Epic Game

[Jemal]

allright, but you've been warned... like all powerful and old mages, I want Imortality and will be searching for a way to gain it... I've already to some extent discovered a way to prolong my life through use of Shapechange(spend 5-10 hrs/day as another creature and YOUR body might not age as fast) and traveling to other planes with slower time. (IE 1 year there is 10 years here.. see manual of Planes).

(BTW, I figured out something... a human sorc/wiz could use Polymorph Any Object to permanently polymorph themselves into another humanoid of same or smaller size and it would be permanent... damn, wish I'ld thought of that before. )

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

allright, but you've been warned... like all powerful and old mages, I want Imortality and will be searching for a way to gain it... I've already to some extent discovered a way to prolong my life through use of Shapechange(spend 5-10 hrs/day as another creature and YOUR body might not age as fast) and traveling to other planes with slower time. (IE 1 year there is 10 years here.. see manual of Planes).

(BTW, I figured out something... a human sorc/wiz could use Polymorph Any Object to permanently polymorph themselves into another humanoid of same or smaller size and it would be permanent... damn, wish I'ld thought of that before. )

The shapechanging won't work; regardless of official rules, I maintain that aging still happens to you at your normal pace, regardless of what form you've magically assumed. Neither Shapechange nor Polymorph have a duration of Instantaneous; permanent still means it's a continuing magical effect. Very few planes have slower time than the Prime; a few of the fey realms do, but many of those have their own nasty drawbacks.

Note that I'm not trying to discourage you from pursuing immortality; far from it. I just want you to work for it. There's always Extend Lifespan, if you get desperate.

 

[Jemal]

Lich-dom it is, then I guess.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

There are other alternatives; worms that walk, some of the BoVD spells that let you steal youth, the Fortify seed of epic spells, etc.

 

[Wrahn]

There is the Deathless type which are like undead but not evil from the BoED. There is a spell from Relics and Rituals 2 that halts the aging process and one that reverses it. There is a ritual in Relics in Rituals which makes you immortal as well. I understand that the direct servants of dieties are sometimes made immortal. I remember somewhere there is a spell which transfers your consciousness to a construct but don't remember where. There are rituals described in Savage Species that can transform you into something else. Reincarnation can change you into a fey, whom I believe are immortal.

Becoming a lich may raise the ire of your compatriots (whose alignments I believe are LG, LG, LG and NG).

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

I'm not going to use the Deathless type from BoED, any more than I use ravages or afflictions; it's WotC trying to dodge the moral absolutes it sets, rather than anything meaningful or consistent. Monsters of Faerun includes information on good lichs, if you want to go the dead man route.

 

[Jemal]

Becoming a lich may raise the ire of your compatriots (whose alignments I believe are LG, LG, LG and NG).

Yes, that could be... interresting.. *L*

anyways, i'll figure something out.

 

[Pyrex]

...Very few planes have slower time than the Prime...

In addition to slow-time planes, there are also timeless planes (like the astral) where you could live.

 

[Jemal]

The problem with Timelsess planes, though, is that when you leave them you instantly age the amount of time you spent in there.
IE, if i spent say 1000 years in the Astral plane then came to the material plane I'ld be a pile of dust.

 

[Wrahn]

I think we should set a deadline when you are ready Paxus. I understand the difficulties of building an epic level character, but I don't think we can wait endlessly for people to finish theirs. I have seen one epic game die because one person couldn't make their character.

I think right now we have enough of a group to cover the basics, if push comes to shove I would vote that if we don't get anyone else to respond we push forward with what we have and let the others catch up if they miss the deadline.