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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #900 on: July 29, 2010, 06:27:51 PM »
A Solar can be advanced to 66 HD and remains Huge.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #901 on: July 29, 2010, 06:28:07 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...


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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #902 on: July 29, 2010, 06:30:09 PM »
Should have specified "non-epic".
At 33 HD, an Ancient copper is technically epic too. :P Unless you mean "creatures not printed in ELH".
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #903 on: July 29, 2010, 06:43:17 PM »
Bumping for Q 269
Try looking up a few posts from your bump.  Funnily enough, the answer is there.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #904 on: July 29, 2010, 06:44:57 PM »
Bumping for Q 269
Try looking up a few posts from your bump.  Funnily enough, the answer is there.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #905 on: July 29, 2010, 06:48:41 PM »
Q 269 Okay, so same creature. It's now got 22 HD for it's creature level. What happens now if I add levels of Fighter and Rogue to it? Does it still progress as if the creature was actually level 1 and cross-classing? What if the creature, if you add a spellcasting class, increases the caster level and the spell progression? Like the ethergaunt which counts as a 13th level wizard, and giving it 2 levels makes it progress to a 15 level wizard with all the spells. What happens when you're an ethergaunt/wizard 7 and want to take an 8th level? What do you do then?

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Q 270 Where's the Spear Master feat? All the information I've got is "Dragon 30 p89".

A 269: BAB and saves would start the Epic progression (only racial HD are exempt from that).  Spellcasting is its own progression and so would follow normal rules until you hit the casting ability of a 20th level Wizard or the equivalent for other races.

A 270:You answered your own question.  Dragon Magazine #30, Page 89 (assuming the information you were given was correct).
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #906 on: July 29, 2010, 07:06:48 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...


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A custom item?
Anything that isn't as dependant on DM fiat?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #907 on: July 29, 2010, 07:32:14 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...


Thanks,
~Bowen
A custom item?
Anything that isn't as dependant on DM fiat?
That'd probably be spellstitched, but I don't think it fills all necessary criteria.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #908 on: July 29, 2010, 07:42:15 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...

Thanks,
~Bowen
A grapple check, I would think.  Shouldn't be that much more difficult than inanimate objects with your strength and size mods.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #909 on: July 29, 2010, 07:44:05 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...

Thanks,
~Bowen
A grapple check, I would think.  Shouldn't be that much more difficult than inanimate objects with your strength and size mods.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #910 on: July 29, 2010, 11:15:19 PM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...

Thanks,
~Bowen
A grapple check, I would think.  Shouldn't be that much more difficult than inanimate objects with your strength and size mods.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #911 on: July 30, 2010, 01:19:14 AM »
phrenic pixie somethingelse+1la?

thats right ... Feral Phrenic Pixie .... much better flavor than undead Ghost, better stats also(+6 Dex,+2 Con,+4 Int,+8 Wis,+10 Cha, Fast Healing 2, Darkvision, +7 Natural Armor on top of all the Pixie goodness) ... cuter too ;)

 

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Thank you both this will work great, especially when added to a 48 point buy, and thanks to everyone else who replied

Edit: wouldn't this have 6 LA???
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #912 on: July 30, 2010, 02:00:51 AM »
There's a bit of an injoke going on; I don't think he was entirely serious. 

My standard advice for templates is to look at the unseelie fey template from dragon compendium (the example character lists it as LA+0), and toss on a few levels of the ghost savage progression linked in my sig, since that's never a bad idea, and qualifies you for evolved undead.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #913 on: July 30, 2010, 03:37:18 AM »
But wouldn't artificer not work with ghost? Is there any way, besides to die with it, to have items as a ghost? Maybe I should port this to its own thread, because this template question isn't as simple as I first thought it would be? Does anyone object to me taking the posts directly pertaining to my template question to the new thread? I don't want to derail this thread.......

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #914 on: July 30, 2010, 04:05:56 AM »
But wouldn't artificer not work with ghost? Is there any way, besides to die with it, to have items as a ghost? Maybe I should port this to its own thread, because this template question isn't as simple as I first thought it would be? Does anyone object to me taking the posts directly pertaining to my template question to the new thread? I don't want to derail this thread.......

Thanks for everyone's help on this
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #915 on: July 30, 2010, 06:58:28 AM »
Q275: What's the easiest and simplest way (without spending a crapton of class levels) for a Balor to pick up Animate Objects? Preferably as an SLA, but if that's not possible...


Thanks,
~Bowen
A custom item?
Anything that isn't as dependant on DM fiat?
That'd probably be spellstitched, but I don't think it fills all necessary criteria.
Well, it could work with a Lichfiend Balor, but Spellstitched only gives Conjuration, Evocation and Necromancy as options, not Transmutation...
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #916 on: July 30, 2010, 10:15:26 AM »
A 270 The Spear Master feat is from Dragon #330, p89. It allows you to use a spear or shortspear as a double weapon, with the blunt end dealing bludgeoning.
Wouldn't that effectively just be Short Haft, from the PHBII?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #917 on: July 30, 2010, 01:04:35 PM »
Q 176: Is there anyway to make a Lance a light weapon while mounted?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #918 on: July 30, 2010, 01:08:47 PM »
Q 176: Is there anyway to make a Lance a light weapon while mounted?
Use one sized for a creature smaller than yourself?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #919 on: July 30, 2010, 01:12:53 PM »
Q277

Damage Reduction/Evil is generally overcome by evil weapons (unholy, etc), not by evil creatures, correct.

So if I pick up an evil Halfling or Gnome and use it an improved weapon, does it automatically overcome DR? I mean it IS an evil weapon!  :D
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