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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #580 on: October 28, 2011, 01:08:34 AM »
I guess I should add that I'm going to be facing armies.  I think the Green Lady might be a little low-powered... maybe Zagan for Aversion (keep mooks away from me)?  Or Chupoclops?

Chupoclops is a nice get away free card, Vanus has a really short range which makes it somewhat less useful but really good if combined with other forms of fear.

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #581 on: October 28, 2011, 01:27:46 AM »
Q191. What type of elemental damage is resisted the least overall?
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #582 on: October 28, 2011, 01:36:56 AM »
Q41: Is there any way to gain a dragonmark without being one of those set PHB races? I hate those arbitrary restrictions.

The Altar of the Dragon's Eye, page 10 Eyes of the Lich Queen, gives use of the Aberrant Dragonmark feat. You get reist energy once a day instead of chosing a Dragonmark. This lets you take other feats that have Aberrant Dragonmark as a prerequitsite.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #583 on: October 28, 2011, 02:09:02 AM »
Q191. What type of elemental damage is resisted the least overall?
Acid.

I'm pretty sure acid is resisted more than twice as often as sonic. 

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #584 on: October 28, 2011, 02:41:34 AM »
Q191. What type of elemental damage is resisted the least overall?
Acid.

I'm pretty sure acid is resisted more than twice as often as sonic. 

Well the term "elemental damage" isn't entirely clear, but sonic doesn't even appear on most lists of energy damage types.  Neither does force, which beats the pants off sonic, but is probably even less related to what the questioner actually wants.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #585 on: October 28, 2011, 03:38:39 AM »
Q 192: A Half-Fiend with 7 or more HD gets Poison as a Spell-like ability.  What happens when you apply the Mortal Bane feat to poison?

A conservative estimate would make me think it should be treated like sneak attack applied to an enervation attack: the sneak attack deals "negative energy" hit point damage (much like being struck with an inflict spell.)  Not saying the mortal bane damage should be 'negative energy;' just that it should be something else, not extra Con damage.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #586 on: October 28, 2011, 04:06:02 AM »
Q191. What type of elemental damage is resisted the least overall?
Acid.
I'm pretty sure acid is resisted more than twice as often as sonic. 
Well the term "elemental damage" isn't entirely clear, but sonic doesn't even appear on most lists of energy damage types.  Neither does force, which beats the pants off sonic, but is probably even less related to what the questioner actually wants.
conceivable he was asking about those energy types. 

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #587 on: October 28, 2011, 04:50:46 AM »
Q193 Can Peerless Archer (Silver Marches) be used with a Soulbow (Complete Psionic)?
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #588 on: October 28, 2011, 07:31:02 AM »
Q 194 Is there a way, such as an item or a template, that when you die, you can explode and do massive amounts of damage to everyone around you, and cause your stuff to blow up with you? If not the latter, then just the first part. Looking to have a BBEG die ala the predator style, but something that happens automatically when they die (like a Balor), as opposed to setting the device themself. Custom is fine.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #589 on: October 28, 2011, 07:39:18 AM »
Q41: Is there any way to gain a dragonmark without being one of those set PHB races? I hate those arbitrary restrictions.

The Altar of the Dragon's Eye, page 10 Eyes of the Lich Queen, gives use of the Aberrant Dragonmark feat. You get reist energy once a day instead of chosing a Dragonmark. This lets you take other feats that have Aberrant Dragonmark as a prerequitsite.
Awesome! I didn't see the cost. Did you?

I couldn't find anything in print nor any errata that listed a price. Looks like another location that is up to the DM. That said as a DM given the limited use of the resist energy ability bestowed and the limited scope of the associated feat tree granted I'd use the other locations that do have a cost listed and put this one on the low side.

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #590 on: October 28, 2011, 08:06:58 AM »
Q 194 Is there a way, such as an item or a template, that when you die, you can explode and do massive amounts of damage to everyone around you, and cause your stuff to blow up with you? If not the latter, then just the first part. Looking to have a BBEG die ala the predator style, but something that happens automatically when they die (like a Balor), as opposed to setting the device themself. Custom is fine.

A 194
One option is to have Death Throes, SpC pg 60 - 61 cast on you as a contingency spell or as a custom magic item.

Another option is to base it on the feat Spectacular Death Throes from the dragonlance campaign setting. Find a way to meet the draconian prereq and select one of five ways to go out in an exploding blaze of glory.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #591 on: October 28, 2011, 09:10:40 AM »
Q 194 Is there a way, such as an item or a template, that when you die, you can explode and do massive amounts of damage to everyone around you, and cause your stuff to blow up with you? If not the latter, then just the first part. Looking to have a BBEG die ala the predator style, but something that happens automatically when they die (like a Balor), as opposed to setting the device themself. Custom is fine.

A 194
One option is to have Death Throes, SpC pg 60 - 61 cast on you as a contingency spell or as a custom magic item.

