The (new) Immortals Handbook Thread

[Upper_Krust]

Hiya mate!

That's an ... interesting one.

Not even a single mechanics teaser?

...well it has HD: 65d8+2080 (2600hp), hows that? Don't even think about getting me to tell you about its vacuum breath weapon that sucks you into the dismal demiplane that is its stomach.

 

[Knight Otu]

Hiya mate!



...well it has HD: 65d8+2080 (2600hp), hows that?

... Ooooppsss....

Don't even think about getting me to tell you about its vacuum breath weapon that sucks you into the dismal demiplane that is its stomach.

Black hole elephant?

 

[CRGreathouse]

...well it has HD: 65d8+2080 (2600hp), hows that? Don't even think about getting me to tell you about its vacuum breath weapon that sucks you into the dismal demiplane that is its stomach.

Let's see... a 65-HD Outsider with Con 74 or 75 should have a Fort save of +66, or +68 if it has Great Fortitude. Its vacuum breath weapon should have a DC of 74 (or 76 with Ability Focus), if it allows a save -- which I'd suppose it does.

Going off the previous trends, I'll estimate its CR at 128.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey andargor!

Sorry I missed this post earlier.

Great work. A minor nitpick on the amilictli: greater dispelling should be changed to greater dispel magic. I assume it's being written for 3.5, looking at the stat block.

Yes, and thanks. Although the stats on the website are pre-editing at this point, so there are bound to be a few minor mistakes.

So, when's the Grimoire?

As soon as I can get the Bestiary, Apotheosis and then the Grimoire finished.

Or should I be using my variant epic spellcasting rules for a while yet?

I can't see the Grimoire being available before end of March/beginning of April at the earliest.

Hey CRGreathouse dude!

Let's see... a 65-HD Outsider with Con 74 or 75

74, it has double the maximum listed Constitution score for what is a gargantuan abomination.

should have a Fort save of +66, or +68 if it has Great Fortitude. Its vacuum breath weapon should have a DC of 74 (or 76 with Ability Focus), if it allows a save -- which I'd suppose it does.

Yes. At the moment you get a reflex save to avoid the vacuum, and you can make a strength check to resist being sucked up.

Going off the previous trends, I'll estimate its CR at 128.

I'm eyeballing CR 65 (WotC), although thats a quick estimate. Being swallowed doesn't actually kill you, although its not the fondest of demiplanes.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Yes, and thanks. Although the stats on the website are pre-editing at this point, so there are bound to be a few minor mistakes.

Do you have an editor lined up? I hope you're not planning on doing that on your own; that'll make for even more delays.

 

[Anabstercorian]

Get John Cooper to do it!

 

[DarkElven]

Hey U_K!
I figured it was a good time to drop my nigh on two year lurker status from all mediums of internet communication to once again make contact with you.
I'm STILL here!
And I want to remind you that I'm still around waiting oh so impatiently for your releases!
So what are you doing reading this? Get back to work! You lucky devil, keeping it all to yourself

Anyway I hope life is going well for you, (or at least better than it is for me now that my home was destroyed ) and that you'll soon be able to unveil to the world your magnum opus.

-DE

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey guys!

CRGreathouse - I'll email you later on that one mate.

As for the website updates I thought maybe adding three or four pics every few days might be better than adding one per day. So I'll be updating those either tonight or tomorrow.

Hey U_K!

Hey Dark Elven matey!

I figured it was a good time to drop my nigh on two year lurker status from all mediums of internet communication to once again make contact with you.

Nice to hear from you dude!

I'm STILL here!

Glad to hear it!

And I want to remind you that I'm still around waiting oh so impatiently for your releases!

You are not the only one.

So what are you doing reading this? Get back to work! You lucky devil, keeping it all to yourself

Indeed.

Anyway I hope life is going well for you, (or at least better than it is for me now that my home was destroyed )

I trust no one was hurt mate!?

and that you'll soon be able to unveil to the world your magnum opus.

I hope so too.

 

[CRGreathouse]

U_K: What's the monster type breakdown of the Bestiary? I was looking over the list you posted on your site, and here's what it looks like to me.

Construct: 5 (diamond golem, force golem, mercury golem, neutronium golem, orichalcum golem)
Dragon: 7 (adamantite, cometary, mithril, nexus, polychromatic, timber, void)
Elemental: 2 (quintessence, unelemental)
Giant: 1 (garganaut)
Magical Beast: 2 (kulshedra, lernean)
Ooze: 1 (prismatic pudding)
Outsider: 31 (5 abominations, 6 angels, 1 brood, 1 daemon, 1 demon, 1 devil, 4 HotA, 4 intelligibles, 6 umbrals, grigori, lipika)
Undead: 1 (seiriel)

Just Can't Guess: 11 (cogent, gog & magog, infinitaur, ketab, kranger, menhir, parikas, quinanes, stargoyle, trithemian, zymbear)

In particular:
* Have I left any types out that you have in the IH (aberration, animal, fey, humanoid, monstrous humanoid, plant, vermin)?
* Have I misguessed any of these?

 

[Campbell]

Greetings Krust,

I have a quick question: Does the epic spellcasting variant in the Grimoire use skill ranks? I'm asking because with the homebrew setting that I'm planning on running in the near future I've gone with a more primal take on magic,using only sorcerers and a slightly modified version of spontaneous spellcasting clerics, and the core skill-based form of epic spellcasting doesn't support what I'm trying to accomplish. One thought is to simply use a special spellcaster level ceck of the form 1d20+spellcaster level+spellcasting attribute bonus.

Additionally, would it be possible to start another thread for discussion of your CR/EL rules.