Wizards as Monsters

[fireinthedust]

So I have the PCs set to fight a wizard in his tower. I realize that he'll need to be a controller solo. My aim is to have him on one floor of a tower, with a hole/balcony over the floor below. On the lower floor I was going to have skeleton minions (dressed as apprentices, I guess), with the idea being that he'll wait until the PCs get up to him, then use a teleport-other attack to drop them over the balcony (there's bookshelves below, so if they roll Atheletics they can avoid damage).

so I was thinking of adding the following to him:

1) Teleport attack 1: int vs. fort(?will?), 1d6 dmg; drop PC(s?) over the balcony (athletics to avoid damage/hang onto bookshelves).
Should this be a standard attack, or an immediate interrupt? I want a high recharge.

2) Teleport Attack 2: move the PCs, either swapping positions or elsewhere on the same level; no or low damage. Likely a move action, or minor action.

3) Likely an artillary magic missle-type attack. Maybe psychic damage?

4) Invisibility until the end of his next turn; like the Gnome "fade away" ability. Immediate interrupt. High recharge (4, 5,6)

I'll be using the monster-maker program, but this is my first try at it for the campaign (I've been using the MM1 the whole way).

Any recommendations? I've never done this before (well, done a good job of it, professional level that I'm hoping to reach for anything I whip up).

 

[Aramax]

Maybe give him a familier,how about one he can cast from.

For defence, living runes that fly around him and absorb hits

 

[Klaus]

So I have the PCs set to fight a wizard in his tower. I realize that he'll need to be a controller solo. My aim is to have him on one floor of a tower, with a hole/balcony over the floor below. On the lower floor I was going to have skeleton minions (dressed as apprentices, I guess), with the idea being that he'll wait until the PCs get up to him, then use a teleport-other attack to drop them over the balcony (there's bookshelves below, so if they roll Atheletics they can avoid damage).

so I was thinking of adding the following to him:

1) Teleport attack 1: int vs. fort(?will?), 1d6 dmg; drop PC(s?) over the balcony (athletics to avoid damage/hang onto bookshelves).
Should this be a standard attack, or an immediate interrupt? I want a high recharge.

2) Teleport Attack 2: move the PCs, either swapping positions or elsewhere on the same level; no or low damage. Likely a move action, or minor action.

3) Likely an artillary magic missle-type attack. Maybe psychic damage?

4) Invisibility until the end of his next turn; like the Gnome "fade away" ability. Immediate interrupt. High recharge (4, 5,6)

I'll be using the monster-maker program, but this is my first try at it for the campaign (I've been using the MM1 the whole way).

Any recommendations? I've never done this before (well, done a good job of it, professional level that I'm hoping to reach for anything I whip up).

Fiery Dragon's Creature Collection 4e has an appendix with statted-as-monsters NPCs for barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, paladin, ranger, rogue, warlock, warlord, wizard and sorceror, at levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30.

 

[fireinthedust]

Fiery Dragon's Creature Collection 4e has an appendix with statted-as-monsters NPCs for barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, paladin, ranger, rogue, warlock, warlord, wizard and sorceror, at levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30.

The game is tomorrow, but brilliant idea. Are they human?

Familiar: good thinking. I hadn't established one, but maybe an imp of some sort?
Would it be too much to have the Imp attack on its own, but when the wizard casts a lightning bolt, use the Imp as the source?

Autumn Winds: the wizard grabbed an Eladrin noble, so he could have some kind of Autumn-based powers to represent this. Maybe gusts of wind, to buffet & push/slide the PCs?


Any warnings about the creature-maker on DDI? I've never used it.

 

[Mesh Hong]

What level creature and how many and what level PCs?

Without this information it is quite difficult to propose a solution to your dilema.

 

[Klaus]

The game is tomorrow, but brilliant idea. Are they human?

Familiar: good thinking. I hadn't established one, but maybe an imp of some sort?
Would it be too much to have the Imp attack on its own, but when the wizard casts a lightning bolt, use the Imp as the source?

Autumn Winds: the wizard grabbed an Eladrin noble, so he could have some kind of Autumn-based powers to represent this. Maybe gusts of wind, to buffet & push/slide the PCs?


Any warnings about the creature-maker on DDI? I've never used it.

The statted NPCs are race-neutral, and you have an appendix of racial templates to apply to them, covering all races in the PH1, plus gnomes and half-orcs.