Nematocysts are very efficient weapons. A single nematocyst has been shown to suffice to paralyze a small arthropod. The most deadly nematocysts can cause excruciating pain to humans, often followed by death, sometimes within two or three minutes. The chance of survival if stung while alone is "virtually zero."
I'm creating a character concept (Possibly for a future Big Bad Evil Guy) that I call Gorehonego. At the moment, it is a character that is going to be fighting a couple of my friends' incredibly optimized builds. Here are the rules for the match.
- 9th level spells are banned, as well as all forms of Wish and Miracle
- 32 point buy for all characters.
- The battles take place on a large tropical island, so that water, air, and land tactics can be used.
- If a week passes, the character with a higher percentage of health wins. This is to prevent immortal characters from winning by running away.
- You have to stay within Wealth Per Level.
- Characters are level 20 or lower. No epic feats, items, spells, etc.
- Each character has to have a likely backstory. This is where this thread partially comes in.
- Nothing is infinite. For example, you can't use the Girallon's Blessing/Fuse Arms cycle. The Dark Chaos Feat Shuffle is allowed, though, because there is no net gain, just reorganization.
- Cohorts and the characters themselves can't have more than half their level in any given class, but Followers ignore this rule.
- No instant death effects, to promote a longer battle. This includes disintegrate, the violet layer of the prismatic sphere, etc.
There are some other ones, but none that are relevant to this topic. You see, Gorehonego is a horrible monstrosity of a demon-beast that takes some elements of the 'Million Attacks in One Action' thread, such as the 'Tauric Creature: Millipede' template, as well as some ideas of my own.
This character concept is not alone in its quest for glory, unlike some others. This build utilizes Gate and True Mind Switch to provide an incredibly powerful body for my mentally powerful character to use, but in order raise the CL of Gate high enough to summon a hugely powerful creature, I use Circle Magic from a Red Wizard Cohort. The Red Wizard's cohort is a Psion that uses some other techniques to True Mind Switch the powerful mental character into the powerful physical creature, summoned from the deepest pits of the Abyss. I decided that two characters (The cohorts) alone would be a pretty lame fuck-the-world cult, so I expanded the concept. The Cohort-Chain involves 12 Cohorts in all in addition to my main character, but I plan on making these characters myself, though I can make changes to accommodate what comes out of this thread.
The main benefit of this huge number of Cohorts is that I get a huge number of Followers to accompany me into battle. The downside is that I have to stat them up. This is where you guys come in. I need to create an unstoppable army using these guidelines.
- Each Follower has its own Wealth Per Level, and it has to spend it all on itself.
- There are roughly 1800 1st level followers.
- There are 169 2nd level followers.
- There are 91 3rd level followers.
- There are 52 4th level followers.
- There are 26 5th level followers.
- There are 26 6th level followers.
Against such staggeringly powerful enemies as a Wizard/Initiate of the Sevenfold Vale/Incantatrix, the first thought that came to my mind was, "Hey, cannon fodder!", but I'm sure that you folks can think of a way to produce some awesome mooks to help my character (A crossbow shooting maniac with over nine thousand tentacles, thirty arms, 100+ heads, and eight sets of wings) take out the most powerful wizards in the world in less than seven days. Here's the story I plan on using for my campaign, if anyone wants some flavor tips.
Story
[spoiler]Rolaun the Corrupt is the head of the cult, a Red Wizard of incredible power. He works within the great cities of the world to convert all who will listen to his cause; the summoning of his dark god, Gorehonego. His longtime friend is Arastil Mindbreaker, a mysterious psion specialized in confusion and illusion. Eleven other champions of darkness form the Circle of Thirteen, a cabal of unholy mages bent on world domination. Their soldiers, known as the Nematocysts, are numerous and fierce. The common man cannot tell friend from Nematocyst, because the Nematocysts are peasants
just like them. During the day, anyway. At night they perform services for their masters, such as slaying any upstart adventurers who would prevent their goal. Before they can summon the Dark One, however, they must acquire a suitable weapon for it that will serve as the focus of the ritual. It is Seramal, a powerful weapon of legacy used for slaying paladins in ancient times when demons ruled the material plane.[/spoiler]
Tl;DR: I need some first through sixth level mass-tactics soldiers that can beat up all manner of hyper-optimized characters (and a Druid).