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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8173717" data-attributes="member: 42856"><p>Had, instead of meeting Binky along the road, the Deathstalker of Bhaal met Alfred, who was carrying a chair at this time to give to Binky, because sitting is more comfortable than standing, especially since the wait looked to last for a long time... The outcome would have been one-sided and lethal. For the Lazy One.</p><p></p><p>Of course, Alfred would have gladly put the chair away to help the newlyweds. He'd have started to help them before recognizing Eilirilia. The wife was exactly like here, it was stunning ressemblance. So he didn't care she was very close to him and didn't see any danger before she looked at him and yelled "Harm" in the old menzoberranzan dialect, praying to her Dark Mistress for his demise. Lacking any decision of the DM to declare him surprised, his adventuring reflexes quickly took over... but it was too late. Fortunately, Butler 432, his similar-looking servant, wasn't surprised and mechanically acted on the complex set of instructions he had been ingrained. Taking a reaction he counterspelled the Harm spell, ensuring success with a use of Convergent Future. Spells of this power could kill Alfred in one strike... Immediately afterwards, the suitor acted, this time Wishing for a potent attack spell, and activating its Transe of Order as a bonus action, infusing his soul with the safe and regular flow of Mechanus's distinctive hate of randomness. Driven by adrenaline, Alfred emerged from his daydream about Eilirilia. Being able to treat any dice result on an ability check, including the spellcasting ability check as a 10, irrespective of the dice roll, nullified the Chronurgist's ability to set the dice result. He was ensuring the success of his dispelling attempt. Being extremely analytical, Alfred knew he'd lose the action economy competition as his own eventual Counterspell would be successfully counterspelled by the murderer. He had also no hope on competing with a Sorcerer on the basis of the number of spell cast... So he decided to grit his teeth and take the damage... The situation was tense, but Alfred smiled, as he was sure to have the upper hand. Hurt (12-72 damage, average 42, halved in case of success, reasonable in case of a use of Luck point), but not downed, the Contingency he kept all the time, except when adventuring insubterranean dungeons in his youth, activated. Designed to prevent the common assassination attempt that plagued the big cities like Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep, its triggger was "My HP drops to less than 80% of my maximum HP during a fight". The contingent spell was Dimension Door, opening upward of 500 ft. No building in Faerun were more than 10-storys high, so he was safe. He immediately took his reaction to cast Feather Fall, which limited his fall to 60 ft per round. He was far outside any counterspelling range, so he was safe. Usually, he wouldn't bother with casting the spell as he always wore a Feather Fall amulet, but recently a sinister Thieves Guild had started operated and many magical valuables had gone missing in Foggy Bottom, so he had to resort to manual spellcasting. Far below, on the ground, a pale copy of the murderer came out of etherealness, applying its plan, and found no-one to twin disintegrate. Since Simulacrum have a bare modicum of intelligence, and knowing the target, the simulacrum cast a distant freezing sphere at Alfred, the only spell that could strike at 600 ft and who could strike the wizard. He couldn't twin it, since metamagic don't stack, but a little damage was better than no damage. So Alfred was struck with a freezing sphere, dealing an average of 35 cold damage to poor Alfred if he failed his save (75% chance). He'd need a cup of hot cocoa.</p><p></p><p>[Technically, to be honest, Alfred could be killed right now. He only has 122 HP due to being underoptimized (he took a feat to become an expert gardener, remember!). At max, he'd face 12d6+10d6 so that's 132 damage in case of maximum damage, provided he doesn't meet any saving throw with 3 luck points... the probability of rolling 122 on 22d6 is lower than .000000003186635545%. That's not much. If for some reason Harm had stuck, he would have been teleported up immediately after and the only threat remaining this round would have been either two Extended Freezing Sphere or... nothing, depending on the answer to the question at the bottom of this post.] In the worst case scenario, his chances of dying on round 1 are 0,03%.