Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
(Medium Bad Evil Guy)
I hadn't planned on statting him out yet, since I didn't expect the players to interact with him in any sort of combat capacity until much later, but as usual, I underestimated the chaos effect of players on a game. So, it's time to give him more concrete stats before the rules lawyer comes at me for making him some sort of DMPC (he's not one).
Picture Gargamel, if Gargamel was from Conan's Stygia.
He's a Neutral Evil (secretly) Set-worshipping transmuter around 9th level with a cat familiar, probably no prestige class. Because he's a real crapweasel, he should always have escape spells prepared, although he's too low a level, I think, for Sudden Quicken. He also needs a fair amount of spells that can be cast with only verbal components and spells that are naturally a swift or immediate action to cast.
His alignment is magically shielded and either he has magical assistance lying or he's just really, really good at it.
There should be a fair amount of snake flavor to his spells, but not so much that he's a one-trick pony. (He also hunts tiny fey to transmute into gold with a unique spell, for instance.)
Suggestions very welcome.
I hadn't planned on statting him out yet, since I didn't expect the players to interact with him in any sort of combat capacity until much later, but as usual, I underestimated the chaos effect of players on a game. So, it's time to give him more concrete stats before the rules lawyer comes at me for making him some sort of DMPC (he's not one).
Picture Gargamel, if Gargamel was from Conan's Stygia.
He's a Neutral Evil (secretly) Set-worshipping transmuter around 9th level with a cat familiar, probably no prestige class. Because he's a real crapweasel, he should always have escape spells prepared, although he's too low a level, I think, for Sudden Quicken. He also needs a fair amount of spells that can be cast with only verbal components and spells that are naturally a swift or immediate action to cast.
His alignment is magically shielded and either he has magical assistance lying or he's just really, really good at it.
There should be a fair amount of snake flavor to his spells, but not so much that he's a one-trick pony. (He also hunts tiny fey to transmute into gold with a unique spell, for instance.)
Suggestions very welcome.
