So, I'm playing in a homebrew campaign and my character has earned quite the nemesis, a very powerful psychic. The last time she encountered him, he used hold person on her, then caused her to approach him.
My character is a psychic/sorcerer and she barely managed to escape because she had just happened to have the silent spell and still spell feats and really good DCs and she was able to put him to sleep before escaping.
Not surprisingly, she is now studying hard to find a way to defend against this happening again. This is a high powered campaign and magic items are of no consequence, but I'm still not sure what the best path would be.
I assume 'remove paralysis' and 'break enchantment' are good options, but she doesn't actually have those spells. She has them, or can get them, in a staff or scroll, but neither option will allow her to cast them if she is held as they require a spoken word, at minimum. I'm not sure about a ring of spell storing. Or, alternatively, is there a way to imbue a ring of spell storing (or something else) with the psychic version of those spells? Or does it only take arcane spells?
Is there another spell that would be better? A magic item that does what I am trying to do, freeing the wearer from outside control?
If she learns them as psychic spells, then she can cast them even while paralyzed, unlike arcane or divine spells.
You mean Psychic as in Occult Psychic, right? Have your most charismatic party member shout angrily at him. Once demoralized he'll have to start rolling concentration checks on everything he does.
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You mean Psychic as in Occult Psychic, right? Have your most charismatic party member shout angrily at him. Once demoralized he'llhave to start rolling concentration checks on everything he doesbe incapable of casting.
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Don't forget about Contingency if you are high enough level and Protection from <Evil,Good> if applicable.
Wouldn't boosting Will saves serve this purpose?
So, I'm playing in a homebrew campaign and my character has earned quite the nemesis, a very powerful psychic. The last time she encountered him, he used hold person on her, then caused her to approach him.
My character is a psychic/sorcerer and she barely managed to escape because she had just happened to have the silent spell and still spell feats and really good DCs and she was able to put him to sleep before escaping.
Not surprisingly, she is now studying hard to find a way to defend against this happening again. This is a high powered campaign and magic items are of no consequence, but I'm still not sure what the best path would be.
I assume 'remove paralysis' and 'break enchantment' are good options, but she doesn't actually have those spells. She has them, or can get them, in a staff or scroll, but neither option will allow her to cast them if she is held as they require a spoken word, at minimum. I'm not sure about a ring of spell storing. Or, alternatively, is there a way to imbue a ring of spell storing (or something else) with the psychic version of those spells? Or does it only take arcane spells?
Is there another spell that would be better? A magic item that does what I am trying to do, freeing the wearer from outside control?
1. If he used hold person on her, she was paralyzed and he couldn't "cause her to approach him."
2. I don't understand what you mean by psychic/sorcerer. Did you take a really poorly thought out multiclass, or are you the psychic bloodline for a sorcerer, or what? Since you have still and silent spells I'm guessing you're not psychic at all.
3. If she was able to put him to asleep she shouldn't have escaped, she should have picked up a weapon and coup de graced him.
4. If you were a psychic caster Dispel magic can be cast while paralyzed, just target the spell that just hit you. Enchantment Foil is a pretty good long lasting buff to prevent it in the first place. Or Spell Immunity if he's using the same spell over and over again.
Dispel Magic, Enchantment Foil, Spell Immunity and Contingency - thank you all! Great ideas!
As to your questions, Slithery, it's a long story. She does have sorcerer spells and psychic spells, but I won't go into how or why. Let's just say it is more over-powered than under-powered. And she couldn't coup de grace him because his mind was actually in a ring at the time. She didn't dare touch the ring because that would make her his host.
I would also suggest looking into getting a Ring of Freedom of Movement/Unfettered Shirt so that hold person/hold monster does not become a problem.