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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2685146" data-attributes="member: 1210">Hmm, some good ideas there Greybar! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  I especially like the 'four person teleporting strike team' idea.Here's one npc I'm debating how to design: a high-level disciple of Asmodeus.  With the death of his patron, he's offered his services to the Bastion.  What I'd like to do with him is make him a high-level spellcaster... 8th or 9th level arcane spells would be nice.  Part of my vision is that he's from another material plane; this avoids the whole issue of justifying why the pcs haven't heard of him before.  I am also debating making him a tiefling.  If he has 10 levels of DoA, he loses 4 caster levels.  This means (assuming he's 20th level and no higher) that he tops out at 8th-level spells.  Though this is okay, I would like to squeeze 9th-level spells into him; however, the 10th-level DoA special ability is pretty tough to pass up, so I'm on the fence on that one.  Anyway, I'm looking for ideas on how to create a cool villain from this prestige class.  Though I like the idea of using 9th level spells, I'm open to other options- i.e. making him a rogue/wizard/DoA or something.  Ideas?</blockquote>