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Strength measures muscle and physical power. This ability is important for those who engage in hand-to-hand (or “melee”) combat, such as fighters, monks, paladins, and some rangers. Strength also sets the maximum amount of weight your character can carry. A character with a Strength score of 0 is too weak to move in any way and is unconscious. Some creatures do not possess a Strength score and have no modifier at all to Strength-based skills or checks.
First, USE SPOILERS. Or don't mention the AP as it has no relevance to the question.
Second, you should read the monsters you use. Not to be snarky, but you didn't run the combat properly.
Strength Damage (Su) A shadow's touch deals 1d6 points of Strength damage to a living creature. This is a negative energy effect. A creature dies if this Strength damage equals or exceeds its actual Strength score.
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Create Spawn (Su) A humanoid creature killed by a shadow's Strength damage becomes a shadow under the control of its killer in 1d4 rounds.
Ah that too.
Though it still boggles my mind when people on this forum go a*$#~&$ because people say "Hey, common enemies appear in this AP guys!".
I am in a RotRL game right now. I know shadows. I know what APL they should show up in. I know what APL 3 shadows should show up in. Now I know to expect shadows.
Why is it wrong to want to go into the AP fresh? I don't want any out of character knowledge.
It's doubly annoying as the fact this was in RotRL has no relevance whatsoever.
So yeah basically you dun goofed. He should've been killed and then brought back.
I am in a RotRL game right now. I know shadows. I know what APL they should show up in. I know what APL 3 shadows should show up in. Now I know to expect shadows.
Why is it wrong to want to go into the AP fresh? I don't want any out of character knowledge.
It's doubly annoying as the fact this was in RotRL has no relevance whatsoever.
Maybe it's just the ones I've played in, but Shadows have show up in part 3 of every AP I've played. Think of this as practice for not metagaming.
OP: please add spoiler tags.
Almost everybody else: please add spoiler tags while complaining about spoiler tags (or while complaining about complaining about spoiler tags).
Good info
OP: please add spoiler tags.
Almost everybody else: please add spoiler tags while complaining about spoiler tags (or while complaining about complaining about spoiler tags).
If so, why isn't your post spoilered? *ducks for cover*
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I hate it when I decide to read forums and suddenly take 6d6 damage with no save.
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Strength measures muscle and physical power. This ability is important for those who engage in hand-to-hand (or “melee”) combat, such as fighters, monks, paladins, and some rangers. Strength also sets the maximum amount of weight your character can carry. A character with a Strength score of 0 is too weak to move in any way and is unconscious. Some creatures do not possess a Strength score and have no modifier at all to Strength-based skills or checks.
Note that this is not relevant to strength damage, as ability damage does not actually lower the affected ability score, so STR damage will never cause you to have 0 STR.
Note that this is not relevant to strength damage, as ability damage does not actually lower the affected ability score, so STR damage will never cause you to have 0 STR.
Ability Score Damage, Penalty, and Drain: "For every 2 points of damage you take to a single ability, apply a –1 penalty to skills and statistics listed with the relevant ability. If the amount of ability damage you have taken equals or exceeds your ability score, you immediately fall unconscious until the damage is less than your ability score. The only exception to this is your Constitution score. If the damage to your Constitution is equal to or greater than your Constitution score, you die."