I can post at least once a day if need be. Though, unfortunately, it seems like Cont is still relatively busy.
I have had a couple busy days here. Some things came up but they should be done today. I will get a post up later this evening.
Is it bad that the first thing we have in mind is incite battle?
Because I don't feel bad.
At this level, sometimes you just need to flex your muscles.
I was certainly feeling like doing that for a while. I just was looking at all these spells recently and was thinking "I need to use them."
I love the smell of initiative in the morning. Also, I've been reading up on how high level games could start devolving to rocket tag, so I'm gonna try and ease up on the save-or-suck spells. It'll give me the chance to try out the mythic spells I picked up!
Though I will throw out Mass Icy Prisons if I think the targets have good reflexes. I'm only human, after all.
For DM reference, Nagato has spent that last few days in Huge Air Elemental form. True, she can only technically maintain it for 23 hours, but renewing the lease only takes a swift action, and she can do it at will.
Who here has the Greater Extend Rod again? Just curious about possibly picking up Mass Fly for that shiny duration.
Furthermore, if a battle is imminent, Fnord, do you need any help insetting up a battlefield for all of us?
I have one. Can't everyone already fly under their own power, though?
I think he is looking at one person casting a spell to cover everyone.
Validk has permanent flight ability, and he can cover Orsenn as well.
Just curious was all. I've got Jake using Overland Flight, but I wouldn't mind throwing that up a couple levels to hit more people for a faster speed.
Also, who's following us for headlines...? Peculiar...
As long as Katja is in dragon form she can always fly.
Well, I was thinking of the possibility of Mythic Mass Fly affecting as Mythic Fly. That way, two uses of Mythic Power give a bonus to AC and Reflex saves. Though since only Mythic Fly was outlined in the rules as being a thing, it's a gray area. Just a thought.
To answer some questions in the gameplay thread, since Jacob doesn't know what he's looking for, he's not really digging straight down. However, if Nagato were to Wild Shape into something with a burrow speed, that might be a route to examine. If not, Jacob has Polymorph Any Object on hand to turn someone into something that does.
What has a burrow speed? I mean, I think PAO is dismissable when emulating Greater Polymorph or the others? Lemme check.
Besides which, don't see why I couldn't become a magical beast digger.
How about I just turn into a Dire Badger and dig?
Works for me.
Let's do that, Nagato. My knowledge of what gibves burrow speeds is sadly lacking. In thirteen minutes, all I got was a Barrow Rat.
I could drop a Form of the Dragon for that sort of thing. Though I don't wanna blow up the other thread and deny everyone else at least something to do.
Though if the thing Katja saw was a tunnel, I'll use this idea to get Jacob down there. Thanks for the tools, Fnord!
I thought that FotD comprised movement of the assumed dragon. Well, if Nagato's going to be a badger, that's good too. If not, PAO can get Jacob down 30' as a hustle, if we're on the clock.
By the way, now that my understanding of the Mythic material has greatly increased (I just made two high level Mythic characters in about a week), I would like to alter my mythic path from Guardian to Hierophant-Champion. Would that be alright? I feel like we need some more divine and muscle power.
Fine by me. Not like we've cemented Nagato's use of mythic power yet with anything. Though might wanna get the okay from GMV and/or Fnord, just in case.
I thought that FotD comprised movement of the assumed dragon. Well, if Nagato's going to be a badger, that's good too. If not, PAO can get Jacob down 30' as a hustle, if we're on the clock.
You are correct. FotD gives you the stated bonuses and abilities of the color of dragon you assume. So if Brass was chosen you would get burrow as an ability.
As for shoring up the sides, I suppose that Katja can freeze it with her breath. That's the only thing I can think of at the moment with what she is capable of.
Actually, I wasn't able to check at the office, but it looks like Fnord's right. Form of the Dragon just gives you fly speeds, depending on which level you use. Very strange.
The mythic versions of the spell seem to give you worse off breath weapons, but now I'm on a tangent.
Still, emulating Beast Shape IV through emulating Greater Polymorph through Polymorph Any Object gives burrow speed, so it's not all bad. I could get Jacob to dig in a pinch.
Actually, it is not correct. You DO get wings and a fly speed.
You become a Medium chromatic or metallic dragon. You gain a +4 size bonus to Strength, a +2 size bonus to Constitution, a +4 natural armor bonus, fly 60 feet (poor), darkvision 60 feet, a breath weapon, and resistance to one element. You also gain one bite (1d8), two claws (1d6), and two wing attacks (1d4). Your breath weapon and resistance depend on the type of dragon. You can only use the breath weapon once per casting of this spell. All breath weapons deal 6d8 points of damage and allow a Reflex save for half damage. In addition, some of the dragon types grant additional abilities, as noted below.
So yes, you do get wings and can use them as a true dragon would. The key word here is BECOME. You become a dragon. You change your physical form and this spell also grants you wings as part of it.
So what exactly are we counting down in? Seconds or rounds?
Should I come back to the surface and report my findings...
...Or Mythic Vital Strike it?
Decisions!
I say strike it, but Jacob doesn't yet know anything on the matter. Not sure if he gets any votes here.
Sorry I'm unaware, but is there anything special about crafting intelligent items? I'm thinking of something down the line.
I am out sick right now. I won't be posting very much till I get better.
I'm not sure about the acquiring the soul part. I was just checking out some other sources when I found The Rod That Should Not Be and Shield of the Mage, and I thought they were cool items.
Also, get well soon, GMV!
Well, I'm under the impression that it has the same limit as a Caster's Shield, what with the "strip cannot hold above 3rd level spells". I may have just liked the idea of a caddy going about choosing the best spells, like Validk and Mr. Orsenn. Though, I've realized that shtick is already being played, so I'd rather find a different performance to play. Still just curious about the whole Intelligent Items thing, however, so I asked here.
But for Summon Monster, that doesn't seem nearly as bad as using Planar Binding or the like. I just thought the Rod would've been an interesting part of Jacob's bloodline connection.
Maybe I phrased it wrong. Anyways, just was curious.
Yeah, might think more into later. After we're dealing with... whatever that thing is. Though I think everyone might be a tad too spread out for my opening idea.
Sorry to hear that, Fnord. I was hoping to drop an augmented Haste on everyone, but my flight might've hindered that. Or so I thought.
Does she need to actually make a reflex save? I was confused by that line there.