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tbug (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Fri, Jul 3, 2009, 09:44 PM

I have a cleric of Nethys who's asking for an ally in Sunday's game via lesser planar ally. They'll be going into Arkona Manor. I'm thinking that an advanced mephit might be the only option, but I'm open to other ideas.

Anyone have any?

the David, Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 12:11 AM

How about an advanced elemental? They're neutral.

tbug (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 06:49 AM

That could work. Thanks.

Nethys lives in the Maelstrom, so he'd have a lot of contacts with CN creatures too.

I'll ponder. :)

Crystal Frasier (Production Assistant), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 08:15 AM

tbug wrote:

That could work. Thanks.

Nethys lives in the Maelstrom, so he'd have a lot of contacts with CN creatures too.

I'll ponder. :)

Proteans might also work, though you'll have to peel back on the hit dice for a lesser ally.

If you really want to stretch, Spellweavers make excellent minions of Nethys. Just change their type to Outsider.

Todd Stewart (Contributor), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 08:42 AM

tbug wrote:

That could work. Thanks.

Nethys lives in the Maelstrom, so he'd have a lot of contacts with CN creatures too.

I'll ponder. :)

Nethys is on pretty good terms with the proteans. Now whether they'd be cool with the bindings of one any of the various planar binding/ally is another question. Depends on what chorus the potential protean ally belongs to (if any), and that chorus's philosophy, and the PC's goals, etc.

They'd be fun to have with a party though.

Paul Watson (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 09:22 AM

The Torthune from Kobold Quarterly 7 would also be appropriate (although they'd need some depowering) as they're specifically mentioned as being Nethys' servants.

tbug (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 01:29 PM

Todd Stewart wrote:

Nethys is on pretty good terms with the proteans.

I'm delighted to hear it! I thought they'd be a good fit. :)

Todd Stewart wrote:

Now whether they'd be cool with the bindings of one any of the various planar binding/ally is another question. Depends on what chorus the potential protean ally belongs to (if any), and that chorus's philosophy, and the PC's goals, etc.

The really great thing about the planar ally spells is that they're clearly negotiations entered into willingly by both parties, so the proteans not cool with it won't be those called.

Todd Stewart wrote:

They'd be fun to have with a party though.

They'd be very fun. :D

Am I right in thinking that we haven't seen any proteans with as few as 6 hit dice yet? I'm pretty much on my own for making them up, right?

Todd Stewart (Contributor), Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 09:20 PM

tbug wrote:

Am I right in thinking that we haven't seen any proteans with as few as 6 hit dice yet? I'm pretty much on my own for making them up, right?

I for one want a protean familiar (as if the ubiquitous faerie dragons that always seem to show up in my campaigns weren't bad enough). ;)