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How does he have wish at will with a caster level of 51? And how does he have the spells and revelations of a 20th level oracle + multiple final revelations? Do you have a break down of his ability scores? How does he have 12 feats? Yeah, I've been trying to figure out the same things.
So I posted an action the other day. Do we have a plan, or are we stalling out?
I can't speak to what everyone wants, but that's where my head's at. There's so many options/spells/abilities that might be in play, that with no idea of what he's running and, I see it pretty hard to do much going forward, short of dying in a blaze of glory.
Gash draws the Iron Bands of Binding from his hip and moves back into the room, preparing to hurl the bands as soon as he spots Eglian.
I'll do something, if only to move along. Having little to no information about how Eglian operates makes it pretty difficult to properly prepare, which is, I suppose, part of the challenge. Gash is finding himself somewhat stuck, as not really optimized to do much besides crit-fish inside an AMF, and with Spellband and Spell Immunity in play, he's pretty close to out of tricks. All that said, if the point of this is to find out if he's beatable, and we're almost beat ourselves, I'd say the next step is sharing that stat block ;)
AMF can be affected by Spellbane, yes. I suppose the only way to tell if it is in fact keyed to AMF is to try. Specifically, I don't believe any of us can cast Spellbane, unless a scroll or otherwise is procured-- it's a 9th level spell, after all.
We have some pretty serious Will save debuff too, right? Plane Shifting him somewhere else is always a fun option...
Well, another spellbane would work.
Plus Gash's AoO & the Planetar's ineffective Holy Word, but yup- looks good.
Cool, though it doesn't bode well that that confirmation didn't connect, whether it was immune to crits or just had a bonkers AC. On the other hand, now we know a Spell Perfection, Heighten Spell Holy Word is the way to go.
Ah, bummer. Any sense of whether or not there's DR? Also, for your sake, I'll assume you mean Greater Spell Immunity ;)
Purge wasn't used in round 2; Holy Word was (to zero effect, apparently, not even the damage effect on a passed save). How'd the AoO go? Did Gash get any sense of its effectiveness?
Spotting the blurred creature as it descends, Gash swings out with his long, thin sword, triggering his Contingency . Not usually one to offer prayers, he thinks to himself and anyone, any thing listening: ...let this work...
So the acrobatics check beat my CMD?
No worries, you're doing fine. I think you're correct on RE: Mind Blank and Auras. Gash's CMD at present is:
The Planetar is at 40, or 41 if it was around for the Haste.
Er, I'll update Gash's sheet somehow or other to show CMD and the like. It's a bit confusing because he was built to fight in an anti-magic field, so I hesitated to build any the buffs/enhancement bonuses into his stat lines. None of his current stats as shown reflect anything that wouldn't exist in an AMF unless it specifically says. Of note, Giant Form has made some changes to STR/DEX/CON/Nat Armor, etc. Questions: -Does that perception check DC 53 include the penalty from glitterdust, or was that avoided somehow as well? -What, if any, Auras has Gash seen now that Eglian has been seen coming out of hiding twice? -Were AoO's completely avoided?
Emphasis mine. The real question, as you said, is 'when does the spell end?', as when the spell ends, there's no question that spells cast by the summoned creatures expire. There are two reasonable arguments here: ----------- (a) The duration of the spell is as listed, regardless of the status of the monsters summoned. (b) The spell is considered 'ended' when all the creatures summoned have been killed or dispelled. ----------- As the duration of the spell is specifically defined in the spell description (1 round/level (D)), and nothing specifically states otherwise, option (a) seems to be the RAW answer. One could argue for option (b) and determine that the first sentence of the bolded text implies that the creature(s) disappearing ends the spell, but the relationship between those terms is neither defined nor indicated as being causual, so I'd rule against this interpretation.
Oros pointing out the location of what's presumably Eglian could trigger his readied action to cast Holy Word, and it could also allow the 5 Mephits to cast their Glitterdusts. If the Angel does cast, he'll then move out of the way as requested, probably rallying with the others down in the corner.
