The Invasion of Mori OOC [3.5][planar][PAUSED]
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moritheil said:It seems that combat is imminent. Of course, it can't occur until everyone's sheets are finalized and posted sblocked in the RG.Thanks again for your cooperation!
Almost done!
*checks on what needs to be finished*
Edit: Done with my stats. I do remember that I need to send you the SC spells.
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moritheil said:Voidrazor - Welcome! Sylph is generally considered cheese with brokenness on top by RAW, but if you want to play one for a reason other than sheer domination, we can certainly look into it.Usually balancing Sylph involves not using the interpretation that a Sylph gains sorcerous casting for any HD it has, including class levels in unrelated classes. (If that's the interpretation you're used to, sorry - but if it isn't, great!) Instead, they're given a setup somewhat like nymphs, rakshasa, and most other monstrous races - they must progress as sorcs in order to progress sorcerous casting ability.
With these modifications, Sylphs should be fine with book LA. There have been more explicit houserules done in the past, but this campaign is admittedly a bit fast and loose with balance in favor of the players.
Apologies for the cheese. I tend to be of the 'build hard play hard' school. Meaning, I aim for optimization when building characters, but love roleplaying out personality quirks, especially ones that are disadvantageous to my character.
I noticed that Lord Raven dropped out. Which is bad because his roleplay style is pretty cool. The upside though is that I'd love to steal his idea and play a Fiend of Possession. Possibly, having been introduced as Zox Pox but actually being a different fiend altogether.
Ideally, I'd like to play a Kaorti with the Phrenic template, 2 levels of Spirit-Talker, and the full 6 of FoP. But I'd certainly understand if I had to make some substitutions since "creatures who advance by character class are usually not phrenic creatures" and "no instance of a divine spellcaster Kaorti has been recorded". The half-fey template (p.7) would work nearly as well, but phrenic seems better flavor-wise. And if a Kaorti divine caster is a no go, I think Lurk (Complete Psionic p.17? p.14?) would fit the bill (I need a base class with Will as a good save and hide as a class skill). Let me know what you think.
[sblock=Kaorti]
Medium-Size Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar)
HD 2d8
Spd 30'
Attack d6-2 bite or weapons
Face/Reach 5'/5'
Abilities: Str 7 Dex 14 Con 11 Int 14 Wis 11 Cha 16
Skills: Concentration, Craft, Heal, Intimidate, Know (Arc,Plane), Spellcraft, Survival, UMD
Feats: Exotic Weapon Proficiency (ribbon dagger) (B), Weapon Finesse
Align usually neutral evil
Advancement by character class
LA +2
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day alter self, color spray, feather fall, ray of enfeeblement, reduce, spider climb Caster level 2nd DC 14+spell level
Vile Transformation (Su): A kaorti can infuse any living creature with otherworldly essense from the Far Realm, permanently transforming it into a mockery of its previous form. The process takes 8 hrs, during which time the kaorti's jaws must be locked onto the victim, who must be willing or helpless for the duration. After 8hrs the victim must make a DC 11 Fort save. Failure indicates that the victim transforms into a kaorti if humanoid, or into a kaorti thrall. If the victim suceeds at the save, the kaorti can attempt the tranformation again; each additional attempt raises the save DC by +1. Creature tranformed into kaortis retain any class abilities and modify their ability scores as follows: Str -4, Dex +4, Int +4, Cha +6. They become neutral evil and embrace the racial ethos of the kaortis. They gain all the other abilities and disadvantages of a standard kaorti. This transformation is the only way the kaorti can propagate their kind. A victim transformed into a kaorti thrall gains the fiendish creature template, except that instead of gaining the smite good SA it gains the ability to cast true strike on itself 1/day (the pseudonatural creature template (Complete Arcane) may be used instead at DM discretion).
Material Vulnerability (Ex): The material plain is painful to an unprotected kaorti. An unprotected kaorti must make a Fort svae each hour (DC 15 +1 per previous check) or take d6 subdual damage and become fatigued. The fatigued condition persists until the kaorti recovers all the subdual damage it took from exposure. If a kaorti is rendered unconscious from subdual damage (from this or another source), the Material Plane environs begin to deal normal damage at the same rate (Fort sve neg. DC continues to increase as normal). A Kaorti wearing a resin suit, or a kaorti inside a cyst is protected from the effects of the material plane.
Outsider Traits: Kaortis have darkvision 60' and cannot be raised or resurrected.
Skills +8 racial bonus to Heal.
