Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scupper" data-source="post: 655637" data-attributes="member: 2593">And now, back to Encounters!With your host, Gary Geyron!!!Gary: Hey there monsterphiles, you're going to love our next guest. He's a tough customer who's been the subject of not a few terse DM versus Players discussions. Let's have a big hand for ... the Bodak!(bodak enters, wearing sunglasses)Gary: Thanks for stopping by. I know you're a busy former man.Bodak: Always a pleasure Gary.Gary: So, before we get to the Q&A, is there anything exciting you're working on at the moment.Bodak: Definitely. I've got a lot of irons in the fire, so to speak. First off, I'm in negotiations with BioWare for a part in Baldur's Gate III.Gary: How is it, working with BioWare?Bodak: Oh, they're great guys. I was a little nervous when I came onboard for Neverwinter Nights, but they didn't tone my performance down a bit. In fact, they really encouraged me to play up the whole sinister evil spirit thing. Before that project, really, most of the good sinister bits for mortality-impaired actors went to vampires and liches.Gary: Speaking of toning you down, how do you feel about the complaints people have lodged about your death gaze?Bodak: That's a sore spot for me, frankly. I mean, why do they even play the game if they're afraid to have a character die now and then?Gary: Well, I think it's more of a problem with "instant" death.Bodak: What, would they rather prolonged suffering?Gary: No, but you have to admit that a fort save of 15 is awfully steep for CR 8. That gives an 8th-level cleric with a 10 Con a 45% chance of instant death.Bodak: Well, if we're going to metagame it, I'd say he should have spent a little cash on some fortitude-enhancing items. Or maybe folks who don't have the constitution for it ought not be adventurers. And let's not forget that that same cleric, if he had a 10 charisma could turn ME about 35% of the time, from twice as far away! And let me assure you that the type of munchkin players you get these days are going to pump up their cleric's charisma.Gary: Whoah, now. I'm not trying to rile you here.Bodak: Sorry, but clerics really piss me off.Gary: Now, some have also cited your weaknesses as frivolous.Bodak: How would you like flashbacks and a vulnerability to sunlight?Gary: But the flashbacks only have a 5% chance of affecting you in any given combat and most undead encou--Bodak: Uh, Gary, we prefer "mortality-impaired," if you don't mind.Gary: Sorry. Most mortality-impaired encounters occur indoors or at night.Bodak: Well I can't be blamed for bad planning.Gary: And the sunlight thing? It takes over 50 rounds for it to kill you. That's a lot longer than most combats last, particularly when you're death gazing half the battlefield every turn.Bodak: So what are you trying to say, here, Gary? That I'm broken? Eh? I've only got nine stinking hit dice! You try going up against an 8th level fighter with 9 measly hit dice and see how far a 15 fort save death attack gets you! Bastards get two attacks per round and they are ALWAYS hasted these days.Gary: But you've also got a host of defensive abilities: You're immune to electricity ...Bodak: Yeah, like that's common. Aside from lightning bolts and the occasional odd magic item, it's a non-issue.Gary: And very resistant to fire and acid ...Bodak: So? There's no lack of brute force in the PC arsenal, now is there?Gary: And you have damage resistance.Bodak: Ha! 20/silver. If somebody can't nail me with a +1 weapon or better by eighth level, they are doing something seriously wrong.Gary: Hey, on that silver issue, how do you feel about the 3.5 revision that's going to remove magic weapons' "trump power" over the silver requirement?Bodak: I'm all for it.Gary: I bet you are.Bodak: Hey, I've had it with your attitude.Gary: Look, you are a broken monster that's only going to get more broken when they change the rules!Bodak: That's it! (removes sunglasses)Gary: Nice try, but I'm immune to death attacks. We've got clerics on staff, you know.Bodak: You suck.Gary: Okay, well thanks for coming, Bodak. We'll be looking for you in Baldur's Gate III.Bodak: Whatever.Gary: Be sure to tune in next week folks, when we'll welcome the Krenshar, the Vrock, and we'll find out just how Green Slime feels about being reduced from a monster to a hazard!  See you then!</blockquote>

Verification