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the next turn, Alfred doesn't waste time helping the couple to get their bearing... It was time for action. Of course, he could always retreat and counterstrike at his fullest. A prepared wizard was unstoppable. But even a badly prepared one could end this sorcerer. He deduced that the spellcaster, lacking breadth in his choice of spells, probably lacked any mean of flying so he had a few round during which extended freezing sphere was probably the only threat he'd face. A few seconds was more than what he needed, as he had the advantage of range, provided he struck at this fullest. Opening a dreaded Ravenous Void (Dunamancy, he reflected, was a cool topic to study) above and slightly behind the trio of attacked, he ensured they would all three be within 100 ft of the 20-foot sphere of deadly attraction that opened, black as a rift in reality, immediately pulling everything toward its center. He also leisurely fell from FL 500 to FL 440.</p><p></p><p>Alfred's simulacrum, acting right after him, understood his master's plan. He had just to make sure the villain didn't escape. He could have cast a meteor shower at his feet, killing them all in an elemental fire blaze that would only leave a crater, because he was willing to give his simulated life for his master. However, it would certainly hurt the resident of the village, and this was a limitation explicitely set by Alfred to his liberty of action. But in this case, he just had to make sure they wouldn't leave by blocking their telportation magic. He thought about wishing for a forbiddance spell, but they could always leave... So he moved away and just wished for a symbol of insanity, so that it's area of effect included the offending trio of murderers. Magic, the most potent a living creature could cast but rather mundane for an artificial one immune from the limitation of the living, took effect and lines of arcane power glowed on the ground behind the attackers. The trigger was designed to be met immediately (activate whenever the prime material plane exists). Combining the range of the spell and the radius of symbol, he could stay out of counterspelling range.</p><p></p><p>DMM: CON save +3 against DC 19, simulacrum and failed demigod: +0 (but with the ability to treat numbers of 1-9 as 10) against DC19. Reducing to gibbering idiots status, the offender wouldn't be able to take action in the next 10 rounds, statistically. They would shout silly affirmation like "I automatically wins every mental saving throw.".</p><p></p><p>At their turn, they'd be pulled into the ravenous void and be restrained inside, taking 5d10 force damage per round if they, most probably, failed a Strenth check. While the DMM could hope to succeed, with their inherent malus to STR, the original and his copy would fail automatically... And incur 5d10 force damage on each of the subsequent rounds. 50d10 of damage is an average of 275 HP. The most probable outcome is that they are crushed by the sphere known, in other places, as a black hole, causing their anhilation. However, the sorcerer himself was very durable (not including the upcast Aid spell that couldn't have been at an 8th level slot) and with nearly 200 HP including his Bastion of Law, and being able to call upon a clockwork cavalcade (which require an action, but let's say... to restore 100 HP, he could conceivably survive with 25 HP at the end of the spell... the ravenous void would close, the rift in reality would recede and all would be left would be the tranquil air of the mid-day in the village... the surviving sorcerer, no longer pulled up aby the unnatural gravity, would immediately take 12d6 falling damage as he'd fall 120 ft.</p><p></p><p>The Lazy One would be happy thereafter in eternal slumber, killed by fall damage.</p><p></p><p>[OK, Butler 432 and Alfred probably would play safe, vent their stress and at least cast a few exhilarating fireballs for good measure during the 10 rounds of seeing the trio being crushed into a pulp].</p><p></p><p>Then, hurrying back home, Alfred casts Scrying on the dead sorcerer. You'd never know if there was any Clone activated... But he was satisfied to learn that this basic protection was forgotten... "Sorcerers..." he sighed.</p><p></p><p><em>Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.</em></p><p></p><p>[Edited to explain the lack of magical item in the contest by reference the most dangerous sorcerer of Foggy Bottom, a real threat this one].</p><p>[Edited again to ask a question: how can the sorcerer cast Freezing Sphere? It's a Wizard only spell and it's Evocation, so it couldn't have procured by the Clockwork Origin specific substitution, and it's not on the Mark of Shadow spell list either].