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Lidras, on the other hand, had gone in with his own goals in mind. When it became clear that the group was either dead, or following Rosa’s leadership, he left. Without a word the elf vanished. Not out of any anger or ill-feeling, but rather indifference. He had left many an adventuring company to their deaths or rewards, with little thought given either way to those left behind.
The doorway collapsed, followed by the floor. Reflexively the elf twisted and turned, avoiding the worst of the damage. His supernatural physique turned a potentially dangerous situation into a meee bruise. Negate Falling Damage:
If you are falling and have the ability to fly, you can make a DC 10 Fly check to negate the damage. You cannot make this check if you are falling due to a failed Fly check or a collision. See Falling Damage if you fail this check.
Lidras easily spread his wings and glided down. The fall would have shattered the body of a normal elf. Once again he was glad that he was not. Once at the bottom he looked around to see who was still with him...
Lidras walked over to Davian and put a hand on the man’s shoulder. ”It’s alright. She’s trying to undermine your confidence. It’s all power to her, nothing more, nothing less. She likely doesn’t know what friendship is, and I think under all of that bluster she is deeply insecure, otherwise she wouldn’t feel the need to denigrate so. Try to let it go. Come, we all might die a horrible death come the ‘morn. I would hear of Varisia if you would tell it. I have heard scant about your home and have never visited it.”
”Oh of course.” Lidras said, slipping into the mock polite voice from his courtier days so many years ago. ”It is just that I have seen so many adventurers die from hubris over the years. Because one never knows that they overestimate oneself until it is too late. I have survived by not fighting unless the reward is worth the risk. But, of course, I do not pretend to have the wisdom of an outsider.”
Having been completely unhelpful for the fight, Lidras finally spoke "I hope you all had fun playing with those. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt. Though I must remind you all that we were sent to investigate the tomb. Now we are drawn into a conflict with some eldrich horror because we decided to play with the wyrvens and it's trees."
Lidras stood calmly while watching the scene. ”I love this place, wherever we are. So much power in the air! Can you feel it? It is like this tomb is a lodestone for it! Why, perhaps that is exactly what is happening.” The pale winged elf smiled. ”I theorize that we are not meant to succeed, but rather are a sacrifice. Whatever is within most likely seeks to feed and grow off of us. I can barely contain my excitement.” He stretched his arms and wings. ”If any of us survive this we will truly prosper.”
I think that for me...it comes down to this. Take the other PCs and think of how you would use them to beat your own PC. If you can find a situation where the other PC wins, then you’re ok. For example: Rosa is a Cleric. She could target Lidras’ will save to shut him down hard.
So long as another PC playing to their strengths can beat you, then there is enough balance. It’s only when (being objective) that you come to the conclusion that your PC can slaughter the other PCs that there is a problem. Here we are largely self-policed in this. I think that it wouldn’t be fun to be OP compared to the party. We haven’t had any combats yet, but if it becomes clear that there is a problem we can address it then.
That is a good find, and perfect optimization. I can’t though. This character finished another campaign, and in that one was a 5e warlock and a winged (elven) tiefling. The build here was me trying to recreate that. The wings are just too central to his character to lose. But thanks for the digging! As yeah..for the fiend templates I think I might have picked one of the weaker ones. I liked though that with void he has see in darkness, which meshes decently with casting darkness.
I think you’d like the class. 1d8 HP, 2/3 BaB, no spell casting. Sounds weak, right? (1) Pick an element. At-will ranged attack with dex to Hit and con to damage. Choose physical damage (higher damage hits vs AC) or elemental damage (lower damage, hits vs touch). Both scale with your level. (2) Can take talents each level that either make your blasts more effective, let you turn your blast into a weapon, or do out of combat effects. (3) You can power up your blasts and use powerful abilities by accepting burn. You take Nonlethal damage to become more powerful. It’s a class that takes a lot of juggling. But can have some fun effects. Example: I have a Dwarven earth kineticist in another game. Defending a castle vs orcs. They were making a bridge to attack us. The kineticist walked down the castle walls and then took the earth out from under the ad-hoc bridge, making it fall in the water. He did this at lvl3. Kineticists are a lot of fun because they can be great if used right. And total potatoes if built poorly. Lidras can’t fake burn. So he loses the ability to quickly power himself up. In return he uses charisma instead of constitution. :p A very weak archetype. But in a game as high powered as this, there are fewer rules and less book keeping. And he’s strong enough as is. —— Seeing how good you are at optimization, I strongly encourage you to take a look at the class.
