Interest Check-Blood Crusade against Thoon (3.X, high level, Evil)

[VennDygrem]

Are we rolling for HP, average, max, something else?

See my post a few pages back regarding Osle's typical character generation rules, which he approved. HP are max at first level, and all HD thereafter are either average or rolled (no mixing the two).

[Raineh Daze]

Are we rolling for HP, average, max, something else?

Full first level, then either roll OR take average.

[Rekmond]

Gahhh, I want to do the Kython Char but can't decide between Impaler and Viscerator. Are a few poison utilities worth the 3 level gap I could fill with something like Monster of Legend or some additional Titanic levels.

Either way I'm gonna be a good combat-stealth blend, but utility vs specialization....

[Frogman55]

Noxa Cogitare



Noxa Cogitare
  CE Allip Allip 3/Half-Fiend 3/Spellstiched 1/Evolved 5/Beguiler 1/Nightcloak 7,

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Level 20, Init +7, HP 135/135, Speed 30
AC 37, Touch 33, Flat-footed 30, Fort +25, Ref +28, Will +44, Base Attack Bonus 10   
 (+4 Armor, +7 Dex, +16 Deflect)
Abilities Str -, Dex 25, Con -, Int 34, Wis 19, Cha 32
Condition None

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The Allip loses all other racial bonuses, and gains the following Undead traits, plus the Incorporeal subtype.
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*  No Constitution score.
    * Darkvision out to 60 feet.
    * Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
    * Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects.
    * Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Immune to damage to its physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects.
    * Heals naturaly.
    * Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless).
    * Uses its Charisma modifier for Concentration checks.
    * Not at risk of death from massive damage, but when reduced to 0 hit points or less, it is immediately destroyed.
    * Not affected by raise dead and reincarnate spells or abilities. Resurrection and true resurrection can affect undead creatures. These spells turn undead creatures back into the living creatures they were before becoming undead.
   
    * Undead do not breathe, eat, or sleep.
As an incorporeal being, it has neither a Str score. It uses its Dex mod for melee attacks, and can get custom magic incorporeal gear by paying a 10% extra on the price. Consider it to have all the normal slots of an humanoid.

It is a medium sized undead with  a flight speed of  30 feet, but only up to 5 feet above any surface. It cannot speak intelligibly.

In addition, it gains a deflection bonus to AC equal to its Cha mod. All its future HDs become d12s.

Over the Brink: An allip is the spectral remains of someone driven to suicide by a madness that afflicted it in life, which causes it takes some time to realize it is a spirit now, and will let itself be limited by several material hindrances.
 
At 1st HD the Allip can be harmed by all forms of attacks and can attack others as if it was corporeal. it can interact with unattended corporeal objects for one round three times per day and cannot fly higher than 5 feet off the ground, plus an additional 5 feet per 2 HD. It cannot completely hide within objects and interacts with water as if it had a swim speed equal to its fly speed. It cannot chose not to be heard by Listen checks though she receives a +5 circumstance bonus on move silently checks.

At 5th HD the Allip loses the ability to interact with corporal objects but can now fly and interact with water as per the incorporeal subtype and receive a +10 circumstance bonus on move silently checks.
Nonmagical attacks made by corporeal creatures at the Allip and melee attacks made by the Allip against corporeal targets are now ineffective.

Magical weapons and spells used by corporeal creatures against the Allip have a 10% chance miss chance, increasing by 10% at 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th HD (maximum of 50% miss chance, except for positive energy, negative energy, force effects such as magic missile, or attacks made with ghost touch weapons, as usual)

Magical weapons used by the Allip against corporeal targets have the same miss chance if they aren't ghost touch weapons.

At 10th HD, the Allip is fully affected by the incorporeal subtype as normal.

Madness: Anyone targeting an allip with a thought detection, mind control, or telepathic ability makes direct contact with its tortured mind and takes 1d4 points of Wisdom damage.
Such is the insanity of the Allip that even its simple touch can drive others mad as well. As a melee touch attack, the Allip can inflict 1d4 Wisdom drain on any creature it touches. This can be used with Aoos, charge and perform iteratives, but not two-weapon fighting. On each such successful attack, the Allip regains 5 hit points. If it was already at max, it instead gains up to 5 temporary hit points. Those Hit Points don't stack.

At 4 HD, and every 4 HD thereafter, the Wisdom drain inflicted by both effects increases one die size, and the amount healed/temporary HP gained increases by 5.

At 10 HD, even creatures normally immune to Wisdom drain still suffer from the Allip's Madness ability, but at a reduced effect.  The Wisdom drain from either use of the Madness ability is halved for such creatures.

Babble: An allip constantly mutters and whines to itself. At 2nd level, this creates a hypnotic effect. All sane creatures within 60 feet of the allip at end of each of its turns must succeed on a DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod Will save or be affected as though by a Hypnotism spell for 2d4 rounds. This is a sonic mind-affecting compulsion  effect, and the Allip adds its own HD to the total HD of creatures that can be affected at each time. The Allip can supress or resume this ability at will as a swift action.
Creatures that successfully save cannot be affected by the same allip’s babble for 24 hours. If the Allip has 10 HD or more, this can affect even creatures normally immune to it, but they gain a +5 bonus on their saves.

Infecting Madness: Even if you try to keep away from a tortured soul, it will find a way inside your head. At 2nd level, the Allip can sense anyone targeting another creature with a thought detection, mind control, or telepathic ability whitin 60 feet of itself, in which case it can inflict  Wisdom damage on the prober as if they had tried to contact the Allip's own mind as per the Madness ability as an Immediate action.

Ability Score Increase: At 2nd level and 3rd level the Allip gains +1 to Cha, for a total of +2 Cha at 3rd level.

