The (new) Immortals Handbook Thread

[Upper_Krust]

Was just about to email you dude!

U_K: What's the monster type breakdown of the Bestiary?

I'll add the type breakdown to the website at the weekend.

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)

...and Ioun Golem (Construct, Swarm)

Dragon: 7 (adamantite, cometary, mithril, nexus, polychromatic, timber, void)

The Nexus Dragon is being dropped for now (replaced with the Ioun Golem).

Elemental: 2 (quintessence, unelemental) - Yep.

Giant: 1 (garganaut)

This one may be removed (and replaced with an aberration called Akishra - Astral Worm) and saved for another time.

Magical Beast: 2 kulshedra - yes

lernean - monstrous humanoid/shapechanger

Ooze: 1 (prismatic pudding) - yep.

Outsider: 31 (5 abominations, 6 angels, 1 brood, 1 daemon, 1 demon, 1 devil, 4 HotA, 4 intelligibles, 6 umbrals, grigori, lipika)

Umbrals are Undead (Think Nightshades crossed with Umbral Blots).

Undead: 1 (seiriel) - Yes.

Just Can't Guess: 11

cogent - Aberration.

gog & magog - Elemental

infinitaur - Outsider

keteb - Fey

kranger - Aberration

menhir - Outsider

parikas - Fey

quinanes - Magical Beast

stargoyle - Outsider

trithemian - Outsider

zymbear - construct/undead

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?

See above.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Greetings Krust,

Hey Campbell mate!

I have a quick question: Does the epic spellcasting variant in the Grimoire use skill ranks?

No.

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.

The system in the Grimoire, on the surface resembles the metamagic system, but you can cast 10th+ level magic even before 20th-level. Elements akin to the mitigating factors in the ELH are used (in a far simpler way I have deduced) to allow you to increase a spells power.

 

[Campbell]

Hey Campbell mate!

The system in the Grimoire, on the surface resembles the metamagic system, but you can cast 10th+ level magic even before 20th-level. Elements akin to the mitigating factors in the ELH are used (in a far simpler way I have deduced) to allow you to increase a spells power.

Hey, Krust!

Consider this a preorder for the Grimoire. I'm fairly intrigued, and I look forward to seeing how completely new spells are developed when I get my grubby virtual hands on your Grimoire. Honestly, of the three documents I've always been looking forward to the Grimoire the most.

 

[Zoatebix]

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

Hmmm the old one is rather unwieldy, isn't it...

But if it started up again, and if I started using the design parameters to make classes (not what the document was designed for, but it's still a great aid), I'd feel bad about pestering U_K with questions.

 

[Campbell]

Hmmm the old one is rather unwieldy, isn't it...

But if it started up again, and if I started using the design parameters to make classes (not what the document was designed for, but it's still a great aid), I'd feel bad about pestering U_K with questions.

While I don't want to pull UK away from his work either, the main reason I asked about a new thread seperate from this one was to prevent clogging up this one with CR/EL discussion.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Bestiary 0.5:
2005-01-16: Rulemaster (January 16th)
2005-01-17: Fieari (January 17th)
2005-01-18: Anabstercorian (January 18th)
2005-01-31: CRGreathouse (January 31st)
2005-02-01: Fieari (February 1st)
2005-02-16: Baronovan (February 16th)
2005-02-17: Rulemaster ("in one month")

Current prizes: A +2 halberd (ages wielder 1d4 hours every time he hits), the deed to land in a far-off country (overrun with invading hobgoblins), a deck of many things with mostly baleful cards, and a retributive staff (no other powers).

Bestiary (PDF):
2005-03-01: Kalanyr (March 1st)
2005-03-20: Baronovan (March 20th)
2005-05-31: Fieari (May 31st)
2005-07-01: Anabstercorian ("summer 2005")
2005-08-15: CRGreathouse (August 15th)

Current prizes: A greatsword of great cleaving that hits friends if enemies aren't around, everyone's favorite extradimensional bag filled with nuts, and the worst 2000 gp item in the DMG.

Bestiary (print):

Apotheosis (PDF):
2005-11-10: Baronovan ("Fall '05")

Current prizes: A heavenly teamaker.

Apotheosis (print):

 

[Aquarius Alodar]

*blast of silver fire*

Well met, all. In my travels through this 'World Wide Web' of yours. I have noted that the main room,or 'forums' if you must name these things thus, of the 'website' associated with the portions of this glorious tome appear to be long overdue in, as you wouuld put it 'installation'. Therefore,Archmage Krust, what befalls? A simple lack of funds (as must we all suffer) or something of more concern- a scattering of the memories, belike?


*raging, swirling torrent of silver fire...which abruptly fades away*

 

[Upper_Krust]

Well met, all.

Hey there Aquarius Alodar!

In my travels through this 'World Wide Web' of yours. I have noted that the main room, or 'forums' if you must name these things thus, of the 'website' associated with the portions of this glorious tome appear to be long overdue in, as you wouuld put it 'installation'. Therefore, Archmage Krust, what befalls? A simple lack of funds (as must we all suffer) or something of more concern- a scattering of the memories, belike?

I don't have the means (ie. credit card) to add a forum at this point. I don't have the influx of cash to justify a credit card at this point. Therefore the forums will have to wait until such time that I do.

So its nothing personal.

 

[Anabstercorian]

FINiSH THe FREAKiNG BEASTiARY!

 

[Aquarius Alodar]

FINiSH THe FREAKiNG BEASTiARY!

And WTH for.......so you can use its contents in some game of yours that needs them, unless I'm grossly mistaken.


Anyway.............methinks this needs bumpage.