I've been wondering, what's the most effective way to lock down a teleporter? In one of my games we've been facing a particularly annoying drow that teleports away. While that is very appropriate for the enemy to do, I still want to stop them.
The "easiest" way is with dimensional anchor, but since that requires going through spell resistance (in my case), it is highly irritating. Any more effective ways?
The problem is, we are a caster-heavy party (me (magus), a summoner, a bard, a druid & a sorcerer), none of which know dimensional anchor... Not that they cant, they simply decide to not learn it. We're level 9. We've used scrolls of dimensional anchor before, but against SR we've wasted quite a few.
Ready a dispel magic for the moment he tries to leave and use that to counter his spell. Also, silence rocks can be fun. If your caster doesn't want to do stuff like that, you can ready a nice arrow to the face... Concentration checks put a cramp in folks' style.
A lot of the methods proposed could work... but have their issues;
for one, the readied action assumes we know when they are going to cast, and generally they have enough minions attacking for us to be able to spare a member of the team.
Silence will cramp ALL our styles, since we are all casters; me & the summoner's eidolon are the frontliners, though the bard can be decent in the frontline.
I could start using frostbite on them to lower their strength, though again, there is still the SR problem.
Maybe so. We have defeated the enemy before, but we decided to be merciful. I'm starting to regret it.
Get a scroll of planar binding or two. Then call up some Cerberi.
Dimension door yourself and the Cerberi right next to the drow. Or have the summoner do it.
Phase Locking quality on a weapon (Say a bow) would be useful, functions as a dimensional anchor, 1 round, but doesn't trigger SR in the same way. Just need to keep hitting the thing first each new round before it gets to act.
A deadly poison that you have the only antidote for. He will come to you.
I'm not terribly well versed in Pathfinder spells so I'm giving myself a crash course in the topic them I'll get back to you.
You have a level 9 druid that can't just transform into a dire tiger, charge the drow elf and use it's pounce ability to get all three attacks (some argue it's 5, but anyway), with each attack having the +grab ability, and get him grappled? Once you grapple him (hard to cast), just pin him the next round (makes it virtually impossible to cast).
What kind of level 9 druid is playing with you?
Pick up some Dweomer's Essence and/or Piercing Spell to get past that SR with Dimensional Anchor.
You have a level 9 druid that can't just transform into a dire tiger, charge the drow elf and use it's pounce ability to get all three attacks (some argue it's 5, but anyway), with each attack having the +grab ability, and get him grappled? Once you grapple him (hard to cast), just pin him the next round (makes it virtually impossible to cast).
What kind of level 9 druid is playing with you?
Our druid is a coward... he likes to turn into an elemental, hide in the scenery, and summon critters to do his work. He's a funny character, but his usefulness in combat is limited.
I will pick up some dweomer essence though. Would that work even if the spell is cast from a scroll?
Killing them always works. Otherwise what you want is an Anti-Magic field.I've been wondering, what's the most effective way to lock down a teleporter? In one of my games we've been facing a particularly annoying drow that teleports away. While that is very appropriate for the enemy to do, I still want to stop them.
The "easiest" way is with dimensional anchor, but since that requires going through spell resistance (in my case), it is highly irritating. Any more effective ways?
This. There's no metamagic feat for casting while dead.