Kaorti Items
Kaorti devices are made from resins secreted by the creatures' palms. A kaorti can produce 1 cubic foot of resin each day, enough to coat 10' square do a depth of 1". It takes a kaorti about 1 hr to produce and apply this much resin. The substance dries to a rigid covering 1 hour after being applied. Walls and doors encrusted with this resin have their hardness increased by 2.
Untreated kaorti resin lasts for only 500 days before crumbling to shards. A single kaorti can keep a 40' square room 10' high covered by spending 1 hr/day maintaining its cyst.
Resin Suit: light armor +4 armor bonus +3 max Dex bonus, -4 armor check penaly, 25% arcane spell failure, 250 gp, 20lb
Ribbon Dagger: 1d4 damage, X4 crit multiplier, +2 to disarm attacks, 50gp 1lb
Kaorti Characters
A small number of kaortis turn rogue and abandon their native cysts. These characters have resisted the psychological transformation into kaorti. Kaortis have a natural predisposition to become sorcerors. Kaorti sorcerors generally become the leaders of a kaorti cyst. Kaorti wizards do not keep ordinary spellbooks, they record their spells on long strips of resin hung from the ceiling of their lair. Kaorti wizards or sorcerors never summon animal familiars. Most nonspellcastin kaortis are rogues, although fighter kaortis are not unheard of. Kaortis only rarely become barbarians, and no instance of a divine spellcaster kaorti has been recorded.[/sblock]
EDIT - Instead of 2 levels of Spirit-Talker, I'm now leaning towards a level of Cleric (taking the trickery and time domains) followed by a level of Warlock.
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NapoleonicSoup
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Sorry, I think I used a combination of the Savage species book and the srd at start. Would you rather I used the SRD (ECL 8 Like you said), or Savage Species (ECL 7, only 3d8's instead of 4)
reel_big_gish
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Let me know when the 1-minute casting time is finished, or if I shoul even worry about it in a situation like this
moritheil
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RBG - It was originally thought that part of the group was going ahead and part was not, but that way lies chaos and madness of a decidedly bad sort. Rather, it will be assumed that the entire party moves together once the casting is complete.
NS - If flamebrothers are listed in Savage Species as a monstrous progression with only 3 racial HD, then you can certainly go that route.
Voidrazor - Understood. The idea now is to play a rogue kaorti? Sounds interesting. The thrall ability may be a little imbalanced, though it is clear that a great deal of care must be taken to get it to work. No changes will be made to it.
Are kaorti actually fiends in terms of qualification for FoP? Despite their Outsider (extraplanar, evil) status, it isn't immediately clear from the WOTC site exactly what qualifies and what does not qualify for FoP. Does FoP require that a character be tanari'i, baatezu, or yugoloth?
Divine caster restrictions are an RP aspect worth looking at - perhaps your kaorti was outcast because it broke an old taboo against divine magic? The phrenic template will be considered. Is there a reason why this character is triply unusual amongst the kaorti? The concern here is that three degrees of modification on the base concept of kaorti might be a bit much to swallow in terms of continuity.
NS - If flamebrothers are listed in Savage Species as a monstrous progression with only 3 racial HD, then you can certainly go that route.
Voidrazor - Understood. The idea now is to play a rogue kaorti? Sounds interesting. The thrall ability may be a little imbalanced, though it is clear that a great deal of care must be taken to get it to work. No changes will be made to it.
Are kaorti actually fiends in terms of qualification for FoP? Despite their Outsider (extraplanar, evil) status, it isn't immediately clear from the WOTC site exactly what qualifies and what does not qualify for FoP. Does FoP require that a character be tanari'i, baatezu, or yugoloth?
Divine caster restrictions are an RP aspect worth looking at - perhaps your kaorti was outcast because it broke an old taboo against divine magic? The phrenic template will be considered. Is there a reason why this character is triply unusual amongst the kaorti? The concern here is that three degrees of modification on the base concept of kaorti might be a bit much to swallow in terms of continuity.
moritheil
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Shayuri -
[sblock]Heading up towards the sound of the initial explosion, Loriel finds a slaughterhouse scene of destroyed bodies on the floor above. Tentacles writhe here and there, some unfortunate cultists still caught in their crushing grip. A second explosion, elsewhere on this floor, sounds as she surveys the scene.[/sblock]
[sblock]Heading up towards the sound of the initial explosion, Loriel finds a slaughterhouse scene of destroyed bodies on the floor above. Tentacles writhe here and there, some unfortunate cultists still caught in their crushing grip. A second explosion, elsewhere on this floor, sounds as she surveys the scene.[/sblock]
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