Another option is to base it on the feat Spectacular Death Throes from the dragonlance campaign setting. Find a way to meet the draconian prereq and select one of five ways to go out in an exploding blaze of glory.


There's also a Paladin 4 spells that does that, from BoED. It grants +4 CHA, and you explode when you die. Duration is long enough to maintain constantly, if you want to.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #592 on: October 28, 2011, 10:28:00 AM »
Q 194 Is there a way, such as an item or a template, that when you die, you can explode and do massive amounts of damage to everyone around you, and cause your stuff to blow up with you? If not the latter, then just the first part. Looking to have a BBEG die ala the predator style, but something that happens automatically when they die (like a Balor), as opposed to setting the device themself. Custom is fine.

A 194
One option is to have Death Throes, SpC pg 60 - 61 cast on you as a contingency spell or as a custom magic item.

Another option is to base it on the feat Spectacular Death Throes from the dragonlance campaign setting. Find a way to meet the draconian prereq and select one of five ways to go out in an exploding blaze of glory.


There's also a Paladin 4 spells that does that, from BoED. It grants +4 CHA, and you explode when you die. Duration is long enough to maintain constantly, if you want to.
There is also a feat (or chain of feats) in Savage Species that allows you to do this.  You must have an energy subtype, and it does that kind of energy damage.

Looked it up - Final Strike.  You deal energy damage (1d6 per your number of HD) in a 60 ft radius when you reach -10 hp) plus a secondary effect.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #593 on: October 28, 2011, 10:38:56 AM »
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #594 on: October 28, 2011, 12:57:54 PM »
Q 194 Is there a way, such as an item or a template, that when you die, you can explode and do massive amounts of damage to everyone around you, and cause your stuff to blow up with you? If not the latter, then just the first part. Looking to have a BBEG die ala the predator style, but something that happens automatically when they die (like a Balor), as opposed to setting the device themself. Custom is fine.

A 194
One option is to have Death Throes, SpC pg 60 - 61 cast on you as a contingency spell or as a custom magic item.

Another option is to base it on the feat Spectacular Death Throes from the dragonlance campaign setting. Find a way to meet the draconian prereq and select one of five ways to go out in an exploding blaze of glory.


There's also a Paladin 4 spells that does that, from BoED. It grants +4 CHA, and you explode when you die. Duration is long enough to maintain constantly, if you want to.
There is also a feat (or chain of feats) in Savage Species that allows you to do this.  You must have an energy subtype, and it does that kind of energy damage.

Looked it up - Final Strike.  You deal energy damage (1d6 per your number of HD) in a 60 ft radius when you reach -10 hp) plus a secondary effect.

There's also the Destruction Retribution feat from LM.  Less damage, but heals other undead, so in groups it can be really nasty *knows from experience*

I hate these kinds of things.  Just a big FU to PCs, usually, crap that happens when you die usually isn't nearly as useful when the roles are reversed, and it's pretty ridiculous when a monster's death is more dangerous than all the rounds it was alive in the combat.

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #595 on: October 28, 2011, 03:10:46 PM »
Q 195: Why is a 5d6 fireball from a necklace of fireballs half the cost of a 5d6 lightning bolt from a javelin of lightning?

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Spheres come in different strengths, ranging from those that deal 2d6 points of fire damage to those that deal 10d6. The market price of a sphere is 150 gp for each die of damage it deals.
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The only difference between the two is the required reflex save if you fail a save vs. a magical fire effect for the necklace.
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #596 on: October 28, 2011, 03:33:34 PM »
The only difference between the two is the required reflex save if you fail a save vs. a magical fire effect for the necklace.
I imagine this is it... bear in mind that fire attacks are pretty common and that the necklace uses its own will save bonus rather than yours would lead me to believe them blowing up in your face isn't all that uncommon. A type VII necklace with a full set of fireballs does 58d6 damage centred on you if it goes off...


It also seems to be a really good way to set up a magical trap, find some way of remotely detonating a fire spell and you have a nice timed explosive that does a huge amount of damage.

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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #597 on: October 28, 2011, 04:29:30 PM »
Q196: I could be making it up, but I thought there was a spell that made your opponent roll twice and take the worse.  Is there an equivalent that makes someone roll twice and take the better?
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Re: Simple Q&A 29: The CR 5 Gargantuan Dragon of DOOM
« Reply #598 on: October 28, 2011, 04:33:14 PM »
Q196: I could be making it up, but I thought there was a spell that made your opponent roll twice and take the worse.  Is there an equivalent that makes someone roll twice and take the better?

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« Reply #599 on: October 28, 2011, 04:39:10 PM »
There's also a Paladin 4 spells that does that, from BoED. It grants +4 CHA, and you explode when you die. Duration is long enough to maintain constantly, if you want to.
Which of the six listed spells does that?
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