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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyvernhand" data-source="post: 5914767" data-attributes="member: 97681">Oh, I'm sorry...I didn't realize that 3d6/round at ECL10 was considered "contributing", even from 180' away under the cover of greater invisibility.  I guess the demon will just kill/eat your friends, then teleport out before you put a meaningful dent in his HP.SR 21 is overcome by a 13th level foe on a roll of 8 or higher.  That's a 65% chance.  SR on a PC, especially for a PC who has 4 HD behind the OTHER PCs and generally 6+ HD behind any meaningful caster is almost worthless.  It'll bit you in the butt during buff rounds more often than it will ward off harmful incoming attacks.And a single CR13 foe is not out of line for a 10th level party.  Thats only APL +3 encounter.  According to the d20SRD encounter calculator, it is "very difficult", and worth 2250 XP each.  Heck, in Living Greyhawk, we used to have 3 APL+3 encounters per mod, sometimes all in the same day.  You could even throw in a few CR4 mooks and NOT even affect the EL at all.<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#hezrou" target="_blank">Hezrou</a> CR 11 Blasphemy 3/day<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#nalfeshnee" target="_blank">http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm#nalfeshnee</a>2 of them would be an EL 13 encounter, 6 Blasphemys per day total.Also, 13th level evil clerics tend to Blasphemy first, ask questions later.  They have the benefit of CL boosting items like IWIN Stones or Beads of Karma.High level D&D gets tough, and bogging your character down with +4 LA is generally a path to a quick death.  If you can't contribute SOMETHING meaningful in combat other than being slightly annoying from afar, you might want to reconsider your selection.  By the time a pixie gets high enough level to be meaningful, enough things have either heightened senses (Dragons with Blindsight) or True Sight (most true Demons/Devils +casters) that you'll still get dead.Pixie might look good on paper.  Its not.  Lack of HD will get you killed.  SR is bad for a PC.  Superior Invisibility is nearly worthless past ECL 12 (when you'll only have 8 HD), and the stats, while decent, aren't worth their weight in LA.  At higher levels, you'd be better off with the HD and getting the pixie abilities from invocations (Fell Flight + Retributive Invisibility).</blockquote>

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