Not sure if it's invisibility, but the Glitterdusts should help either way, and if that fails, we can try a Purge
Dismayed that he can't find where Eglian is hiding, Gash gestures towards the darkness in the corner, drawing in shadow and conjuring from it from Salt Mephits. He picks up the 'silence' stone and tosses it down the hall towards the door from which they entered.
Any chance we could dismiss the Silence, Fagila, or move it elsewhere? edit:
Gash readies an action to activate his 'Anchoring Bracers' when he next spots Eglian in the room.
So where did the 'Silence' effect end up after Fagila wasn't killed? That'll play into the Planetar's action. Gash's is up, though.
Confused as to where in the hells the thing is attacking from, Gash moves towards the maybe-invisible Vampire. 'Where is it, and why can't the Angel see it?' he thinks...
I realize they're secondary. Eglian noted the important bit:
...and you can't take the ones associated with limbs used for the manufactured weapons, yeah? Just wondering how you got around that.
Heeding Faglia's warning with a hint of annoyance, the Planetar instead points at the cowering foe, and immediately from above a pillar of holy fire descends.
Meanwhile, Gash advances, his sword light in his transformed hand. Stepping around Faglia, he picks a position at the base of the steps and chooses a target on the Vampire's body, and begins hacking away, triggering his Contingency spell. As white feathered wings grow from Gash's back, his shadow continues walking, into the darkness, and aligns itself across the dais from Dazneth, flanking their foe.
OK, cool. Just trying to figure out how you're taking all the claw attacks since you're presumably using your hands for manufactured weapons. That would normally mean all your natural attacks are treated as secondary, and you can't take the ones associated with limbs used for the manufactured weapons, yeah? Just wondering how you got around that.
Jeez Dazneth...how many arms do you have?
I don't think anything contradicts that. The Brightest Light spell has automatically negated all the darkness spells (per its description), so there's no darkness magic in play, only natural darkness, yeah? In which case, it acts as Daylight: 60' radius bright light & addtl 60' of natural plus 1 step up. I'm not gonna ask about it again, but can you clarify the light level inside and outside the big circle on the Planetar so we can plan appropriately? Thanks!
You've got an extra move action from Fagila's 'Accelerate' too, so that could help w/ positioning prior to a charge. Daylight:
I read that as two separate effects:
In this case, there'd be a 60' radius of bright light centered on the Planetar, and then effectively everything else in the room would be dim light (up one step from naturally dark). Feel free to interpret differently; no hard feelings.
With much, if not most of the room now illuminated by the Planetar's light, Gash looks around to see what magical effects might be lurking. Any he finds (within reason) he yells out.
Gash hustles along after the Planetar, buoyed by magic, then overtakes the others, keen to advance. Along the way he draws his sword. "What was that?" he asks the Planetar as he passes, who follows along at his side, flying just off the ground.
The Planetar advances to Gash's side, where the darkness coalesces around him. Swirling on the edge of the thick shadowy zone, it begins turning from black to gold, as Gash manipulates it. With a touch, he gifts the Light to the Angel General, who nods, and advances.
Satisfied with his spellwork, Gash gets a nod from each of his companions, and kicks in the door with a sudden burst of strength.
Gash mutters under his breath as his first go at polymorphing himself fails. He didn't much care for these types of spells, effective as they were, and wouldn't be using them if things weren't dire. Pushing his failure aside, he continues, and finishing with just enough time to do all he felt he needed to do. His summoned angel watches with mild disgust as he morphs into a hideous troll. Gash ignores her. "It's just through there," Gash grunts to everyone, "We ready?" His Shadow, dancing on the wall with anticipation, nods back.
Rd 1. Giant Form 1 on myself (Rock Troll)
As I recall, we were doing at least 3 rounds of prep.
so...any movement on the Gameplay thread?
Yeah, mod email should cut it
Oh, gotcha. When you said the sheet was up, I figured you were posting them here b/c our actions were already posted in the planning posts/aliases. Suspense is killing me!
Fwiw, I can't see Eglian's stats, either.
Cool, well. Gash is ready.
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