Yeah, so she's the Wolverine of the team. Functionally immortal, so the author can go buts. Nice.
Tempted to give her some more combat evolutions. We'll see what I'm feeling at level 9.
Absolutely amazing rolls, Tychus!
Thanks! It's weird, I'm used to rolling very poorly in person, haha.
Busy at work, so just have me poke someone with intent to subdue.
I see that dominate person, while super-powerful, has some annoying limitations. :)
Casting it is a 1 round action. Not just a full round, but like enlarge person or summon spells for casters who don't have the summoner ability, they have to stand there casting while everyone else takes their turn. That is a huge liability for casting it in combat! Maybe Merkondus has a quickening diamond metamagic gem? That would let him cast it as a swift action, and doesn't give us extra treasure. He could have had it in his other hand all along, in case of emergency.
It looks like giving a command to a dominated subject is a move action, not a free action. I think that means that Merkondus can't start a new bard song and give Jack an order in the same turn, unless he cast it as a swift and uses his standard to start a new song. I'm not sure what happens if he successfully casts dominate person but doesn't give any orders, but I imagine it just looks like a confused subject who rolled "act normally" on the dice. (Maybe OotS-style swirling eyes? It's only a DC 15 Sense Motive to recognize the subject is dominated.)
Also, forcing a subject to take actions "against its nature" gives the subject another save with a +2 bonus on the roll. What is against Jack's nature is up to you, but I'd suggest that ordering him to attack Henrika (at least) would qualify.
Of course it's your prerogative if you want to change anything about how the spell works for this encounter or in general, for dramatic effect or whatever. I just looked it up to remind myself what to expect, and thought I would share my findings. :)
Oops. I missed that it was a round to cast. He won’t be able to do that then. I’ll pick a different spell for him to cast in my next post.
Xallis, I just realized, are you wielding the Standard of Conquest relic that you took? You have to hold it in a hand for it to work. Do you plan to hold it all the time or only sometimes?
If you are holding it, I'll have to remember the bonuses that it gives out. At the moment, it could be giving everyone +2 morale bonus on saves and a +5 ft. movement bonus.
That could make Henrika's save against the crushing despair a pass. But not Jack's. I'm not going back to previous rounds to check.
Would any characters like to step up and be Trevor's best man at the upcoming wedding?
I believe Henrika is already tasked to be Malphene's maid of honor.
Of course Henrika would stand for Malphene, and Jack would happily serve as a groomsman.
GM: Can I change the latest mesmerist trick that Henrika chose? I think she is likely to need Gift of Will more than Astounding Avoidance for the time being. Mesmeric Mirror is nice, but Jack is pretty vulnerable to enchanters, so she'll keep GoW implanted in him from now on. ;)