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<blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 253098" data-attributes="member: 1225">How did you get Int 25 by rolling 2d6+7? Highest possible roll would be a 19.As to your questions:1) &quot;Wrong&quot; how? It's a bit powerful for low level PCs (what level are the PCs? I assume around 2nd-4th level). But, hey, for the seventh session of 3e I ran, I randomly rolled a +2 keen shortsword as gear for a 4th level NPC &amp; kept it, though I decided it was cursed so that it only functioned as +1 weapon. When the 3rd level PCs subsequently defeated said NPC, they naturally kept the sword &amp; had it de-cursed (Player1: &quot;We're in a large city, so that church we just donated the magic sword to probably has a cleric that can cast remove curse, right?&quot; Me: &quot;Uh, 3rd level spell, yeah, they do.&quot; Player1: &quot;Cool! How much does it cost to have it cast? [I triple the price] Wow, I've got just enough!&quot; Me: &quot;Uh-oh.&quot;). So I'm in no position to throw stones. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />2) Are any of them psions? Any psion PCs are probably dead, and there's a good chance that 2 PCs are probably feebleminded. OTOH, an Exp/Psion isn't exactly a combat machine, so the PCs might be able to kill him before he can obliterate too many of 'em. But if the PCs aren't on the ball, though, they might get beat up badly. So I would expect that either the PCs would quickly take the guy out, or they will get pretty thrashed themselves. The sickle's powers are just too tough; it's a hammers-vs.-eggshells situation. 3) &lt;shrug&gt; Up to you, really. I'd probably just make it mundane (though possibly MW) items, and maybe some potions or other disposable items.4) From my reading of the SRD, yes, he gets the negative level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coyote6, post: 253098, member: 1225"] How did you get Int 25 by rolling 2d6+7? Highest possible roll would be a 19. As to your questions: 1) "Wrong" how? It's a bit powerful for low level PCs (what level are the PCs? I assume around 2nd-4th level). But, hey, for the seventh session of 3e I ran, I randomly rolled a [i]+2 keen shortsword[/i] as gear for a 4th level NPC & kept it, though I decided it was cursed so that it only functioned as +1 weapon. When the 3rd level PCs subsequently defeated said NPC, they naturally kept the sword & had it de-cursed (Player1: "We're in a large city, so that church we just donated the magic sword to probably has a cleric that can cast [i]remove curse[/i], right?" Me: "Uh, 3rd level spell, yeah, they do." Player1: "Cool! How much does it cost to have it cast? [I triple the price] Wow, I've got just enough!" Me: "Uh-oh."). So I'm in no position to throw stones. :) 2) Are any of them psions? Any psion PCs are probably dead, and there's a good chance that 2 PCs are probably [i]feebleminded[/i]. OTOH, an Exp/Psion isn't exactly a combat machine, so the PCs might be able to kill him before he can obliterate too many of 'em. But if the PCs aren't on the ball, though, they might get beat up badly. So I would expect that either the PCs would quickly take the guy out, or they will get pretty thrashed themselves. The sickle's powers are just too tough; it's a hammers-vs.-eggshells situation. 3) <shrug> Up to you, really. I'd probably just make it mundane (though possibly MW) items, and maybe some potions or other disposable items. 4) From my reading of the SRD, yes, he gets the negative level. [/QUOTE]

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