The Invasion of Mori OOC [3.5][planar][PAUSED]

[Ringmereth]

Okay, my build is nearly finished. I'll post soon, but before finalizing the build, I was wondering if Arxas could get away with taking a dip into of the elven racial substitution wizard levels. His background involves him studying magic from a reclusive elf mage and delving into the race's magical accomplishments (for example, taking Elven Spell Lore from PHB2) before taking a darker turn towards his planar heritage. Since the build is otherwise pretty standard and not very powergamed, it shouldn't cause any balance issues.

(Also, apologies for the extreme lateness of this submission.)

 

[Dog Moon]

Standard buffs from Gabriel's point of view: Dominate Person, Morality Undone, Song of Fury. Well, the first two are on one of the opposing dumb fighter-types. The third is on all friendly fighter-types. Follow that by dirge of discord, wave of grief, and curse of the putrid husk. Maybe a little jarring song if the enemy spellcasters are causing us trouble.

The only spell I've heard of all those is Dominate Person...which I definitely have.

 

[Voadam]

Ringmereth, I can read the violet on black background without highlighting but not the purple.

Dog Moon, same problem with the shade of red you chose.

 

[Dog Moon]

Okey-dokey, will change.

How's black?

 

[moritheil]

To quote the vernacular, let's get it started in here.

Ringmereth - This is very difficult to say. If Arxas actually is of elven descent, he can take elf generalist levels. If he is not, he cannot. It is not a question of intelligence or capacity - even an Int 30 wizard, for example, cannot take elven racial substitution levels if he is not elven.

(Some might consider that a suggestion to make Arxas part elf. )

 

[moritheil]

NS - Edit your statement. Burning Hands cannot be made persistent. Are you familiar with the rules for Persistent Spell? Burning Hands is not a personal spell; it creates a cone of fire.

Area: Cone-shaped burst

In case "fixed range" is confusing you, keep in mind that most evocations (such as Burning Hands) are instantaneous and thus cannot be made persistent.

 

[Voidrazor]

Voidrazor -

The main concern remaining is that I'm still not entirely sure as to the viability of having something so unique that it breaks with its base concept in several ways simultaneously - as a fiend of possession, as a phrenic creature, as an individual not living in a cyst, and as a divine caster. Let me clarify that this is not a matter of balance; it is a question of conceptual coherence. (If that isn't clear, consider that, say, a half-dragon, half-centaur, phrenic dwarf is also three degrees of variance - and not really much like what one thinks of when one says "dwarf." ) I am uncertain as to where exactly the line is between "complicated concept" and "unsightly assemblage of templates," but three degrees of variance seems to be close. Is it possible to reduce it to two?

If it helps, I was planning on taking the Leadership feat and having all Kaelvorr's followers be kaorti. Perhaps, I could also specify that, because of its post-transformation perspective, Kaelvorr simply never bothers to pray for spells (but retains those precious domain special abilities).

However, if that wouldn't address your concerns, I'll drop the cleric level and take one of rogue. I'd still like to go with kaorti followers if thats allowable. The plan would be to seed Mori with cysts along the way, aiding the tanari'i with the hopes that their invasion would give the kaorti cysts the opportunity to grow quickly. Mind you, if that presents a balance issue, I don't mind them all being wiped out in the first battle.

 

[Ringmereth]

To quote the vernacular, let's get it started in here.

Ringmereth - This is very difficult to say. If Arxas actually is of elven descent, he can take elf generalist levels. If he is not, he cannot. It is not a question of intelligence or capacity - even an Int 30 wizard, for example, cannot take elven racial substitution levels if he is not elven.

(Some might consider that a suggestion to make Arxas part elf. )

I take racial requirements to be a mix of actual heritage and species, and being raised in a certain culture. But you're the DM here.

Anyway, you present an interesting suggestion. According to the SRD, tieflings are planetouched humans. They're a race, not a template, but the flavor suggests that elves could have equivalent planar heritages... so, my question is whether or not an elf-tiefling would be mechanically different from the garden variety. Your opinion?

 

[Question]

How many kobolds are there, and what weapons do they appear to be using? Also can we see any other entrances/exit to the cavern we are in(Besides the stairwell we used)

 

[NapoleonicSoup]

Sorry, I got it mixed up with Produce Flame
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/produceFlame.htm
I seem to be screwing up things that have to do with persistent spells a lot. My initial thought with death touch was that you could make your hands always have that effect, but when I looked at the SRD again that was not the case, as you said.