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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1390138" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>If I were one of the players, I'd like to think that I'd have at least considered binding myself to the airship. This means that one half of the parties involved wouldn't have to make the Will save, making the tactic more likely to work. As for the other half having a will save of 1/3 of a bajillion, I'll let you puzzle that one out.</p><p></p><p>But I do think it would be neat to see a titanic battle of wills as one party member sacrifices himself to "become one with the airship" in order to take control of some of its defenses. On that note, what about this idea:</p><p></p><p>Have one of the party NPC's decide to try and bond with the Airship, perhaps after they discover just how powerful the bad guys, the ship and the associated defenses really are ("It's the only way anybody is going to survive this!!"). They are able to bond with the Airship, temporarily sharing control of the defenses and aiding the cause of the heroes. </p><p></p><p>But, like you said, this creature is mega-powerful. It gets a new save periodically as its powerful soul retakes control of its body. It can't simply kick the soul of the NPC back out into the original body but it can isolate the invading soul and shunt it into one of its "symbiont servants" that it grows to maintain itself. Have the NPC eventually get booted into the body of a Flesh Golem about to hatch from its Cyst.</p><p></p><p>Then this NPC/Golem can maneuver around the ship, unexpectedly killing off parts of the evil army ("Aren't those Golem things supposed to be on OUR side?!") and searching for his friends who may not realize that the Golem is friends ("Aren't those Golem things supposed to be on THEIR side?!"). </p><p></p><p>Somewhere in there, the bad guys probably start winning the battle and the party must withdraw and come back to fight another day. The NPC/Golem is now a good infiltrator for next time but has given up their humanity (or whatever) in the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1390138, member: 99"] If I were one of the players, I'd like to think that I'd have at least considered binding myself to the airship. This means that one half of the parties involved wouldn't have to make the Will save, making the tactic more likely to work. As for the other half having a will save of 1/3 of a bajillion, I'll let you puzzle that one out. But I do think it would be neat to see a titanic battle of wills as one party member sacrifices himself to "become one with the airship" in order to take control of some of its defenses. On that note, what about this idea: Have one of the party NPC's decide to try and bond with the Airship, perhaps after they discover just how powerful the bad guys, the ship and the associated defenses really are ("It's the only way anybody is going to survive this!!"). They are able to bond with the Airship, temporarily sharing control of the defenses and aiding the cause of the heroes. But, like you said, this creature is mega-powerful. It gets a new save periodically as its powerful soul retakes control of its body. It can't simply kick the soul of the NPC back out into the original body but it can isolate the invading soul and shunt it into one of its "symbiont servants" that it grows to maintain itself. Have the NPC eventually get booted into the body of a Flesh Golem about to hatch from its Cyst. Then this NPC/Golem can maneuver around the ship, unexpectedly killing off parts of the evil army ("Aren't those Golem things supposed to be on OUR side?!") and searching for his friends who may not realize that the Golem is friends ("Aren't those Golem things supposed to be on THEIR side?!"). Somewhere in there, the bad guys probably start winning the battle and the party must withdraw and come back to fight another day. The NPC/Golem is now a good infiltrator for next time but has given up their humanity (or whatever) in the process. [/QUOTE]
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