Temporarily suppress immunity?

[Barcode]

Heya,

For plot purposes, I need to impose permanent negative levels on a character that is immune to energy drain. Anyone know of a way of doing that within the rules? I know that I can just hand-wave it, but I'd like to use an existing mechanic.

Thanks,

-B-

 

[Krelios]

Nope. That's like saying I want to burn something immune to fire. If they're immune to it, they're immune to it.

 

[Murazor]

I'd probably allow a Metamagic feat that increases the level by +1 to do half damage.
Currently, we have the Piercing Cold (Frostburn) and Searing Spell (Sandstorm) which ignore resistance and deal half damage through immunities. I don't see any problems in creating a metamagic feat similar to these that works on negative energy/death effects.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Out of curiousity: What plot is that?

 

[Infiniti2000]

Yeah, I'd like to know what the plot is, too. It sure is a long plot line.

 

[glass]

Heya,

For plot purposes, I need to impose permanent negative levels on a character that is immune to energy drain. Anyone know of a way of doing that within the rules? I know that I can just hand-wave it, but I'd like to use an existing mechanic.

Have them carry around a holy/unholy/axiomatic/anarchic sword, as inappropriate.


glass.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Kill them.

 

[Barcode]

Out of curiousity: What plot is that?

OK, my (Bob Arco's) players, scram.





Start of campaign in Eberron. Characters were all created "five years ago" in Sharn, or arriving in Sharn looking for adventure. At the opening of the campaign, they are walking through Sharn feeling a bit disoriented. They come to realize they have scars where there were none that they remembered, tattoos, and other signs of aging and adventuring experience, about 5 years worth. An event brings them together, and they all realize that they have no recollection of the last five years, but have some shared experience and a multitude of enemies. They have to discover what happened to them and get their abilities back before their high-level enemies (that they just defeated) recover and discover that they are vulnerable.

Basics of the metaplot is that the final strike of a powerful enemy confused them, stole their memories and robbed them of several levels. There is a spell in BoVD that basically lets you rearrange a character's thoughts. That'll do for the memory bit. But what to do about the friggin 1st level Warforged with immunity to Energy Drain?

 

[domino]

Well, as this isn't you taking a character that gained level drain immunity, and you want to "steal" some levels from them, I'd just say that the magic was just that powerful, and DM fiat it.

 

[noeuphoria]

Does it have to be negative levels? You would say they damaged the warforge's internal mechanisms, or (better yet), they placed some sort of inhibitor device inside him. Then, when the characters recover the key, they could find out how to disarm that as well.