</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8173717, member: 42856"] Had, instead of meeting Binky along the road, the Deathstalker of Bhaal met Alfred, who was carrying a chair at this time to give to Binky, because sitting is more comfortable than standing, especially since the wait looked to last for a long time... The outcome would have been one-sided and lethal. For the Lazy One. Of course, Alfred would have gladly put the chair away to help the newlyweds. He'd have started to help them before recognizing Eilirilia. The wife was exactly like here, it was stunning ressemblance. So he didn't care she was very close to him and didn't see any danger before she looked at him and yelled "Harm" in the old menzoberranzan dialect, praying to her Dark Mistress for his demise. Lacking any decision of the DM to declare him surprised, his adventuring reflexes quickly took over... but it was too late. Fortunately, Butler 432, his similar-looking servant, wasn't surprised and mechanically acted on the complex set of instructions he had been ingrained. Taking a reaction he counterspelled the Harm spell, ensuring success with a use of Convergent Future. Spells of this power could kill Alfred in one strike... Immediately afterwards, the suitor acted, this time Wishing for a potent attack spell, and activating its Transe of Order as a bonus action, infusing his soul with the safe and regular flow of Mechanus's distinctive hate of randomness. Driven by adrenaline, Alfred emerged from his daydream about Eilirilia. Being able to treat any dice result on an ability check, including the spellcasting ability check as a 10, irrespective of the dice roll, nullified the Chronurgist's ability to set the dice result. He was ensuring the success of his dispelling attempt. Being extremely analytical, Alfred knew he'd lose the action economy competition as his own eventual Counterspell would be successfully counterspelled by the murderer. He had also no hope on competing with a Sorcerer on the basis of the number of spell cast... So he decided to grit his teeth and take the damage... The situation was tense, but Alfred smiled, as he was sure to have the upper hand. Hurt (12-72 damage, average 42, halved in case of success, reasonable in case of a use of Luck point), but not downed, the Contingency he kept all the time, except when adventuring insubterranean dungeons in his youth, activated. Designed to prevent the common assassination attempt that plagued the big cities like Baldur's Gate or Waterdeep, its triggger was "My HP drops to less than 80% of my maximum HP during a fight". The contingent spell was Dimension Door, opening upward of 500 ft. No building in Faerun were more than 10-storys high, so he was safe. He immediately took his reaction to cast Feather Fall, which limited his fall to 60 ft per round. He was far outside any counterspelling range, so he was safe. Usually, he wouldn't bother with casting the spell as he always wore a Feather Fall amulet, but recently a sinister Thieves Guild had started operated and many magical valuables had gone missing in Foggy Bottom, so he had to resort to manual spellcasting. Far below, on the ground, a pale copy of the murderer came out of etherealness, applying its plan, and found no-one to twin disintegrate. Since Simulacrum have a bare modicum of intelligence, and knowing the target, the simulacrum cast a distant freezing sphere at Alfred, the only spell that could strike at 600 ft and who could strike the wizard. He couldn't twin it, since metamagic don't stack, but a little damage was better than no damage. So Alfred was struck with a freezing sphere, dealing an average of 35 cold damage to poor Alfred if he failed his save (75% chance). He'd need a cup of hot cocoa. [Technically, to be honest, Alfred could be killed right now. He only has 122 HP due to being underoptimized (he took a feat to become an expert gardener, remember!). At max, he'd face 12d6+10d6 so that's 132 damage in case of maximum damage, provided he doesn't meet any saving throw with 3 luck points... the probability of rolling 122 on 22d6 is lower than .000000003186635545%. That's not much. If for some reason Harm had stuck, he would have been teleported up immediately after and the only threat remaining this round would have been either two Extended Freezing Sphere or... nothing, depending on the answer to the question at the bottom of this post.] In the worst case scenario, his chances of dying on round 1 are 0,03%. On the next turn, Alfred doesn't