best way for melee to fight devils/demons

[Eldorian]

"So I'll take yer bet, yer gonna regret, 'cuz I'm the best there's ever been..."

Johnny polish up yer shield an' swing that Sunblade hard...
'cuz Hell's broke loose in Faerun an' that Pit Fiend's got DR.
An' if you win, yer story in every tavern'll soon be told...
but if you lose, the Pit Fiend gets yer sooooo-oul...!

-Hyp.

LOL thats the funniest thing i've read all night

Eldorian Antar

 

[00durrin]

well, no suprise here...i died.
i think my DM picked spells for him...anyways, i got him to fight without flying and i closed in melee. i took him down to negative hp's (or rather built up enough subdual damage to knock him out) and then some contingency spell went off (i think it was just hold monster) and i failed the save. so i sat there with him regenerating hp's for a few rounds until he got up and came and bit my head off. *shrug* it was close though...fun

 

[Taren Seeker]

Posted my me earlier:

...there're limits to what the DM can do without blatant dues ex machina effects, which is a whole different kettle of fish. With luck, this fight is winnable.

Well, looks like he pulled the machina on you...Contingiency can only be used on a spell that targets the user. IOW, he can't use it for offensive spells. I guess this was either a special, modified version or an honest mistake.

Ah well, glad you had fun and you put up a good fight. Congrats.

 

[Blueicus]

kudos

At least you managed to do enough subdual damage to knock it out, and I say kudos to that.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Well, looks like he pulled the machina on you...Contingiency can only be used on a spell that targets the user. IOW, he can't use it for offensive spells. I guess this was either a special, modified version or an honest mistake.

It's no big deal, really, given that the Pit Fiend can Hold Person at will as an SLA.

Make that Contingency a Heal spell, and he could have cast the Hold Person himself and been back up to full hit points.

-Hyp.