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<blockquote data-quote="pallandrome" data-source="post: 3277358" data-attributes="member: 46930">Here is the situation. A group of level 7 characters run into a Bodak. The Bodak wins initiative, and being possessed of higher than animal cunning, uses his Death Gaze on the weakest looking party member, I.E. the Wizard. Wizard fails his roll, and dies.My big problem with Bodaks, and other death effects at this level, is that there are no convenient ways to combat them. Death ward helps a little, but is too short to be used as a pre-combat buff (unless you blow a divination spell each day to find out WHEN a death ward would be of use. The worst part is that, unless you happen to have a druid on you, the bodak kill is perminant at that level. You can't use raise dead on someone killed by a Bodaks death gaze, it has to be ressurection, and not many level 7 groups have 10,000g in diamonds just lying around. Reincarnate can work, but it can also leave a bad taste in the mouth of roleplayers who got into their characters as, say, a grappling specialist Orc, only to become a halfling.Does anyone have any differing viewpoints on this, or can point out bits I'm missing, or does it just seem like I'm being uptight about it?Also, I see no reason, as per RAW, that cutting off the head of someone killed by a Bodak would stop that person from becoming a Bodak themselves. Fun Bodak Trick: Evil cleric takes his Bodak pet into a town, uses the Bodak to kill everyone, chops off all the heads, and sets them up on poles. 24 hours later, voila! A dozen Death Gaze sentries, for your enjoyment! Would this actually work?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pallandrome, post: 3277358, member: 46930"] Here is the situation. A group of level 7 characters run into a Bodak. The Bodak wins initiative, and being possessed of higher than animal cunning, uses his Death Gaze on the weakest looking party member, I.E. the Wizard. Wizard fails his roll, and dies. My big problem with Bodaks, and other death effects at this level, is that there are no convenient ways to combat them. Death ward helps a little, but is too short to be used as a pre-combat buff (unless you blow a divination spell each day to find out WHEN a death ward would be of use. The worst part is that, unless you happen to have a druid on you, the bodak kill is [B]perminant[/B] at that level. You can't use raise dead on someone killed by a Bodaks death gaze, it has to be ressurection, and not many level 7 groups have 10,000g in diamonds just lying around. Reincarnate can work, but it can also leave a bad taste in the mouth of roleplayers who got into their characters as, say, a grappling specialist Orc, only to become a halfling. Does anyone have any differing viewpoints on this, or can point out bits I'm missing, or does it just seem like I'm being uptight about it? Also, I see no reason, as per RAW, that cutting off the head of someone killed by a Bodak would stop that person from becoming a Bodak themselves. Fun Bodak Trick: Evil cleric takes his Bodak pet into a town, uses the Bodak to kill everyone, chops off all the heads, and sets them up on poles. 24 hours later, voila! A dozen Death Gaze sentries, for your enjoyment! Would this actually work? [/QUOTE]

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