Glad to hear that Lidras made it to that level. :) I tried to tone him down a bit by taking an archetype panned as being underpowered. Losing burn takes away the flexibility of his class. He’s also 2/3 BaB without much in the way of spellcasting. But maybe you could give me some advice? Should his blasts be physical or negative energy? NE feels more in character and hits vs touch...but it makes him next to worthless vs undead....
Lidras, caught sight of the living beard and smiled. He had taken a liking to the old dwarf. Learning a language was hard when the native speakers were by their nature distrusting of elves as a whole, doubly so with Lidras due to his appearance. He had been practicing grinding his ᛚ's. He had lived long enough to find the enjoyment in the little things of life such as that. He kept the information of the beard to himself, thought he decided to keep an eye out when hostilities broke out. Seeing a new form of magic in action was such a rare treat, he didn’t want to miss it.
Blocking off the pain and horror around him, the elf focused on the conversation. He waited until the dwarf and halfling had spoken to respond. He did so in Dwarven, despite the fact that his throat could not hope to pronunciation the words properly. The language had been described to him as rolling thunder, or stones rubbing against each other. Still, he did his best. ᛗᚨᛋᛏᛖᚱ᛫ᛋᚾᛟᚹᛒᛠᚱᛞ᛬ᛁᛏ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚨᛋ᛫ᛗᛃ᛫ᚲᛟᛗᛈᚨᚾᛁᛟᚾ᛫ᛋᚨᛃᛋ᛬ᛁ᛫ᚨᛗ᛫ᛋᚢᚱᛖ᛫ᚹᛖ᛫ᚹᛁᛚᛚ᛫ᚷᛖᛏ᛫ᚨᛚᛟᛜ᛬ᛃᛟᚢ᛫ᚨ ᚾᛞ᛫ᛁ᛬ᚹᛖ᛫ᚹᛁᛚᛚ᛫ᚾᛖᛖᛞ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᚹᛟᚱᚲ᛫ᛏᛟᚷᛖᚦᛖᚱ᛫ᛁᚠ᛫ᚹᛖ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᛏᛟ᛫ᛋᚢᚱᚡᛁᚡᛖ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚺᛟᚱᚱᛟᚱᛋ᛫ᚦᚨᛏ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᛏ ᛟ᛫ᚲᛟᛗᛖ Dwarven: Master Snowbeard, it is as my companion says. I am sure we will get along, you and I. We will need to work together if we are to survive the horrors that are to come
”Like the tea to fool the enemies that we saw no sign of?” Lidras said, clearly annoyed. It seemed obvious to him that she was hiding as much as explaining as she spoke. Nor did he trust her to be as lawful as she claimed to be. ”We know you are powerful, else you wouldn’t be here. But there is no need to pretend to be so mysterious. But if you do have everything figured out, then I find it doubly insulting that you did not tell any us. This is not a one woman show. We are not your followers, your lackeys, or pawns in your game. We are a team, and you should treat us as such.”
”A pact that will he followed to the letter and which will only benefit you.” Lidras said, dryly. ”Should I kick you now and tell you that you are to only speak when spoken to? Neither devil nor demon is to be trusted by all accounts. Are we only supposed to fawn over you?” He fixed her with a stare that said Don’t you dare even think about attacking me.
”You have told us that you are connected to hell and admitted that you could be considered evil. Should we also not trust you? From your actions thus far, it makes me wonder. And where do you get off telling us that we cannot be trusted here due to our gender? I, for one, am well warded against magic. I do not appreciate being talked down to as such, nor treated as if though you are the only one who knows what to do.”
”There is power here.” Lidras said, watching the distance. ”Far, far too much power. You have seen the usual adventurer. With sword of steel they stumble through the night. Those we walk with sip tea so casually because they have forgotten what it feels like to be in danger. Our mysterious benefactor has looked long and hard to find those of unusual talent, heritage, and curse. He has also sent us directly towards the creature we hunt. We were all chosen for a reason...and I hope that our comrades realize this lest we learn our lesson from one of us dying.” |
