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Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« on: May 21, 2012, 10:42:07 PM »
Hey guys, I'm looking for a few options on a mage/psionic (transparency is in effect) slayer class or PrC. It kinda needs to be something that's viable through most levels as high levels rarely see use in my group's campaigns, they also need to be halfway useful when not slaying mages.

Right now I'm looking at Sanctified Mind from LoM, it seems like Disrupting Blow is pretty powerful & unless there's errata for Cleansing Strike it looks like it's usable all day.

thanks in advance guys.
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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2012, 10:50:34 PM »
Hey guys, I'm looking for a few options on a mage/psionic (transparency is in effect) slayer class or PrC. It kinda needs to be something that's viable through most levels as high levels rarely see use in my group's campaigns, they also need to be halfway useful when not slaying mages.

Right now I'm looking at Sanctified Mind from LoM, it seems like Disrupting Blow is pretty powerful & unless there's errata for Cleansing Strike it looks like it's usable all day.

thanks in advance guys.

The problem being that the only way to kill God is to use God against him. Unless your DM Plays God at his own intelligence level, rather than that of God. In that case, slayer works fine.

There is also the Homebrew Abolisher over on GiTP. It's fiat incarnate, but it's the only melee that can beat God without abusing silly TO tricks.

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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2012, 11:05:18 PM »
We had a really long thread on this.  (Technically, that's the third.  In short, how do you beat the caster?)

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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2012, 11:10:56 PM »
We had a really long thread on this.  (Technically, that's the third.  In short, how do you beat the caster?)

Is that the barbarian/binder thread with the intimidate check & the shrunken anti-magic cone hat?
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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 09:09:16 AM »
The problem being that the only way to kill God is to use God against him. Unless your DM Plays God at his own intelligence level, rather than that of God. In that case, slayer works fine.
How do you suggest the DM would play the character above his own intelligence level? It is quite obvious he cannot duplicate the level of God.
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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2012, 09:33:16 AM »
The problem being that the only way to kill God is to use God against him. Unless your DM Plays God at his own intelligence level, rather than that of God. In that case, slayer works fine.
How do you suggest the DM would play the character above his own intelligence level? It is quite obvious he cannot duplicate the level of God.
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Re: Mage Slayer: how do I kill God?
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 12:14:38 PM »
That as well as having information that the the DM in the Wizard's shoes wouldn't know, but a smarter fellow might (like the assumption that a great many divinations have been cast in advance)