[D&D3ish]Crypts of Chaos: Scouting Interest

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:00 pm

Tek has the abiliity to cast in light armor. The elven chain plus boots and cloak would be good combo.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:01 pm

Yeah, i noticed it's like a +4DC to spells...

Would the razor armor be a problem whilst mounted?

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:06 pm

Oh yeah, now I remember why I didn't offer it first... do you use a saddle?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:26 pm

Plus Tek's a Nosferatu, which gives +8 to Hide and Move Silent. I wish base race and template racial bonuses stacked, because then he'd have even better stats in those skills. But as it it, he has +13 before the elven items.

Also, now that I know we have a Holy Devastator, I'm kind of wishing I'd rolled a paladin.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:37 am

This doesn't seem like an especially Paladin-friendly party. Unless you had a lot of latitude as to exactly which evil beings you smote.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:00 am

Which is why I didn't make one, especially since I wanted to make an Angry Marine style paladin.

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:09 am

Red_Rob wrote:Regarding save DC's, the only save spell I really have at this level is Entangle, which is of pretty limited utility in a dungeon or a desert...

I just think it's hilarious that your character rolls in, and the first thing they do is get a boost from 28 wisdom, to 34. At level one! That's got to be some kind of record.

edit: if you have an object that can gain control over someone's brain, you could keep it around for Cadwyn. Just in case.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:24 am

We have the ring, still. This is basically a helm of opposite alignment on steroids. And I'm actually pretty happy about that ring now. If it weren't for the precedent it established, Xil would be going totally nuts right now.

In a normal campaign, I would recommend that the party hold onto the helm for emergency conversion of enemies. Sadly, we aren't even capable of holding onto a cool recurring nemesis in this setting, so we probably want to defeat our opponents with a method that actually yields character advancement potential.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:03 pm

Does the magic coat's fire resistance stack with Xilraxochitl's racial resistance?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:10 pm

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:28 pm

Somebody else should take it, then. I'll keep my eyes open for some kind of robe. In the meantime, Xilraxochitl will run around in her bandages again.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:29 pm

To elaborate on my point in the IC thread, there is nothing keeping Tek from using Spider Climb to stand on the wall and then using at-will telekinesis to lift everyone out of the dungeon one at a time.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:30 pm

I should note that Xilraxochitl discarded the helm of opposite alignment. Unless somebody else picked it up, it is lying on the floor next to the oracle's pool. Since it is an artifact, we can't break it down for crafting reserve, and we probably don't want to sell it to an organization.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:40 am

I found the theme song for Hel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6X_YMK5sKI

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:43 am

It's mostly full of buttons.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:27 am

Do we really want to leave the helm lying around? Could cause problems if it fell into the wrong hands. Ah well.

Also, how does the Positive Energy protection on the armor actually work? Is it like Positive Energy resistance or does it stop any positive energy spells from working full stop? I ask because Vigor technically doesn't directly heal hp with positive energy it gives the target Fast Healing, so would that be stopped? Or will I have to try it to find out?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:41 am

Waiting to see if Berry wants to add any of her insights from visiting the Gnomeworks.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:44 pm

Remember that if we use the environment or cool sidequest artifacts to take the 'flayas out indirectly, we won't get XP. We want to fight through them in person so we actually advance. So Thingol's secret mission is actually kind of a bad idea.

We are well situated to fight the enemies now. 2 undead + 1 cyborg are immune to most of the psychic stuff mind flayers can do. Xil and Berry are ridiculous tanks, and Tek is a mid-range fighter who still possesses powerful defenses. Batman can use his gaze and aura while stunned.

If we can win this, we get to make a super-monster into our Pokemon, with reasonable justification to stay loyal even if the spawn monster conditioning somehow fails. Berry can say she finally got enough assets to lead a rescue.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:28 pm

Apparently nosferatu cannot make spawn. Weird.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:52 pm

The flavor is that they are primordial vampires, without any of the more sympathetic powers of more recent vampire strains. They don't turn into benign mist, they turn into horrifying centipedes. They don't "Embrace" new members, they just kill you and maybe mulch the body.

JigokuBosatsu · Post by **JigokuBosatsu** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:29 pm

So what's the vague task list?

1. Kill cultists
2. Visit gnomeworks
3. Fight dragon
4. ???
5. Fight mad god
6. Escape

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:47 pm

We definitely need to rescue Thingol first. Then visit the GnomeWorks. That way when he wakes up with his new undead battle-cyborg body, he can tell us "I never asked for this." I will never run out of Photoshop material.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:25 pm

Are we hunting cultists or Mind Flayers? Against Flayers do I want to avoid use my Waking Dream aura thing or it will lower your saves, which I'm guessing would be a bad thing?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:01 am

I think we're hunting cultist mind flayers.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:16 am

Cultist mind flayers with flails and a penchant for self mutilation, so likely beefier than average. Probably some levels in psionic classes if we are unlucky. Lowering saves should be fine, since every PC but Batman is immune to Mind-affecting effects. And the undead PCs are both immune to getting their brains eaten, which could be a nasty surprise for the enemies.