Dying Is For Other People

[Raineh Daze]

I got bored and decided to see what I could do  to make something that doesn't understand the concept of 'dying', using as few classes as possible. This ended up with Paragon (Not too surprising, there). Using 32 point buy, I got... this. Not really monster-y, but it does use paragon.

The end result is someone that is annoyingly difficult to affect (well, assuming no loops that get all saves up to +60 to +70), let alone actually kill. To make them stay dead, if they just stand there, you're looking at killing them about 60 times minimum.

Oh, and they have access to a maneuver that works as Revivify. Their friends get to live too!

Human Eternal Royal 20//Fighter 5/Paragon 15
Schools: Exclusively Lunatic Princess & Immortal Smoke

(click to show/hide)

Strength: Base 10 + 2 Paragon
Dexterity: Base 10 + 10 Paragon + 6 Enhancement
Constitution: 40  (Base 15 + 1 Levelling + 14 Paragon + 6 Enhancement + 5 Inherent) +15
Intelligence: Base 10 + 2 Paragon
Wisdom: Base 10 + 4 Paragon
Charisma: 48 (Base 18 + 5 Levelling + 14 Paragon + 6 Enhancement + 5 Inherent) (+19)

(click to show/hide)

HP: 530
Potential: 20
Saves: F: 53 (Base 12 + 2 Feat + 15 Con + 19 Cha + 5 Magic), R: 46 (Base 12 + 2 Feat + 8 Dex + 19 Cha + 5 Magic), W: +40 (Base 12 + 2 Feat + 2 Wis + 19 Cha + 5 Magic)
AC: 72 (Base 10 + 8 Dexterity + 19 Charisma + 10 Dodge + 19 Charisma AGAIN + 6 Shield), Touch 53.
Initiative: +26
Movement Speeds: 90', 180' Perfect Flying (From Stance)
BAB: +20
Attacks: Amazing Mystical Slap: +40, 1d6+29 (Attacks Touch); War Fan (Enhancement Bonus +6): +45, 1d8+34.
Defences:

• SR 31
• DR 10/magic (useless as it is)
• Resistance 10 to Fire and Acid
• Doesn't fail saves on a 1
• Never suffers ill effects on a save
• Never flatfooted
• Cannot be forced to do something.
• Can roll a save against harmful effects with no save.
• If something wouldn't affect an object, it won't affect them (e.g., Criticals. Poison. Probably Implode).
• Area effects must roll to beat Touch AC to hit.
• Fast Healing 20

Other: (Basically abilities an Excellences of particular note)

• 1/day, return to perfect health etc. if would be removed from fighting.
• Remove any negative effect for 1 potential.
• Can count as ethereal whenever it would be convenient.
• DC 39 save upon seeing or Fascinated. 10 or less HD automatically fail.
• Can spam Greater Dispel as a touch attack/along with a normal attack.
• All critical ranges/multipliers increased by one.
• As an immediate action and with one potential, can make next attack affect all within a 200' line, or 100' cone.
• At-Will Disjunction. Their stuff escapes unscathed.

(click to show/hide)

Autohypnosis: 17 (15 Base + 2 Wis)
Bluff: 42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Craft (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Diplomacy: 42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Gather Information: 44 (23 Base + 19 Cha + 2 Synergy)
Handle Animal: 34 (15 Base + 19 Cha)
Intimidate: 34 (15 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (Arcana):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (Dungeoneering):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (Local):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (Nature):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (Religion):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Knowledge (The Planes):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (Executioner):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Profession (X):  42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)
Spot: 17 (15 Base + 2 Wis)
Use Magic Device: 42 (23 Base + 19 Cha)

+1 Skillpoint for... somewhere.

(click to show/hide)

1st: Forbidden School--Immortal Smoke
1st (Human): Great Fortitude
1st (Fighter): Weapon Focus (Slap)
3rd: Lightning Reflexes
3rd (Fighter): Weapon Focus (Royal Weapon)
6th: Iron Will
9th: Adaptive Style
12th: Extra Excellence: Paragon Will
15th: Extra Excellence: You Owe Me
18th: Extra Greater Excellence: Shatter Magic

(click to show/hide)

(click to show/hide)

Paragon Fencing: While you use a weapon in a single hand and don't attack with any other weapon on the same round, you add your full Bab to damage rolls and half your Bab as a dodge bonus to AC and it counts as two-handed for purposes of Power Attack. In addition double the bonus gained from Potential spent on attack rolls and damage rolls with that single weapon. You need Weapon Focus with the weapon used to gain this bonus. You can still wield a shield in your off-hand as long as you don't attack with it.

