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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #180 on: March 16, 2010, 04:49:21 AM »
If you're so keen on summon elder evils, just drop a sphere of annihilation into a well of many worlds to summon the Worm that Walks.

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #181 on: March 16, 2010, 11:44:32 AM »
Check the suffocation rules again, that's Con*2 if you aren't doing anything strenuous. If you are fighting in combat, etc, it's 1/2 the duration.

Granted, if you aren't done within 10 rounds, you're still likely to be mightily screwed, but...
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #182 on: March 16, 2010, 12:01:18 PM »
If you're so keen on summon elder evils, just drop a sphere of annihilation into a well of many worlds to summon the Worm that Walks.
Technically, you need to do that in a very specific place.
Also, if you do it you create a black hole that will eventually destroy the campaign world. (In other words, do it!)
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #183 on: March 16, 2010, 12:49:51 PM »
Check the suffocation rules again, that's Con*2 if you aren't doing anything strenuous. If you are fighting in combat, etc, it's 1/2 the duration.

Granted, if you aren't done within 10 rounds, you're still likely to be mightily screwed, but...

Yeah that's great, except you also have this:

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"After 3 rounds of exposure to the void, a living creature must make a successful DC 20 Constitution check or suffer excruciating pain, becoming stunned and remaining so until it returns to the atmosphere. Creatures that fail the check by 5 or more fall unconscious."

Unless you don't count being able to breath again as returning to an atmosphere... or you don't count the surface of the moonlet as void, in which case it probably has air.


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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #184 on: March 20, 2010, 09:31:21 PM »
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #185 on: March 20, 2010, 09:47:36 PM »
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
It's all about vision and making reality conform to your vision. By dropping a fucking house on it.

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #186 on: March 20, 2010, 09:56:33 PM »
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #187 on: March 20, 2010, 09:59:40 PM »
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife-to-be/husband-to-be figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P

EDIT : All bases covered now...I think :P
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #188 on: March 20, 2010, 10:35:51 PM »
Quote from: Anklebite link=topic=5394.msg248225#msg248225 doate=1269127881
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P
Yes. She argues like Giacomo, though, but with more theatrics. We don't argue much for that reason.
« Last Edit: March 20, 2010, 10:38:13 PM by McPoyo »
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #189 on: March 20, 2010, 10:38:07 PM »
Quote from: Anklebite link=topic=5394.msg248225#msg248225 doate=1269127881
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P

think ya fergot to do something.
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #190 on: March 20, 2010, 10:39:05 PM »
On my phone, so I failpoasted.
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #191 on: March 20, 2010, 10:40:39 PM »
Quote from: Anklebite link=topic=5394.msg248225#msg248225 doate=1269127881
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P
Yes. She argues like Giacomo, though, but with more theatrics. We don't argue much for that reason.

:lmao  MORE animated than Giacomo...she must be Italian (not an insult, just a cultural observation from having dated a Greek Romanian who was also fluent in Italian and spoke in a similar manner...omg the temper, coming from me even lol).
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #192 on: March 20, 2010, 11:51:49 PM »
Quote from: Anklebite link=topic=5394.msg248225#msg248225 doate=1269127881
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P
Yes. She argues like Giacomo, though, but with more theatrics. We don't argue much for that reason.

:lmao  MORE animated than Giacomo...she must be Italian (not an insult, just a cultural observation from having dated a Greek Romanian who was also fluent in Italian and spoke in a similar manner...omg the temper, coming from me even lol).

I prefer the ancient viking method of solving arguments. assuming logic doesn't work, both sides get plastered and start beating the crap out of eathother until no-one can remember what we were arguing about. tends to work.  if the argument is later recalled, or brought up again, the one who won the fight was right.
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #193 on: March 21, 2010, 09:52:40 AM »
Quote from: Anklebite link=topic=5394.msg248225#msg248225 doate=1269127881
....I lose internet for one week, and people use this trick to gate in gods?

I love this forum.
No, no, not gods. Ancient incarnations of evil that bring disaster upon the material plane just by being nearby.
AKA my soon to be mother-in-law...

Congrats on getting married :D  Has your wife figured out arguing with a CO-er is an exercise in futility yet?  :P
Yes. She argues like Giacomo, though, but with more theatrics. We don't argue much for that reason.

:lmao  MORE animated than Giacomo...she must be Italian (not an insult, just a cultural observation from having dated a Greek Romanian who was also fluent in Italian and spoke in a similar manner...omg the temper, coming from me even lol).

I prefer the ancient viking method of solving arguments. assuming logic doesn't work, both sides get plastered and start beating the crap out of eathother until no-one can remember what we were arguing about. tends to work.  if the argument is later recalled, or brought up again, the one who won the fight was right.
I'd win, either way :P

No romanian, but plenty of german, irish, and native american.
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #194 on: March 22, 2010, 12:48:05 AM »
Bought off Hatchling Phaerimm (LEoF)
Spellthief 1/Bard 1/Wizard 3/Knight of the Weave 1/Shadowcraft Mage 3/Sublime Chord 1/Ultimate Magus 10


CL 248 naked. Without Bloodlines.

Knight of the Weave and Sublime Chord both effectively double CL and add 10.

CL will drop to 239 if you take away an UM level and replace it with Tainted Scholar.

Bloodlines effectily just add 3 to every class, right? Assuming I understand them correctly the CL should be 305. Dropping one UM level for Tainted leaves you at 286.

EDIT: Ignoring the free 20CL that Phaerimm grants, with bloodlines this build still beats the most recent one while still picking up SCM and Taint. With CL 188.
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #195 on: March 22, 2010, 01:19:53 AM »
I'm still waiting to see a non-infinite loop that can grant 720 CL so that 1 minute/level spells can be extended to last 24 hours.

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #196 on: March 22, 2010, 01:35:38 AM »
I'm still waiting to see a non-infinite loop that can grant 720 CL so that 1 minute/level spells can be extended to last 24 hours.

Get a very high caster level Power Leech (Book of Vile Darkness) and cast it on someone, draining their Constitution while increasing yours. Repeatedly cast Restoration or something to restore their Constitution so you can get your full (let's say 200ish) caster level added to your Constitution score. Then use Suffer the Flesh (and Reserves of Strength to uncap it), adding (your constitution score minus one)/2 to your caster level. That gets us to 300ish, and a Greater Consumptive Field can get us to 450ish, assuming you aren't repeating anything to get infinite loops. Hm, not quite enough.

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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #197 on: March 22, 2010, 01:37:00 AM »
Let me get a Mind Mage with Psiotheurgy going on SCM, and we'll see where that goes.  Without even trying we got damn near 500 on the Mind Mage thread.
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #198 on: March 22, 2010, 01:43:52 AM »
isn't master spellthief fun:lmao

especially with ultimate magus.


excellent work on cranking up the caster level even higher!  it's just getting silly at this point.  we passed 1-shotting the twice betrayer pages ago.  what else can we put this absurd caster level to use with?  damage doesn't really count any more, as a wings of flurry will one-shot must things at CL200, even if they make the save.

is there anything our reserves of strength'ed cloud of knives cannot hit? seriously, just use UM to persist a bunch of them at the start of the day, and blast all you want.  +150(+casting mod) 1d6+50 damage knives fired as free actions really mess up opponents. persist 3-5 castings, and shit gets real.


....wait a minute, did we just make a caster that out damages an ubercharger all day long? without the drawbacks?
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Re: the true arcane dilliante
« Reply #199 on: March 22, 2010, 01:46:12 AM »
Are you claiming that you can have multiple Cloud of Knives casted and they all be able to attack?  I'm almost sure there's something denying that in the PHB