Just finished the attack on the cathedral of Wee-Jas. One thing keeps nagging me.
Ike has to control the undead he has animated, doesn't he? Otherwise they would attack him, I suppose. He has made 5 grey render zombies of 20 HD each. According to the spell description of animate dead: "The undead you create remain under your control indefinitely. No matter how many times you use this spell, however, you can control only 4 HD worth of undead creatures per caster level". Since Ike is a cleric of level 13 he can control 52 HD of undead, being two grey render zombies and 12 HD left.
Control undead doesn't add much: "Up to 2 HD/level of undead creatures, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart".
Am I overlooking something?
Command Undead is a 2nd level spell that lets you control 1 undead for 1 day per level. You could say that he cast that spell a few days earlier on each of them.
Command Undead is a 2nd level spell that lets you control 1 undead for 1 day per level. You could say that he cast that spell a few days earlier on each of them.
All true, but Command undead is a sorcerer/wizard spell. Ike could have cast the spells from scrolls. As creator of the zombies he already could control 2 of them, he needs then 4 scrolls/day for the zombies and the dreath wraith. It's a bit far fetched, but possible.
Some of the zombies could have been created and controlled by Thifirane Rhiavadi. She would then command them to follow the orders of the Wee Jas high priests.
While I suppose Lady Rhiavadi would work, I don't think you have to look that far.
A certain 19th level Mystic Theurge with a rather strong association to the Cathedral of Wee Jas just might have played a similar role in the creation or command of the zombies in question as well.
Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
While I suppose Lady Rhiavadi would work, I don't think you have to look that far.
A certain 19th level Mystic Theurge with a rather strong association to the Cathedral of Wee Jas just might have played a similar role in the creation or command of the zombies in question as well.
Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
Dang it; I meant to say "Embril Aloustinai". Doh.
Dang it; I meant to say "Embril Aloustinai". Doh.While I suppose Lady Rhiavadi would work, I don't think you have to look that far.
A certain 19th level Mystic Theurge with a rather strong association to the Cathedral of Wee Jas just might have played a similar role in the creation or command of the zombies in question as well.
Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
Yeah that one was obvious. But I think she is too busy preparing the ritual in the fiery sanctum. Otherwise she could have killed the PC's herself, instead of creating some zombies for Ike.
Another point is the unhallow cast at 20th level in the temple, who did that?Ike from a scroll? If so, who prepared the scroll then?
I guess I shouldn't think too logically.
Well, the zombies could have been created years ago, and hidden in a locked room.
Speaking of Unhallow, I always thought that it should have been a Lawful variant of Unhallow. Protection from Chaos and such. Law is one of the domains of Wee Jas. Although the high priests are breaking the law by committing treason, attempting to assassinate the PCs, creating undead and summoning fiends.
As far as who cast it, the supreme high priest of Wee Jas could have stopped by Cauldron to consecrate the temple with a mighty ward.