Paragon Will: When you spend Potential points in a Will save, double the bonus gained. You don't fail Will saves in a natural 1 anymore, and you're immune to effects that would force you to take actions you don't want to take (but not effects that simply prevent you from taking any actions at all, like death).You need Iron Will to pick this option.

Paragon Reflexes: When you spend Potential points in a Reflex save, double the bonus gained. You don't fail Reflex saves in a natural 1 anymore, and you're never flatfooted. You need Lighting Reflexes to pick this option.

Paragon Fortitude: When you spend Potential points in a Fortitude save, double the bonus gained. You don't fail Fortitude saves in a natural 1 anymore, and you may atempt to resist non-damage harmful effects that wouldn't normally allow a save by suceeding on a Fort save with DC 10+1/2 HD attacker+Attacker's Highest Stat Mod. You need Great Fortitude to pick this option. 

You Owe Me: You need 8 ranks in Gather Information and Diplomacy to learn this Excellence. You've acumulated quite a number of favors during your life, and you now know somebody in every place that knows somebody else that can get  things done. As long as you're in a relatively populated area, you can always sell gear at full price instead of half, and commission any single item worth up to 500 GP per rank you have in Gather Information and Diplomacy to be delivered to your person in 24 hours (you still must pay the item's full cost). In addition while in a populated area you can requistion the services of an NPC (built by the DM, but you can "negotiate" specific details) of your choice of an alignment equal to yours of a level up to (the lowest number of ranks you have in Diplomacy or Gather Information)-5. It obeys you to the best of its ability, but you must spend Potential Points every hour equal to its HD to keep it under your control, otherwise it leaves. If you take or lose the NPC's gear, you lose all benefits of this Excellence for 1 year and 1 day as you rebuild your web of favors.  You can always take 10 in gather Information and Diplomacy checks even if rushed or threatened. Double the bonus you gain from using Potential points for Gather Information and Diplomacy checks.

(click to show/hide)

Forged by Experience: You need one of Paragon Proficiency, Paragon Dual Wield, Paragon Fencing, Paragon Block or Paragon Shot to pick this greater excellence.  The Paragon can enchant parts of his body as magic items, as if he had the relevant item creation feat and a caster level equal to his HD. The Paragon cannot emulate an item creation feat with a caster level requirement higher than his class HD, or create an item with a limited number of uses. These items take up body slots as normal (but see below). The Paragon may dismantle an "item" created in this manner in 8 hours, regaining the expended gp and freeing up the slot once more. If the Paragon doesn't know any spells himself, he may use scrolls or have a caster assist them. On the DM's judgement, parts of monsters or specially exotic substances may also work.

The Paragon may treat his unarmed strike as a manufactured weapon and his skin as a suit of armor for the purposes of this ability, and their enchantments overlap with those of any magic weapons or armor he uses (i.e. a Paragon with a +1 flaming unarmed strike wielding a +2 weapon would treat it as a +2 flaming weapon).

Fortification of Legend: You need Paragon Toughness or Paragon Fortitude to pick this Greater Excellence. Whenever the Paragon is targeted by an effect which would have a reduced effect on objects or none at all (such as a critical hit or mind-affecting effect) there is a 50% chance that the effect is resolved as if the Paragon were an object. This chance increases to 75% at 10th  Paragon level and 100% at 15th Paragon level. The Paragon still benefits from positive effects (like bardic knowledge) as normal. 

Shatter Magic: You need Paragon Break or Paragon Will to learn this Greater Excellence. The Paragon can create a nonmagical greater dispel magic effect at will (caster level equals his HD). Only the targeted dispel option may be replicated, and the range of the effect is reduced to touch; this ability may, however, be used to counterspell. Alternatively, this ability may be channeled by each of the Paragon's physical attacks, and he may choose to resolve the dispel before or after the attack; in addition he may make a counterspell in place of an attack of opportunity. At 15th Paragon level he may instead choose to replicate a Mordenkainen's disjunction effect centred on himself, except that he is immune to the effect.

Quicksilver Dodge: You need Paragon Acrobatics or Paragon Reflexes to pick this Greater Excellence. You add your highest mental stat mod as a Luck bonus to AC against regular attacks. Touch attacks must now roll against your normal AC, and any non-tartgeted offensive effect must roll to hit against your Touch AC to actually have a chance of affecting you.

(click to show/hide)

Nothing I Cannot Cut-You need Bring It Down or Shatter Magic to learn this Perfect Excellence. Your Crit threat range and mod both increase by 1, and now applies to dispel atempts as well. When you roll the d20 to see if you can dispel,  if it falls under your crit range, it automatically works. You have 50% chance of ignoring immunity to critical hits (stacking with other similar abilities), and now even when you miss a melee attack, you still deal damage equal to your weapon damage (including enanchments)+Str mod to your target.

