Epic Spell ... "Recorded onto stone tablet"

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Does anyone remember any examples at all of
an epic spell "recorded onto stone tablet" ??


The only thing I googled is this (don't know the guy / no idea of accuracy here).
He cites Dmag # ?? on page 50.  Anybody know which issue ?

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DeBhaal Stasion
Sun, 14th Jul '02, 7:31am
CR 66? thats nothing, look in the latest issue of Dragon Magazine on page50

The Sphinx
Colossal Construct
Hit dice: 248d10 (1,240)
Init: +0
Speed: 20ft. (cant run),
Burrow 20ft.
Ac: 120 (-8 Size, +128 natural)
Damage: 2 slams +326 melee
Face/Reach: 40 ft. by 240 ft./40 ft.
Speacil Attacks: Spell-like abilites, strangle
Special Qualities: Construct, Magic Immunity, Damage reduction 300/+30, Blindsight, tremorsense
Saves: Fort +82, Ref +82, Will +82
Abilities: Str 290, Dex 10, Con -, Int 30, Wis 11, Cha 1
Climate/Terrain: Warm Desert
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 100
Treasure: none
Alignment: Always Neutral
Advancement:251-750 (Colossal)

'Course, it can only be animated by the word of a Pharaoh with the Legendary Commander feat. Costs 500,000,000 gold peices, and requires a successful Knowledge: Architecture and Engineering check at DC100, the creator must be lvl100 have Craft Epic Wondrous Items feat and be able to cast Divine spells.
It then drains the Caster of 10,000,000 XP and requires the Epic spell Animate the Sphinx inscribed on a stone tablet in hieroglyphics.
This spell has a DC of 1,178 takes 12 years to cast, deals 999d6 backlash damage upon completion and requires the assistance of 100 spellcasters all contributing Miracle

... or perhaps some official 3rd party material somewhere 

[Bozwevial]

It's an option you can use in the creation of the spell. It doubles the Spellcraft DC but lets another spellcaster learn it without going through the development process.

[Halinn]

That sphinx really is horribly weak for the CR. It can't fly at all, and 1240 hit point can easily be dealt with a metamagic'd orb spell.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Right, and right ... it's funny that back on old CO deathwishjoe did
an Effigy Master build, that was better than this, and at level 6 iirc.


I get the impression even from such limited data,
that the Tablet itself is a Magic Item.  You know,
like the basic behind the scenes stuff that goes
into learning a spell or power, and you have to use
Spellcraft on Scrolls or Psicraft on Powerstones. 
The Tablet is like a Scroll, except you can only
learn the spell on it.  You cast it separately.

Does this sound mostly reasonable?

[kitep]

Won't "magic immune" defeat the orb spell?

But I think they just threw things onto the Sphinx creation method to make it sound way more impressive than it is.

[sirpercival]

Won't "magic immune" defeat the orb spell?

But I think they just threw things onto the Sphinx creation method to make it sound way more impressive than it is.

Magic Immunity (assuming it's similar to other Golems) doesn't protect you from orbs because they don't allow SR.