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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2011, 09:43:08 PM »
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2011, 09:50:00 PM »
Lol.  That's fine, go ahead and edit the spoiler when you're ready to RP and we'll continue from there.  And PM me when you do so.
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #42 on: November 16, 2011, 09:52:16 AM »
It's one nice build, PhaedrysXY. I always get jealous of spellcasters and they annoying metamagic rods! Why don't psionics have those? (Oh yeah, magic wins.)
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #43 on: November 16, 2011, 10:07:32 AM »
By the way, why did you do 32pb?  I had been giving out 50... ?
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #44 on: November 16, 2011, 01:35:48 PM »
By the way, why did you do 32pb?  I had been giving out 50... ?
I saw that Tshern had used that, but then again he's playing Darth Bane... I wasn't sure if everyone was using that. Gabriel was supposed to be physically weak (in his original body), which is one of the things that led him to covet the bodies of others and learn to steal them, and also to want to dominate others. He was basically a spoiled rich wimp who was bullied a lot, and was totally bent because of it.
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« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2011, 01:41:02 PM »
Well, use whichever you like, then.  :)
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« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2011, 02:35:38 PM »
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« Reply #48 on: November 16, 2011, 04:09:41 PM »
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (complete)
« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2011, 05:53:10 PM »
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (almost complete)
« Reply #51 on: November 16, 2011, 07:47:50 PM »
By the way, why did you do 32pb?  I had been giving out 50... ?
I saw that Tshern had used that, but then again he's playing Darth Bane... I wasn't sure if everyone was using that. Gabriel was supposed to be physically weak (in his original body), which is one of the things that led him to covet the bodies of others and learn to steal them, and also to want to dominate others. He was basically a spoiled rich wimp who was bullied a lot, and was totally bent because of it.
No. I am quite sure I used 50 pb.
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« Reply #53 on: November 16, 2011, 09:32:33 PM »
OK, so let's go down the list of buffs he'll frequently use (many I'd planned to cast once per day, since they'll last 24 hrs) and see what stays and what goes, so we get that out of the way and I know when to cast certain things and when to wait:

Primal Instinct (boosts Initiative, Survival, and 1 Knowledge), Greater Mirror Image, Freedom of Movement, Dragonsight (gives big boost to vision), Overland Flight, Superior Resistance (+6 bonus to saving throws)

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« Reply #54 on: November 16, 2011, 09:46:13 PM »
OK, so let's go down the list of buffs he'll frequently use (many I'd planned to cast once per day, since they'll last 24 hrs) and see what stays and what goes, so we get that out of the way and I know when to cast certain things and when to wait:

Primal Instinct (boosts Initiative, Survival, and 1 Knowledge), Greater Mirror Image, Freedom of Movement, Dragonsight (gives big boost to vision), Overland Flight, Superior Resistance (+6 bonus to saving throws)
From out of nowhere, a Sith Lord appears. I think we will get along just fine...
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (complete)
« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2011, 09:51:28 PM »
 :D

I'll be handing out (Chained) Greater Magic Weapon, as well. I don't have any caster level boosters as of the moment, though. So only at CL 12.

My guy has what I consider a pretty balanced mix of buffs, debuffs and battlefield control, utility, and defensive spells, as well as some direct damage and just otherwise weird stuff (I love Shrink Item...). I considered going with DMM: Persist, but most of the persistable arcane spells don't seem as appealing as the divine ones.
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (complete)
« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2011, 10:48:07 PM »
I have a +1 bonus on the lightsaber, so +3 is substantially better. Better AB and more damage for charging. Always good for me.

Debuffs, BFC and anything works for my character splendidly. I think I can take down even a relatively tough opponent in one round should I get average rolls, but like for melee characters usually, larger numbers can be a problem. With a proper spell selection I can probably whack even tougher opponents and I doubt I am alone in the DPS department of this party...
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever
« Reply #57 on: November 16, 2011, 11:19:05 PM »
We need an evil mastermind party buffer, by the way!

Warp Ally (Su): Starting at 10th level, you can confer aspects of your dementia creatures on your allies.  As a full-round action, you can apply dementia warpings to a creature that you touch as though modifying a creature summoned with your dementia summoning ability.  This warping requires the normal investment of dementia points, which remain invested in the creature until the creature dies or you dismiss the effect (a move action).

Dementia Warping (Su):  When you summon a creature from your dementia space, you have the option of altering it and twisting it to suit your needs.  You possess a pool of dementia points equal to your class level.  Whenever you summon a creature from your dementia space, you may choose to use these points in order to modify the creature's form.  After selecting the creature to summon, you can then choose a single aspect of a second creature imprinted to your dementia space and add it to the first creature.  Your available options include the following.
  • Replace the base form's natural armor bonus with that of the second form.
  • Add the second form's movement modes.
  • Add one of the second form's natural attack types (with appropriate reach), if the base form doesn't have that attack type already.
  • Add an extraordinary special attack of the second form.
  • Add an extraordinary special quality of the second form.
  • Replace one of the base form's physical ability scores, if both the base form and the second form are the same size category.
Each dementia warping requires that you invest a certain number of dementia points in the creature, which remain invested in that creature until it dies, disappears, or is dismissed.  The first warping requires an investment of only a single dementia point.  Subsequent warpings require a greater investment, and the investment cost of applying a warping increases by 1 for every warping already applied to the creature.  For example, the first warping requires an investment of 1 point, the second requires an investment of 2 points, the third requires 3 points, and so on.  Dementia warpings need not all be drawn from the same creature that provided the first aspect, and you can mix and match the aspects of various dementia creatures as you please.

Supernatural Warping (Su): Starting at 10th level, you can use your dementia warping ability to add supernatural special attacks and special qualities to a dementia creature that you summon.  This functions like your normal dementia warping ability, except that you must invest an additional 2 dementia points when adding a supernatural ability to a creature as a dementia warping.

Melee-types will be capable of receiving...modifications, shall we say.  Look at astral deva, bebilith, chaos beast, chuul, dire shark, elder black pudding, giant octopus, juvenile red dragon, sanguineous drinker, and truly horrid umber hulk and tell me what you want.  Except for split.  I will not be giving the black pudding's split ability to party members.  Because that makes the action economy go boom.
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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (complete)
« Reply #58 on: November 16, 2011, 11:52:38 PM »
Primal Instinct (boosts Initiative, Survival, and 1 Knowledge), Greater Mirror Image, Freedom of Movement, Dragonsight (gives big boost to vision), Overland Flight, Superior Resistance (+6 bonus to saving throws)

Ack!  This is essentially impossible to determine, since you could argue each of them either way.  OK, just have buffs transfer.  There's game logic to it, too -- you are the caster, you cast it on yourself.  They would stay if you changed form, or teleported, or when ethereal... or when you changed clothes... so why wouldn't they stay if you switch bodies?  A body is simply a material possession, after all.  Gabriel's proven that many times over.

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Re: Gabriel Lightbringer, Bodiless Deciever (complete)
« Reply #59 on: November 17, 2011, 12:22:22 PM »
Work is insane, and I'm going on vacation for a week starting Friday. So I might not be able to post much for a week.
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