In addition, as an immediate action and by spending one potential point, your next attacks affects all inside a line with 10 feet per HD, or a cone with half that size (roll once and compare against the AC of each enemy inside the area).

Just as Planned- For you life is like chess, plannin everyting multiple steps ahead. You need Quicksilver Dodge or Paragon Infiltration to pick this Perfect Excellence. Once per day at any time, you may retroactively take an action in the last 24 hours, like having drinked a specific potion before the battle started, or having set up a trap in the square your enemy just entered. This can't change something that already hapened.

In addition, 1/round, you may select one creature whitin view or hearing range and spend any amount of potential points as a swift, move or standard action. If the creature has CR equal to your HD-4, and the amount of paragon points you spent equals or surpasses the HD of the chosen creature, then it reveals itself to be a double agent, having been working for the Paragon all along! It will now follow the Paragon's suport  for 1 hour, including fighting, after which the Paragon must spend Potential points equal to that creature's HD to keep it, otherwise it leaves for its own affairs (or is it?). The DM may declare any creature immune to this ability due to plot, but in that case the Paragon gets his spent action and Potential points back and can use them otherwise.

Why does anyone thinks I can be killed?- You need Fortification of Legend or Larger than Life to pick this Perfect Excellence. Once per day, if you would be killed, immobilized, controled, transported to another plane or otherwise be rendered unable to keep on fighting, you instead stay right where you were, recover all lost HP, expended Potential points and remove all negative conditions from you and all squares in a radius of 50 feet around you (but not in another creatures inside that radius). If you kill a creature with CR equal to your HD or higher, you recover an use of this ability, but you cannot have more than one use readied at any time.

In addition, as an immediate action and by spending one potential point, you can remove any one harmful condition or effect on you with a limited duration, even if you would be normally unable to act (except if you're dead).

(click to show/hide)

I'm going to be lazy, here, because only four really matter:

1st
Impossible Request-Immortal Fire Bird (Counter)
Eternal Victim (Stance)

9th
Reach for the Moon-Eternal Trial (Stance)--though I really think this should be Immortal Smoke, just to match the discipline and song.

First one resurrects upon incapacitation at 42 HP, second one makes you literally impossible to kill (you'll stay unconscious, but it's only -1 Max HP for dying), and the last? Resurrected at full HP upon death.

I presume you'd need to reenter the stance, so that's -9 Max HP each time.

As for items, there's the two tomes, three stat boosters, and cloak of resistance. There's certainly more money to play with, but I honestly don't really know what specifically to get. Expensive boots (I was thinking of attaching Boots of Teleportation to Boots of Dexterity) result in Fire Damage to everything. Some consumable item is also handy.

... I don't think any GM would ever let me get this within a mile of the game.

(click to show/hide)

(click to show/hide)

Maneuvers: A Eternal Royal learns maneuver from the Border of Life school and one other martial school of her choice. If the second school demands any special prerequisite (like Ancient Temple needing a feat) the Eternal Royal must fulfill it as well. Her Iniator level is equal to her Eternal Royal level, and she can only learn maneuvers of a level no bigger than half (IL+1).

Eternal Royals fight at their whims, so they recover their maneuvers randomly. At the start of each round roll a 1d6. On a 1-3 you don't recover any maneuvers, on a 4-5 you recover one expended maneuver, and on a 6 you recover two expended maneuvers.

At 4th level, and every even-numbered level afterwards, the Eternal Royal can swap one of her older maneuvers with a new one she qualifies for from one of her two schools (the new one doesn't need to be of the same level of the older one).

Royal Touch: Even if apparently unarmed, an Eternal Royal is far from defenceless. A simple slap from her hands can hurt even the most heavily armored warrior. In some cases this is from mysterious channelled energies, other times it's simply the implied offence of someone so beautiful wishing us harm. Either way, it's a  melee touch attack that deals 1d6+Cha mod damage. Do not apply power attack or Str mod. If the Eternal Royal has enough BAB, she can perform iterative attacks with it.

This also allows the Eternal Royal to use domestic tools and jewellery (from collars to frying pans) as weapons.

(click to show/hide)

In the hands of the Eternal Royal, the domestic tool acts as a light hammer with an enhancement bonus equal to 1/4 Eternal Royal level. The Eternal Royal is proficient in this weapon, and feats and abilities that affect light hammers (such as Weapon Focus) apply to this weapon.

