[Epic 20] Diablos Ex Machina

[Eidalac]

Ok, posted racial progressions for the Ogre and Warforged.

As for aging, I can't find it right now, but the basics of it was that at each age category you picked 1 stat and got skill points equal to your (non-magical) bonus in that stat that can only be spent on skills linked to that stat (treated as class skills for cost purposes).

So, for an example, a 375 year old elf lich with a 22 base int who always picked Int skills would gain a total of 18 bonus skill points in int based skills.

It was designed to capture the flavor of being really old without giving too much.

 

[Eidalac]

OnlytheStrong:
Once there was a prince, a warrior of great abilities. Blessed with a strong arm, a quick mind and a statuesque contanance, he had everything.

However, he was also terribly arrogant. While far from a monster, he held himself above the common man. His station was not to be challenged or questioned - the rabble should be grateful to live in his service.

One night, a terrible winter storm pounded the land, an a weathered old crone came, begging for warmth and shelter.

The stables, lavish by the standards of a commoner, would have been enough to spare her the killing cold that night, but the prince mocked the old woman, and shut her out into a storm he himself would have been hard pressed to endure.

The next day she was found, frozen to death outside.

The prince ordered the unseemly body to be dumped in the woods, so he would neither have to see nor smell it.

At this final insult, the body of the crone split like an egg, out of which rose the true form of the woman, a witch whose beauty and presence sent even the arrogant prince to his knees, struggling to issue forth some plea for his actions.

The witch heard none of it, cursing the prince to take the physical form of the beast he truly was, to live as a monster till he earned the right to be a human.


Unfortunately, unlike in the commonly told tales, the prince went quite mad, slaying anyone who he could catch, venting a terrible rage on the lands and all who might have saved him.

As each year passed, the once human part of his mind further twisted, leaving only the brutal monster, driven by a hate he no longer understands...

 

[ethandrew]

Hmmmmmmm. 20th level, eh? I might like to go the Wizard Route. Straight up full Wizard Progression, maybe Master Specialist (CM) and Archmage (DMG). I might consider doing some LA 1-2 Race, but I'm not sure. Basically, I am expressing interesting in an Arcanist.

Edit: I'm thinking maybe he can be in the progressive stages of Lichdom. Or perhaps he has visions of divinity, overthrowing the god with his current desired portfolio. Mulling things over...

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

How many people are you planning on taking Eidelac? We should probably fit a divine caster in here somewhere.

 

[Eidalac]

I usually aim for 6 or so PCs. I also presume that 2 will drop out after a short time, so 8 is the most I like to work with. Especially at this level, it gets hard to run things with more than that.

 

[OnlytheStrong]

That's a pretty good story. Got some Greek Mythology in you huh? So my ogre was a prince? I got a pretty good evil concept for him going lol. It would fit into his background story too. He'd be the kind of guy that would rescue a farmer's house or his fields, then turn around and burn the house or steal his grain. Pretty much an ass. I am pretty for sure that even though he'll be basically a moron, he'll be smart enough to know not to piss off a level 20 wizard

 

[OnlytheStrong]

Sorry for the double post, but had a question. His racial HD is something like 4 (I have to look it up in a second), so he will start out at level 5? You mentioned earlier to ignore the LA, so that is where I'm coming up with that at. I don't want to be wrong though lol.

 

[Douane]

Is there a place for mounts in the campaign ? (Was thinking about a Targi ranger/blackguard.)

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

It means you have to take 4 level of Ogre HD and then you can take 16 levels of normal classes.

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I had a few quick questions about the post-20 stuff, because it kind of factors into the viability of this build. Specifically, are you planning to just use a lot of feats and not grant HD past 20 (that sounded like what you meant when you said E6-like)? Basically if you aren't planning on doing epic class progression for things like the Master of Many Forms, I was wondering if I could work out some feats with you to continue to expand shapechanging abilities past 20th level. The primary things I'd be trying to get would be: different forms (I still would lack Undead, Construct and Outsider) and supernatural and/or spell-like abilities (for point of reference, at high enough levels straight druids can mimic Su and Sp abilities of elementals, and a lot of the epic feats that grant new types of forms also grant their supernatural abilities. Obviously the 'new form type' feats aren't that great for me, since I already have those types via Master of Many Forms, so I was wondering if I put together a few feats to make up the 'epic progression' for shapeshifting.
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[OnlytheStrong]

Thanks what I assumed. I'm starting to build my character. Right now (no equipment) he's staring at a +10 mod to strength, but is about as charismatic as a sponge.

**edit** Another question. How do the skills work with a monster character? Ogres get 7x(2+int mod) or do I just go off of the fighter levels? Sorry for the rookie questions, first time I've gotten to play a monster!