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Special Conversion Thread: The Ghazneths
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freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Revising and adding the next one for your approval:
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su??): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add Xd6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
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Sound interesting? How many dice? Then we can think about the storm stuff (maybe 2 abilities).
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su??): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add Xd6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
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Sound interesting? How many dice? Then we can think about the storm stuff (maybe 2 abilities).
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Ok, I actually had some folks at Candlekeep tell me there's a scene in the novel where Rowan causes rain inside a tent, so we're definitely good on control weather. We'll go with 3d6 and Su on skirmish, and here's a draft of the control weather ability:
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add 3d6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
Call Storms (Su): By expending one stored magic level, Rowan may create a rain or sleet storm (as appropriate to the local climate) within a cylinder of 40 ft radius and 20 ft height anywhere within 400 ft. This storm blocks all vision (including darkvision), extinguishes small fires, and lasts as long as Rowan concentrates; a sleet storm causes the ground to become icy and requires a DC 10 Balance check to allow half movement (failure indicates falling prone). Each 2 minutes that Rowan concentrates, the dimensions of the storm double. If Rowan maintains concentration for 15 minutes, the storm becomes independent, affecting a 2 mile radius surrounding Rowan for 4d12 hours as per the spell control weather. Rowan's vision is unaffected by storms he calls.
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add 3d6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
Call Storms (Su): By expending one stored magic level, Rowan may create a rain or sleet storm (as appropriate to the local climate) within a cylinder of 40 ft radius and 20 ft height anywhere within 400 ft. This storm blocks all vision (including darkvision), extinguishes small fires, and lasts as long as Rowan concentrates; a sleet storm causes the ground to become icy and requires a DC 10 Balance check to allow half movement (failure indicates falling prone). Each 2 minutes that Rowan concentrates, the dimensions of the storm double. If Rowan maintains concentration for 15 minutes, the storm becomes independent, affecting a 2 mile radius surrounding Rowan for 4d12 hours as per the spell control weather. Rowan's vision is unaffected by storms he calls.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Finally, compared to Xanthon, I think the last ability shouldn't really be any stronger than summon swarm, which is a 2nd level spell. I think I'd write a slightly weakened version of call lightning:
Lightning (Su): By expending a stored magic level, Rowan may call a 5 ft wide, 30 ft long vertical line of lightning within a range of 60 ft. This bolt does 3d6 points of electricity damage (a DC 18 Reflex save halves the damage; the save DC is Charisma-based). Furthermore, by maintaining Concentration, Rowan may call an additional lightning bolt each round for a maximum of 6 rounds in total. Outdoors in stormy weather, each lightning bolt does 3d10 points of electricity damage.
Look ok?
Lightning (Su): By expending a stored magic level, Rowan may call a 5 ft wide, 30 ft long vertical line of lightning within a range of 60 ft. This bolt does 3d6 points of electricity damage (a DC 18 Reflex save halves the damage; the save DC is Charisma-based). Furthermore, by maintaining Concentration, Rowan may call an additional lightning bolt each round for a maximum of 6 rounds in total. Outdoors in stormy weather, each lightning bolt does 3d10 points of electricity damage.
Look ok?
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
In that case, putting things together (I'm going to appeal to Candlekeep to see if anyone knows about weapons):
Ghazneth, Rowan Cormaeril, the Scourge of Storms and Lightning
Medium Outsider (Evil, Ghazneth, Native)
Hit Dice: 8d8+16 (52 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class: 21 (+2 Dex, +9 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+10
Attack: Claw +10 melee (1d4+2) or longsword +10 melee (1d8+2/19-20) or shortbow +10 ranged (1d6/x3)
Full Attack: 2 claws +10 melee (1d4+2) and bite +8 melee (1d6+1) or longsword +10/+5 melee (1d8+2/19-20) and bite +8 melee (1d6+1) or shortbow +10/+5 ranged (1d6/x3) or shortbow +8/+8/+3 ranged (1d6/x3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Expend magic
Special Qualities: Absorb magic, damage reduction 10/cold iron, darkvision 60 ft., expend magic, rejuvenation
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +7
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 19
Skills: Balance +4, Concentration +11, Diplomacy +6, Gather Information +6, Hide +11, Jump +21, Knowledge (local) +10, Knowledge (nature) +3, Knowledge (nobility and royalty) +10, Listen +10, Move Silently +11, Sense Motive +10, Spot +10, Survival +10, Tumble +13
Feats: Multiattack, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot
Environment: Cormyr and surrounding lands
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: X
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -
Description
Flavor
COMBAT
Tactics.