Activating this ability is a free action. A royal weapon only retains its abilities in the hands of the Eternal Royal.  At 8th level, the Eternal Royal can choose to reduce its enhancement bonus by 1 (minimum +1 enhancement bonus) to treat it as a reach weapon or to give it any of the following weapon properties: defending, frost, icy burst, keen, ki focus, shock, shocking burst, speed. Adding any of these properties consumes an amount of enhancement bonus equal to the property’s cost, and the royal weapon must be left with at least 1 enanchment bonus remaining.

In addition, a Eternal Royal can wield any bracelet, piece of cloth, flower or similar as if it were a light wooden shield. In the hands of the Eternal Royal, the royal grants a +1 shield bonus with an enhancement bonus equal to 1/4 the Eternal Royal level. The Eternal Royal is considered proficient in this shield. A Eternal Royal can use a royal weapon in one hand and a royal shield in the other hand.

Activating this ability is a free action. A royal shield only retains its abilities in the hands of the royal master.  At 8th level, the Eternal Royal can choose to reduce its enhancement bonus (to a minimum of a +1 enhancement bonus) to give it any of the following shield properties: ghost touch, light fortification, moderate fortification. Adding any of these properties consumes an amount of bonus equal to the property’s cost.

Forever Young: An Eternal Royal doesn't age, and always looks at the prime of her youth or even as a child. She doesn't take penalties neither benefits for aging. You never take any kind of permanent scarring, with even the most grievous wounds naturally healing in 1 week tops.

Royal Elegance: The eternal royal is a natural when influencing the hearts of others, even if she herself doesn't notice it. At 1st level pick one of the following skills, you gain the associated benefit.

(click to show/hide)

Bluff: You don't take penalties for feinting nonhumanoids. You can also Deliver Secret Messages indirectly by written letters or leaving subtle cues in your environment.

Diplomacy: You no longer take a penalty for rushed checks.

Gather Information: You can use it as a fullround action as long as you're in a place with at least ten people. A few words from you and they'll gladly spill out plenty of good information to try to get your attention!

Handle Animal: You can teach tricks as a fullround action. Animals just love you!

Intimidate: You never take a penalty for being smaller than your target in Intimidate attempts (whether making or resisting them), plus you can use your Cha mod instead of your Wis mod for resisting Intimidate attempts from your opponents.

At 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th level you may pick another.

AC Bonus: at 2nd level the Eternal Royal adds her Cha modifier to her AC while wearing light or no armor. Any effect that woud make her lose her Dex bonus to AC makes her lose this bonus as well.

Eternal Skill: Since you don't actually have to train to develop your abilities, you have plenty of time for some hobbies! At 3rd level pick one profession, knowledge and craft skill-you always count as having max ranks in the chosen skills, plus you can use your Cha instead of other ability scores on checks with them.

At levels 7, 10, 13, 16 and 19 you can pick another trio of skills for this.

Royal Grace: At 4th level, you add your Cha mod to all your saves.

A Lady, Not a Warrior: At 6th level, you can use your Cha mod instead of Str or Dex for attack and damage rolls with melee and ranged weapons.

Fleeting Dream: You always look and act good, but sometimes you're even better than that. At 8th level 1/day as a move action you can increase your Cha score by 4 for 1 minute, but at the end of the duration you become fatigued. Flowers, butterlfies, fans and other such things seem to flourish around you while it lasts, altough they're never really there when you look closer. You can use this ability one more time per day at 11th, 14th, 17th and 20th level.


An eternal Royal atempts to fascinate her oponents.

Lady's Blessing: You blow a kiss, or give the right look, or simply wave a hand, and the target of your attention is inspired. At 9th level as an immediate action you can grant a bonus equal to your Cha mod to any ally within view in any 1d20 roll.

Eternally Favored: The gods of  fate seem to personally watch over you since you emerge unscathed from the most terrible incidents. At 10th level while wearing light or no armor, you never suffer anything from effects against which you successfully saved.

Charisma Break: You can render even the most cold hearted monsters into weeping with a few choice words and gestures. At 12th level as a standard action choose one creature that can see you. They must make a Will save with DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod or become Exhausted, Panicked, Nauseated, Stunned, Blinded+deafened, or Flat Footed (your choice) for 1d4 rounds. Even if they save, they still become shaken, sickened, dazzled or fatigued (your choice).

Obfuscating Innocence: Just because you look young and try to play nice, doesn't mean you're a fool. At 14th level you can add your Cha mod to Iniative checks and re-roll one cha-based skill check per round whose result you don't like, including those skills gained trough Eternal Skill.

God's Favor: Lady Luck herself clearly likes you. At 16th level you no longer automatically fail saves or attacks in a normal 1, neither do enemies automatically hit your AC or save against your attacks with natural 20s.

