend
I thought the main problem with the almost always ethereal sorcerer is food and water. Does he get someone to supply him? Does he go foraging? Either way, it implies some more time interacting with the real world, or using wish to cast create food and water every once in a while to avoid dying from dehydration and starvation.
I'd rule that either being able to convince a DMM to agree to have someone make a convincing copy of her, loyal to an outsider, or sneaking into a Drow Noble House and deliver a touch spell to animate the Wished copy AND escaping, both of them, away unscathed is legendsworthy.
Hohige
Explorer
Fair, Enough.
"Surprised?"
The Sorcerer level 20 regains 4 per short rest. It's 80 Sorcery Points that can be turned into Spells Slots. The Simulacrum can also do it. It's a lot of spells slots.
You roll stealth check once against creatures passive perception, He is hidden until revealed, if sucessful.
He can attack with or without simulacrum and can spend long periods fighting, since the non-detection spell keeps him hidden from divination magic.
Offensively, Subtle Dispel, Subtle Synatic Static, Subtle Mass Suggestion with (Telepathic synergy feat, It's insane), Subtle Earth Eruption, Subtle Wall of Force, Subtle Banishment and Sublte Polymorph.
It's nearly invincible.
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