Absorb Magic (Su): A ghazneth can ready an action to absorb spells or spell-like abilities as a rod of absorption, although the ghazneth is stunned for one round for each level that it absorbs. In addition, a ghazneth can absorb charges from charged magical items, absorbing one charge per round of contact. A charge grants as many levels as appropriate to the effect (for example, a charge from a wand of magic missile gives 1 level, but a charge from a wand of fireball gives 3 levels). Charges of non-spell effects grant one level for every two caster levels of the effect (rounded up). The charges are forever lost to the magic item, as if they had been used normally.
Ghazneths may also spend one hour to discharge a permanent magical item (or one with daily charges) completely, rendering it a mundane item. Ther ability requires continuous contact. The ghazneth gains 10 spell levels per spell level of each effect of the magic item (or 1/2 the caster level of the effect, rounded up).
A ghazneth may store one level for each year of its age. As a newly transformed ghazneth, Rowan can store only one magic level at a time.
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add 3d6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
Call Storms (Su): By expending one stored magic level, Rowan may create a rain or sleet storm (as appropriate to the local climate) within a cylinder of 40 ft radius and 20 ft height anywhere within 400 ft. This storm blocks all vision (including darkvision), extinguishes small fires, and lasts as long as Rowan concentrates; a sleet storm causes the ground to become icy and requires a DC 10 Balance check to allow half movement (failure indicates falling prone). Each 2 minutes that Rowan concentrates, the dimensions of the storm double. If Rowan maintains concentration for 15 minutes, the storm becomes independent, affecting a 2 mile radius surrounding Rowan for 4d12 hours as per the spell control weather. Rowan's vision is unaffected by storms he calls.
Lightning (Su): By expending a stored magic level, Rowan may call a 5 ft wide, 30 ft long vertical line of lightning within a range of 60 ft. This bolt does 3d6 points of electricity damage (a DC 18 Reflex save halves the damage; the save DC is Charisma-based). Furthermore, by maintaining Concentration, Rowan may call an additional lightning bolt each round for a maximum of 6 rounds in total. Outdoors in stormy weather, each lightning bolt does 3d10 points of electricity damage.
Rejuvenation (Su): Ghazneths are not destroyed through simple combat: When a ghazneth is reduced to 0 hp, it immediately heals as many hit points as possible through its remaining magic levels. If it has no magic levels remaining, the ghazneth lies dormant for 2d10 hours and then absorbs a level of magic directly from the Weave, at which point it heals itself. Even the most powerful spells are usually only temporary solutions. Typically, there is a unique means to destroy a given ghazneth. The exact means varies and may require a good deal of research to discover (a DC 15 + ghazneth's CR Knowledge (history) check).
Ghazneth, Rowan Cormaeril, the Scourge of Storms and Lightning
Medium Outsider (Evil, Ghazneth, Native)
Hit Dice: 8d8+16 (52 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class: 21 (+2 Dex, +9 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+10
Attack: Claw +10 melee (1d4+2) or longsword +10 melee (1d8+2/19-20) or shortbow +10 ranged (1d6/x3)
Full Attack: 2 claws +10 melee (1d4+2) and bite +8 melee (1d6+1) or longsword +10/+5 melee (1d8+2/19-20) and bite +8 melee (1d6+1) or shortbow +10/+5 ranged (1d6/x3) or shortbow +8/+8/+3 ranged (1d6/x3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Expend magic
Special Qualities: Absorb magic, damage reduction 10/cold iron, darkvision 60 ft., expend magic, rejuvenation
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +7
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 19
Skills: Balance +4, Concentration +11, Diplomacy +6, Gather Information +6, Hide +11, Jump +21, Knowledge (local) +10, Knowledge (nature) +3, Knowledge (nobility and royalty) +10, Listen +10, Move Silently +11, Sense Motive +10, Spot +10, Survival +10, Tumble +13
Feats: Multiattack, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot
Environment: Cormyr and surrounding lands
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: X
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -
Description
Flavor
COMBAT
Tactics.