Elegant Dream: At 18th level, you can expend two uses of Fleeting Dream to increase your Cha score by 8 for 1 minute, but you now become fatigued at the end.

Royal Aura: At 20th level, you're the kind of person that moves nations if not whole worlds with a simple word and a glance. Anyone looking at you must suceed on a DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod or be Fascinated. You can supress this ability or restart it at will as a free action, including against specific targets. Anyone suceeding on their saves becomes immune to your Royal Aura for 1 hour. Creatures with half your HD or less automatically fail their saves against this.

The Eternal Royal may also treat herself as ethereal whenever it would be convenient for her.

(click to show/hide)

Potential: When a Paragon sets his mind to something, it can be very difficult to oppose him. He has a dominating presence, a pressure that gives them an edge against everyone else. One may even suspect they have some kind of telepathy or clairvoyance, but they're simply just that good.

You gain an amount of Potential points equal to your HD. Every time you make a 1d20 roll or weapon damage roll, you may spend an amount of Potential points up to your Paragon level to boost the result of that roll in a 1 per 1 basis. You need to choose to use this ability before knowing the result of the roll, but it takes no action to activate. Potential Points are refreshed at every hour.

Excellence: Paragons aren't just someone who is good at what they do. There are a lot of people who are good at their chosen field. A Paragon is one with virtually unlimited potential at what he does. At 1st,  3rd and 5th levels pick one of the following Excellences. Unless otherwise noticed, they're all Ex abilities and can only be picked once each.

The One: You're special, there's no doubt of that. Things that would greatly hinder your normal kin are barely noticed by you.   At 2nd level the Paragon gains resistance to two elements of his choice (stacking with any other resistances he already had) and DR/magic equal to half his HD. If the Paragon already had a DR with magic as a bypassing component, then increase it by 5.

Exceptional: Either trough harsh training, natural raw talent or some other factor, Paragons are clearly faster, stronger, simply better than others of their kind. At 2nd and 4th level they gain a +2 bonus to two stats of their choice (you can pick the same pair of stats twice).

A Step Ahead: A Paragon isn't someone who stands idly waiting for things to happen. He's someone who goes forward to the future! At 3rd level all of the Paragon's movement speeds increase by 50%!

Know the Trick: A Paragon is so good that many people would think he's using magic. At 4th level the Paragon picks up one of the following spells and can use it as a SLA 1/day per 3 HD. Haste,  Greater Dispel Magic or See Invisibility, except they count as Ex abilities, thus being undispellable and useable inside an AMF. It's no magic, it's just the Paragon being that good!

At 9th and 14th level the Paragon picks one of the remaining options.

No Time to Rest: You recover from wounds at an alarming rate,  and others wonder just how is possible for you take so much punishment. At 5th level the Paragon gains Fast Healing equal to half its HD, which stacks with any other Fast Healing it might have.

Greater Excellence: Some Paragons are better than others. At 6th, 8th and 10th level pick one of the following Greater Excellences. Unless otherwise noticed, they're all Ex abilities and can only be picked once each.

Flawless: Even magic seems to have an hard time catching up to you. At 7th level the Paragon gains SR equal to 11+HD. If he already had SR, increase it by 5. He can rise or drop his SR at any time as a free action even if it isn't his turn.

Champion: Truly you are a paragon of your kind, standing clearly above all others. At 7th and 9th level you gain +2 to three different stats of your choice. You may pick the same trio of stats at each time.

Here and Now: At 8th level all of the Paragon's Movement speeds are doubled (this doesn't stack with A Step Ahead).

Simply the Best: At 10th level the Paragon's Fast Healing doubles.

Perfect Excellence: The greatest Paragons of all have honed their abilities to once unimaginable extremes. At 11th, 13 and 15th levels pick one of the following:

Three Times As Fast: At 12th level all of the Paragon's Movement speeds are tripled (this doesn't stack with Here and Now).

Lord: Others of your kind can't stop themselves from either admiring you or hating your guts, but either way you inspire respect, and why shouldn't you since you're clearly so superior to them? At 12th and 14th level the Paragon gains +2 to four diferent stats of his choice. He may choose the same quartet of stats at each time.

That Was Left Handed: You're so good you can perform incredible tasks even with your off-hand while holding something else with it! At 12th once per round as a free action even if it isn't your turn, you may perform either a  basic physical attack, basic move action or one of your Know The Trick SLAs.

Best of the Best: At 15th level, you gain an extra +2 to all your ability scores, and all your HD, past, current and future, are maximized. You may take an automatic 11 on any 1d20 rolls you make, and once per day you may take 20 on any one 1d20 roll.