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<blockquote data-quote="The_Warlock" data-source="post: 5082018" data-attributes="member: 21215"><p>Some additional thoughts:</p><p></p><p>Rather than collapse the ceiling, which would likely cause more difficult terrain, make the undead difficult:</p><p></p><p>1) Toiva's Body - not just animated, but as a doppelganger, give it the ability to Leech Dailies from the PCs on a hit (target Will - the horror of being attacked by their comrade), which Toiva's undead body can then use against them. </p><p></p><p>1b) When "killed" Toiva's body melts into undead ooze minions that scream in her voice, forces PCs to move away from the ooze in surprise 1 square.</p><p></p><p>2) Zombies with Chains - The animated dead pull their chains from the ceiling - half simply have unthreatening reach, bludgeoning PCs with the ceiling bolt at 2 squares. The other half pull the meathook end out, and on a successful hit, pull the targeted good guy adjacent to them (in addition to damage). Welcome to the Undead Do-Si-Do.</p><p></p><p>3) I totally agree with the two-well water pop and shoot Rechan suggested, if the space works so that the Beholder is never gone for more than a round.</p><p></p><p>4) Taking a cue from some old FR stuff, the Beholder now has a weapon, a magical Beholder Mouth Pick - a flanged knife/saw that it can manipulate with it's tongue/mouth, that leaves wounds that bleed slowly (say 3 damage a round), or a spiked mouth pick that can paralyze a limb (arm - -2 to skills require hands, no two weapon fighting; leg -1 to Dex defense and speed).</p><p></p><p>5) Have the beholder have a new prisoner that has been force fed several potions - the beholder can attack it's new prisoner and get a random beneficial potion effect. The new prisoner can survive 5 "drinks" before dying.</p><p></p><p>Hope it works out for the worst!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The_Warlock, post: 5082018, member: 21215"] Some additional thoughts: Rather than collapse the ceiling, which would likely cause more difficult terrain, make the undead difficult: 1) Toiva's Body - not just animated, but as a doppelganger, give it the ability to Leech Dailies from the PCs on a hit (target Will - the horror of being attacked by their comrade), which Toiva's undead body can then use against them. 1b) When "killed" Toiva's body melts into undead ooze minions that scream in her voice, forces PCs to move away from the ooze in surprise 1 square. 2) Zombies with Chains - The animated dead pull their chains from the ceiling - half simply have unthreatening reach, bludgeoning PCs with the ceiling bolt at 2 squares. The other half pull the meathook end out, and on a successful hit, pull the targeted good guy adjacent to them (in addition to damage). Welcome to the Undead Do-Si-Do. 3) I totally agree with the two-well water pop and shoot Rechan suggested, if the space works so that the Beholder is never gone for more than a round. 4) Taking a cue from some old FR stuff, the Beholder now has a weapon, a magical Beholder Mouth Pick - a flanged knife/saw that it can manipulate with it's tongue/mouth, that leaves wounds that bleed slowly (say 3 damage a round), or a spiked mouth pick that can paralyze a limb (arm - -2 to skills require hands, no two weapon fighting; leg -1 to Dex defense and speed). 5) Have the beholder have a new prisoner that has been force fed several potions - the beholder can attack it's new prisoner and get a random beneficial potion effect. The new prisoner can survive 5 "drinks" before dying. Hope it works out for the worst! [/QUOTE]
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