I've built a character as an npc designed for a specific fight we intend to carry out (i can post the characters statblock if you like) she's a flavoring of Rogue+fighter+Shadowdancer and is designed to fight a group of 5 pc's at once, but im running into problems where some of what she was designed to do seems a little foggy in the rules.
so the encounter goes like this
The party is walking cautiously through a dungeon using normal lighting means (they're all human, yay me) they will enter a circular room 35 feet in diameter with large pillars around the room. the npc is hidden in the shadows, and has been waiting for them. (EDIT: throughout the dungeon they have been entering identical rooms to this one, and in the center of each room is a map to which they have the key that tells them which of the 8 doors to take next. its a very complicated puzzle i spent a long time making xD) they hear a strange chant that echos around the room, (shadow Call, the 4th(?) level shadowdancer ability) and shadowy figures of themselves come out from behind the pillars, and the pcs are backed into a cirle. it is at this point that the npc guzzles an invisibility potion and either shadow jumps or simply stealths (very large stealth bonus) into the center of their group. on her next round she activates Lunge and Whirlwind Strike, and hopefully preforms a trip manuever against all of them with her scythe. my question is: Can whirlwind Strike be used to preform a Trip maneuver? if so the rest of the battle consists of her using lunge and spring attack to go from pillar to pillar scoring safe sneak attacks, then vanishing back into the shadows. she is a Garuda Blooded Aasimar, and wears a black cloak, and it should be pretty awesome for the party... if it works xD
EDIT: as an added bonus to me, let me know what you think of the fight!
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Referring to the Whirlwind Attack feat? Then yes you can substitute her attack with a combat maneuver.
I like the room and the feel of the encounter. I would make it 2 NPC's wearing the same outfit have it so that only 1 is visible at any given moment.
If fits with the identical rooms and the shadow copies of the PC's and it will help if one of your part members has a save or suck spell.
hmm... thats an interesting idea, but she is already quite a bit higher level than the pc's and i dont want it to be too lethal. ill play around with it, maybe make it if one dies the other flees, or alternatively i could use her SHADOW COMPANION (con damage condamage can we claim another?)
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