X4: Master of the Desert Nomads - OOC

[Walking Dad]

Perhaps my single force spell was effective. Perhaps I should prepare it the next time, too.

Hey, anybody interested in a lesser restoration spell? Girgal has some healing capabilities

 

[Leif]

Perhaps my single force spell was effective. Perhaps I should prepare it the next time, too.

DEFINITELY!! Prepare it two or three times.

 

[Rhun]

and teleported the bishop to safety.

Safety is a relative word, since the creature was back at the bishop the next round! LOL.

 

[Rhun]

Hey, anybody interested in a lesser restoration spell? Girgal has some healing capabilities

If we are going to be fighting many more 'souleaters', having this spell prepared may not be a bad idea.

 

[Leif]

[sblock=renau1g]did I cause you to have second thoughts about joining my game with my snippy comments? Sorry about that, it had been a very trying day... :"> [/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

If we are going to be fighting many more 'souleaters', having this spell prepared may not be a bad idea.

Regarding "Souleaters":

...realized that the thing they fought was a soul eater, a creature of shadow summoned by a mage to track and slay a specific creature. Worse yet, the soul eater tears secrets from its victim.

This is from Mike Mearls
http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15761625&postcount=5

 

[Rhun]

I'd expect a creature that tears secrets from its victims to do Intelligence damage, though, not Wisdom. I've always associated Wisdom with awareness, perception and will. Intelligence represents knowledge.

 

[Leif]

I'd expect a creature that tears secrets from its victims to do Intelligence damage, though, not Wisdom. I've always associated Wisdom with awareness, perception and will. Intelligence represents knowledge.

Maybe the wis damage is a reflection of how unwise it is to get close to such a beastie?

 

[Walking Dad]

Uhm, this is NOT our souleater, I think. Perhaps Mearls just likes X4? Or ours is a kinem orginal (kinem, you aren't Mearls, or?)

 

[kinem]

I'm certainly not

Good to see that this classic monster from X4 has been included in 4th edition.

The one you fought was indeed my own conversion of it. It does Wisdom damage because that's what the original did. Something that does Intelligence damage would be overpowered because many powerful monsters have low Intelligence, but you won't find many that have extra-low Wisdom (except for constructs and they are immune to ability damage).

Tearing secrets from the victim is new, but I like the sound of it and may have to include it in my version.

The main thing though that made it a "soul eater" is that it can 'eat' souls and make ressurection of the victim impossible. I suspect that ability has been removed from the 4e version and replaced by the 'tearing out of secrets'.