Dragon 365: Codex of Betrayal, Beleth the Witch's Viscount

[Shroomy]

It's up, read it here.

 

[Boarstorm]

This article almost makes up for the fact that the Penny Arcade Podcast is still not out.

Oh, all right. Assassin Imps push it over the edge.

 

[Shroomy]

That was seriously an awesome article. I loved every bit of it, especially the monsters.

 

[SSquirrel]

Assassin imps? Someone ahs been reading "Another Fine Myth" again eh?

Haven't read the article yet, just thought of the connection heh

 

[Mouseferatu]

Assassin imps? Someone ahs been reading "Another Fine Myth" again eh?

Actually--and I know I'm going to lose a lot of Geek Cred Points here--I've never ready any of the Myth series.

I chose to create a 4E version of assassin imps because they existed in prior editions (I think they were first introduced in 2E, in the Ravenloft setting), I really liked the concept, and this seemed a really appropriate place for them. I had no idea they existed in the Myth series.

 

[Wisdom Penalty]

Great article, Ari.

And now the inevitable rules-related question: For the assassin imp's sting, you specifically call out that ongoing "poison damage does not wake the target" or something to that effect. I'm not sure if there's been a ruling on this, but this call-out seems to imply that an unconscious creature (ala the target of the wizard's Sleep encounter power) does wake up when subject to damage. True?

Thanks again for the article - and for all the work you've done and PR you've handled here on the boards.

WP

 

[Mouseferatu]

Great article, Ari.

Thanks.

And now the inevitable rules-related question: For the assassin imp's sting, you specifically call out that ongoing "poison damage does not wake the target" or something to that effect. I'm not sure if there's been a ruling on this, but this call-out seems to imply that an unconscious creature (ala the target of the wizard's Sleep encounter power) does wake up when subject to damage. True?

My understanding is that any damage automatically wakes up a sleeping character. But, despite the name sleep, you'll notice that the spell doesn't say "the target falls asleep." It says "the target becomes unconscious."

So normal sleep is ended by damage, but unconsciousness--including that caused by the sleep spell--is not.

 

[Shroomy]

Thanks.



My understanding is that any damage automatically wakes up a sleeping character. But, despite the name sleep, you'll notice that the spell doesn't say "the target falls asleep." It says "the target becomes unconscious."

So normal sleep is ended by damage, but unconsciousness--including that caused by the sleep spell--is not.

Yep, according to PHB pg 273, sleeping characters will wake up if they are subject to damage. Sleeping characters are considered unconscious, but unconscious characters are not sleeping.

 

[Zetesofos]

Wow...Beleth is an evil Genius! Well, for a devil anyways

Is it wierd to be impressed by something evilll (checks personal alignment....hmm, that doesn't look good).

In other news, I'm glad that THIS (aka, dungeon magazines) is where alot of the fluff for campaigns is being released. And it is good, solid stuff. I really want to use this lore in my campaign now. An adventure that finds a page of the codex of betrayel. Oh, the possibilites.

 

[Shroomy]

Ari, can you speak to how this article came about?