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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertliguori" data-source="post: 3936761" data-attributes="member: 47776">As an idea mine for general villains and monsters, I like the looks of Elder Evils.  But playing it straight?L20-Ranger: "Look! Something in the sky is different!"L20-Cleric: "Uh, can you be more specific, big R? Some of us don't have Spot checks in the high forties."L20-Ranger: "There's a bit of rock out in space traveling towards the Lands!"L20-Diviner: "Yes, 20-R, there are lots of bits of rock in space-"L20-Ranger: "This one's shaped like a face and is covered with swarming undead."L20-Cleric: "...You can see that from here?"L20-Ranger: "Yeah.  Custom magic items.  Oh, look, there's a big one."L20-Bard: "Aha! I've heard songs and stories about Atropus!"L20-Cleric: "Who?"L20-Bard: "The thing you're talking about.  I picked it up from context.  Bardic knowledge is neat when it's functionally indistinguishable from omniscience!"*****L20-Paladin:  "OK, we've got scrolls of Hallow, scrolls of Forbiddance, scrolls of Sunburst, and our metamagiced Storm-of-Vengeance item as a fallback.  Archers, you all have your Oathbows and your stacks of Undead Bane arrows of Slay Undead?  OK!  Final check, people! Buffing starts in two hours!  Art, start the clock!"L20-Artificer: *sets countdown clock*L20-Paladin: "Enchie, how are your boys?"L20-Enchanter: "Well, Pal, beholders aren't really 'boys' as such.  More like like reality-defying abominations that have nothing so familiar about them as gender.  But they're good.  Isn't that right?"Legion of Dominated Beholders: "We live to serve, master."L20-Enchanter: "And I'm sure it will thrill you all to be part of protecting all living creatures, right?  Said living creatures including yourselves, of course."Legion of Dominated Beholders: "Yes, master."*********L20-Paladin: "And you're sure it will work?"L20-Enchanter: "Art's done the math.  1000 cubic feet of matter per beholder per six seconds.  Plus, even if it doesn't, this Atropus fellow is stepping on everyone's toes.  Heck, Vilhelm the Impaler's been contributing to our magic-item fund, and he's a vampire himself!  He's just a vampire that wants there to be living creatures around for him to snack on."L20-Paladin: "It's good to see so much unity and cooperation, even if it did require such a dire threat.  In the face of such great darkness..."L20-Enchanter: "Heck, don't worry about it.  If we fail, the dragons will sit up and take notice, and if they fail, then the Outer Planes will get involved."L20-Paladin: "You mean the heavens?"L20-Enchanter: "No, I mean the entire outer planes.  You remember how those balors showed up and took out that spectre army that was threatening the world a few levels back because they were making everyone Lawful Evil instead of Chaotic Evil?  Well, same principle.  We have everyone who wants there to be living creatures on our side, and that's a damn large numerical advantage, Pal.  Now, come on.  Let's go inspect the rest of the troops."</blockquote>

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