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<blockquote data-quote="gfunk" data-source="post: 171698" data-attributes="member: 1813"><p><strong>Try Alienist PrC</strong></p><p></p><p>Go for the Alienist PrC in T&B and you can apply the pseduonatural template to all of your monsters. This gives them the ability to apply a True Strike effect to one of their attacks 1/day in lieu of Smite Good/Evil. A particularly effective low-level combination is:</p><p></p><p>1) Summon something with the rend ability, like a Girallon or Fiendish Dire Ape.</p><p>2) If they hit with one claw attack, True Strike with the other for an automatic rend</p><p></p><p>Also, with higher level summoning spells summon something with Power Attack like a Xorn or Earth Elemental. Then put the maximum possible damage into Power Attack and True Strike.</p><p></p><p>Another combination w/ a Neutral or Evil summoner is to bring to Eryines (SM VI) and cast Darkness, Deeper Darkness, or Blacklight on her. Then tell her to move into a group of foes and charm them. If she looks at an enemy humanoid it is charmed (DC 18) but the target will do anything to protect the Eryines, even obeying suicidal orders to do so. Also, this is not a gaze attack and the creature does not need to see the Eryines. Thus, since all devils can see perfectly in darkness of any kind this is a lethal combo.</p><p></p><p>Try SM V and bring in a Giant Constrictor. With the pseudonatural template, it gets a +33 to hit on a True Strike-applied hit. Then it will grapple (being Huge it will almost always succeed against Medium size opponents) and deal constriction damage. Great for preventing spellcasters from casting spells. For an even more lethal combination, drop a Dimensional Lock or Silence spell on the Constrictor to preven the caster from escaping via Teleport or D. Door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gfunk, post: 171698, member: 1813"] [b]Try Alienist PrC[/b] Go for the Alienist PrC in T&B and you can apply the pseduonatural template to all of your monsters. This gives them the ability to apply a True Strike effect to one of their attacks 1/day in lieu of Smite Good/Evil. A particularly effective low-level combination is: 1) Summon something with the rend ability, like a Girallon or Fiendish Dire Ape. 2) If they hit with one claw attack, True Strike with the other for an automatic rend Also, with higher level summoning spells summon something with Power Attack like a Xorn or Earth Elemental. Then put the maximum possible damage into Power Attack and True Strike. Another combination w/ a Neutral or Evil summoner is to bring to Eryines (SM VI) and cast Darkness, Deeper Darkness, or Blacklight on her. Then tell her to move into a group of foes and charm them. If she looks at an enemy humanoid it is charmed (DC 18) but the target will do anything to protect the Eryines, even obeying suicidal orders to do so. Also, this is not a gaze attack and the creature does not need to see the Eryines. Thus, since all devils can see perfectly in darkness of any kind this is a lethal combo. Try SM V and bring in a Giant Constrictor. With the pseudonatural template, it gets a +33 to hit on a True Strike-applied hit. Then it will grapple (being Huge it will almost always succeed against Medium size opponents) and deal constriction damage. Great for preventing spellcasters from casting spells. For an even more lethal combination, drop a Dimensional Lock or Silence spell on the Constrictor to preven the caster from escaping via Teleport or D. Door. [/QUOTE]
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