Converting Epic Level Creatures

[Cleon]

Cleon's suggested skills are fine.

Same with feats. I'll need to think about more.

Yes, it's got so many feats that we may have trouble coming up with good ones that represent its non-combative nature.

Perhaps we should think of what defensive feats would suit it?

There's the standard Save improving feats. Being a Construct it doesn't really need a Con boost, but Lightning Reflexes and Iron Will and its Epic equivalents could be of value.

I can't see that many other Epic Feats it's eligible for that are non-combat. Most of the stat-boosting Epic feats (i.e. Damage Reduction) aren't particularly attractive since we can just set those numbers arbitrarily without spending a feat.

Epic Toughness is useful for a Construct, since it doesn't have many regular ways of boosting HPs. Plus we can give it multiple times.

That's 11 feats so far. We could spend the extra three on an additional three Epic Toughness feats.

That makes the list:

Feats: Awesome Blow, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Run
Epic Feats: Epic Reflexes, Epic Toughness ×4, Epic Will

That would give it a +6 bonus on its Will and Ref saves and another 120 hit points, plus considerable ability to smash through opponents.

 

[freyar]

Fair enough. If we think of any better feats, we can always swap out an Epic Toughness or two.

 

[Shade]

This thing's modus operandi is making friends, so I think we need as much Diplomacy as possible. Therefore, let's put at least 20 ranks in Diplomacy so it can take Epic Skill Focus (Diplomacy). I'd suggest replacing Improved Overrun (I don't find that feat very useful, and it doesn't really fit its m.o.)

That leaves 23 ranks split between Listen and Spot. We could swap one of the Epic Toughness feats for Alertness to boost 'em further, if you think it's necessary.

The idea of Run for a construct is kind of fun...I'd support dropping another Epic Toughness for it.

 

[freyar]

He's already got Run in the list. Dropping Imp Overrun and replacing it with Epic Skill Focus (Diplomacy) works. Let's get skills & feats in homebrews and see how it looks.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

 

[freyar]

Seems pretty good!

Should it speak Celestial or just Common?

Someone else should work out the CR. I guess the draining aura is the main concern there.

 

[Shade]

I'd be OK with adding Celestial.

I'd peg the CR at 22. It's slightly better than the CR 21 mithral golem, but not greatly superior. The life-draining aura isn't very deadly for that power level.

 

[freyar]

Ok, does it need anything besides description and flavor?

 

[Cleon]

I'm still not entirely convinced it would have such a high diplomacy skill, but I can live with it.

Challenge Rating 22 seems appropriate.

It should have 380 hit points now it has four Epic Toughness feats.

I got the impression it communicates via telepathy, so it may not know any languages at all. It could have "The radiant golem is incapable of speech, but can telepathically communicate with any intelligent creature within 100 feet."

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Let's keep the languages, but I've noted that he prefers to speak telepathically.