Absorb Magic (Su): A ghazneth can ready an action to absorb spells or spell-like abilities as a rod of absorption, although the ghazneth is stunned for one round for each level that it absorbs. In addition, a ghazneth can absorb charges from charged magical items, absorbing one charge per round of contact. A charge grants as many levels as appropriate to the effect (for example, a charge from a wand of magic missile gives 1 level, but a charge from a wand of fireball gives 3 levels). Charges of non-spell effects grant one level for every two caster levels of the effect (rounded up). The charges are forever lost to the magic item, as if they had been used normally.
Ghazneths may also spend one hour to discharge a permanent magical item (or one with daily charges) completely, rendering it a mundane item. Ther ability requires continuous contact. The ghazneth gains 10 spell levels per spell level of each effect of the magic item (or 1/2 the caster level of the effect, rounded up).
A ghazneth may store one level for each year of its age. As a newly transformed ghazneth, Rowan can store only one magic level at a time.
Expend Magic (Su): Rowan may expend stored magic to utilize the following powers.
Detect Magic (Su): Rowan continuously detects all magic (as the detect magic spell) within 1 miles. This ability drains one stored magic level per day.
Fast Healing (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level to gain fast healing 5 for 10 minutes.
Skirmish (Su): Rowan may expend one stored magic level as an immediate action to add 3d6 hp of precision damage to a single successful attack.
Call Storms (Su): By expending one stored magic level, Rowan may create a rain or sleet storm (as appropriate to the local climate) within a cylinder of 40 ft radius and 20 ft height anywhere within 400 ft. This storm blocks all vision (including darkvision), extinguishes small fires, and lasts as long as Rowan concentrates; a sleet storm causes the ground to become icy and requires a DC 10 Balance check to allow half movement (failure indicates falling prone). Each 2 minutes that Rowan concentrates, the dimensions of the storm double. If Rowan maintains concentration for 15 minutes, the storm becomes independent, affecting a 2 mile radius surrounding Rowan for 4d12 hours as per the spell control weather. Rowan's vision is unaffected by storms he calls.
Lightning (Su): By expending a stored magic level, Rowan may call a 5 ft wide, 30 ft long vertical line of lightning within a range of 60 ft. This bolt does 3d6 points of electricity damage (a DC 18 Reflex save halves the damage; the save DC is Charisma-based). Furthermore, by maintaining Concentration, Rowan may call an additional lightning bolt each round for a maximum of 6 rounds in total. Outdoors in stormy weather, each lightning bolt does 3d10 points of electricity damage.
Rejuvenation (Su): Ghazneths are not destroyed through simple combat: When a ghazneth is reduced to 0 hp, it immediately heals as many hit points as possible through its remaining magic levels. If it has no magic levels remaining, the ghazneth lies dormant for 2d10 hours and then absorbs a level of magic directly from the Weave, at which point it heals itself. Even the most powerful spells are usually only temporary solutions. Typically, there is a unique means to destroy a given ghazneth. The exact means varies and may require a good deal of research to discover (a DC 15 + ghazneth's CR Knowledge (history) check).
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freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Well, the only suggestion I got on weapons was longsword, and I think he'd have a bow also as a scout. Do you agree? The other ghazneths also get 2 claws and a bite, so we should add those.
Will update and ask about description later (hopefully today). I got some different opinions on his alignment, since he's sort of an "unwilling" ghazneth, the best I can figure. N or CN sounds reasonable (though at least one comment said "good" before becoming a ghazneth anyway).
Will update and ask about description later (hopefully today). I got some different opinions on his alignment, since he's sort of an "unwilling" ghazneth, the best I can figure. N or CN sounds reasonable (though at least one comment said "good" before becoming a ghazneth anyway).