waste time helping the couple to get their bearing... It was time for action. Of course, he could always retreat and counterstrike at his fullest. A prepared wizard was unstoppable. But even a badly prepared one could end this sorcerer. He deduced that the spellcaster, lacking breadth in his choice of spells, probably lacked any mean of flying so he had a few round during which extended freezing sphere was probably the only threat he'd face. A few seconds was more than what he needed, as he had the advantage of range, provided he struck at this fullest. Opening a dreaded Ravenous Void (Dunamancy, he reflected, was a cool topic to study) above and slightly behind the trio of attacked, he ensured they would all three be within 100 ft of the 20-foot sphere of deadly attraction that opened, black as a rift in reality, immediately pulling everything toward its center. He also leisurely fell from FL 500 to FL 440. Alfred's simulacrum, acting right after him, understood his master's plan. He had just to make sure the villain didn't escape. He could have cast a meteor shower at his feet, killing them all in an elemental fire blaze that would only leave a crater, because he was willing to give his simulated life for his master. However, it would certainly hurt the resident of the village, and this was a limitation explicitely set by Alfred to his liberty of action. But in this case, he just had to make sure they wouldn't leave by blocking their telportation magic. He thought about wishing for a forbiddance spell, but they could always leave... So he moved away and just wished for a symbol of insanity, so that it's area of effect included the offending trio of murderers. Magic, the most potent a living creature could cast but rather mundane for an artificial one immune from the limitation of the living, took effect and lines of arcane power glowed on the ground behind the attackers. The trigger was designed to be met immediately (activate whenever the prime material plane exists). Combining the range of the spell and the radius of symbol, he could stay out of counterspelling range. DMM: CON save +3 against DC 19, simulacrum and failed demigod: +0 (but with the ability to treat numbers of 1-9 as 10) against DC19. Reducing to gibbering idiots status, the offender wouldn't be able to take action in the next 10 rounds, statistically. They would shout silly affirmation like "I automatically wins every mental saving throw.". At their turn, they'd be pulled into the ravenous void and be restrained inside, taking 5d10 force damage per round if they, most probably, failed a Strenth check. While the DMM could hope to succeed, with their inherent malus to STR, the original and his copy would fail automatically... And incur 5d10 force damage on each of the subsequent rounds. 50d10 of damage is an average of 275 HP. The most probable outcome is that they are crushed by the sphere known, in other places, as a black hole, causing their anhilation. However, the sorcerer himself was very durable (not including the upcast Aid spell that couldn't have been at an 8th level slot) and with nearly 200 HP including his Bastion of Law, and being able to call upon a clockwork cavalcade (which require an action, but let's say... to restore 100 HP, he could conceivably survive with 25 HP at the end of the spell... the ravenous void would close, the rift in reality would recede and all would be left would be the tranquil air of the mid-day in the village... the surviving sorcerer, no longer pulled up aby the unnatural gravity, would immediately take 12d6 falling damage as he'd fall 120 ft. The Lazy One would be happy thereafter in eternal slumber, killed by fall damage. [OK, Butler 432 and Alfred probably would play safe, vent their stress and at least cast a few exhilarating fireballs for good measure during the 10 rounds of seeing the trio being crushed into a pulp]. Then, hurrying back home, Alfred casts Scrying on the dead sorcerer. You'd never know if there was any Clone activated... But he was satisfied to learn that this basic protection was forgotten... "Sorcerers..." he sighed. [I]Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.[/I] [Edited to explain the lack of magical item in the contest by reference the most dangerous sorcerer of Foggy Bottom, a real threat this one]. [Edited again to ask a question: how can the sorcerer cast Freezing Sphere? It's a Wizard only spell and it's Evocation, so it couldn't have procured by the Clockwork Origin specific substitution, and it's not on the Mark of Shadow spell list either]. [/QUOTE]
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