Until the Moment You Die: An Allip craves only revenge and unrelentingly pursues those who tormented it in life. When they cannot be found, it's easy for the Allip to throw the guilt of its own demise to anyone in front of it.

At 3rd level as a swift action the Allip may “mark” any target whitin view, fuelling all its hate and frustation into it. The Allip never takes attacks of oportunity for moving closer to that target, and whenever he is dealt Wisdom drain by the Allip, it must suceed on a Will save with DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod or double the amount drained. The Allip also heals double HP every time it drains Wisdom from its marked target, and gain up to twice the amount of normal temporary HP if already at max. The target also always provokes attacks of oportunity for trying to 5-feet step away from the Allip or defensive casting/manifesting/similar while threatened by the Allip.

The Allip can “mark” a number of creatures at a time up to its Cha mod, and has no duration limit. If it tries to mark more, the oldest one fades away.

Black Spite: At 3rd level the Allip gains Turn Resistance equal to 2+1/2 HD.

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Tainted body:Unlike other monster classes, the Half-fiend doesn't lose its racial ability modifiers, but he does gain native outsider traits.

The half-fiend gains two claw attacks dealing 1d4+Str damage each and a bite attack dealing 1d6+1/2 Str damage. Those are the values for a medium sized half-fiend, and should be adjusted to half-fiends of other size by the standard die size changes.

The half fiend also gains a +1 bonus to natural armor(stacking with any previous natural armor bonus they had) and gain a bonus on saves against poison equal to her HD.

Smite good: A number of times per day equal to 1+1/5HD, a Half fiend can make a normal melee attack with a bonus equal to her Cha mod that deals extra damage equal to her HD against a good foe.

Fiendish magic: A half-fiend gains spell like abilities. The abilities gained, requirements, and uses per day are shown below. Save DCs are 10+1/2HD+charisma modifier
HD Required   Fiendish Magic Required   Spell   Uses per day
1   lesser   Darkness   1/HD
3   lesser   Desecrate   1/2HD
5   lesser   Unholy Blight   1/2HD
7   lesser   poison   1/HD
9   intermediate   Contagion   1/HD
11   intermediate   Blasphemy   1/2HD
13   intermediate   Unhallow   1/4HD
13   Greater   Unholy Aura   1/2HD
15   Greater   Horrid Wilting   1/4HD
17   Greater   Summon MosterIX   1/4HD
19   Greater   Destruction   1/4HD
If they multiclasses for an arcane/divince class they can count its Half-fiend levels as levels of that class for purposes of CL and for the purposes of learning new spells and geting new spell slots. So for example, a Half-fiend 3 who took 1 level of sorceror could choose to have CL 4, get 3 2nd level spell slots, 1 1st level spell slot, 1 2nd level spell known and 1 0th level spell known. it wouldn't get the spell knowns and spell slots of a sorceror 3 however. They would get the familiar ability, but half-fiend levels wouldn't count for it

Ability Increase: The Half-fiend gains +1 to Con at first level, +1 to Dex at second level and +1 to Str and Int at 3rd level, for a total of +1 Con, +1 Dex, +1 Str, +1 Int at 3rd level.

Tainted soul: A second level Half-fiend gains spell resistance equal to 15+HD. She may raise or lower it at any time as a free action.

Wings: A half fiend at gains wings that allow she to fly at its land speed with average manueverability.

Tainted Hide: At third level, the Half-fiend's hide becomes supernaturally resilient. She gains damage reduction/magic equal to half his HD and resistance to acid, cold, fire and electricity equal to half its HD

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Spellscribed Body: A spell stitched undead gains several spell-like abilities. It chooses one spell of each spell level from the Wizard spell list, (The highest spell level that can be picked must be equal to 1/2 it's HD, rounded down), and it can use each one as an SLA 1/day (The saves are based on Charisma). When it levels up and gains access to a new spell level, it can pick a new spell of the appropriate level. In addition, when the spell stitched undead gains a level, it can change one of its SLAs to another spell of the same level, in addition to picking a new spell (if applicable). Any spell components that cost 1 GP or more must be provided when using the SLA, and any XP costs must be paid normally.

However, before it can use its SLAs, it must undergo a ritual to activate it by scribing runes into its body. This ritual costs 100 GP per level of the spell being activated and takes 6 hours (the 0th level spell level costs 50 GP). Multiple spell levels can be activated at once (this does not increase the time the ritual takes, but the costs do stack). If an arcane caster who can cast all of the spell levels being activated takes part in the ritual, the cost of the ritual goes down to 80 GP per spell level, and it only takes 4 hours (the 0th level spell level costs 40 GP). This ritual needs to only be done once per spell level, even if the spell stitched undead chooses change one of its SLAs. However, if the spell stitched undead is somehow placed in a new body (whether by possession or other magic), it loses access to all the abilities of this class until it repeats the ritual (however, the ritual only costs 1/2 the usual cost and time this time).

In addition, the spell scribed undead gains Spell Resistance equal to 10 + 1/2 HD + the highest spell level it has activated. If it already had Spell Resistance, it increases by the highest spell level that has been activated.

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Undead Body: An Evolved Undead's creature type remains unchanged, however if they stop being undead for whatever reason, all undead levels are lost until undeath is somehow recovered. They gain a bonus to Natural Armor equal to their Evolved Undead level if corporeal, or an equal Deflection bonus to AC if incorporeal.

Unnatural Healing:An Evolved Undead gains Fast Healing equal to ½ HD. This doesn't stack with any other Fast Healing the Evolved Undead may gain, count only the highest one.

Nega Evolution: Decades or even centuries of connection to the Negative Plane produce dark results. At each Evolved Undead level pick one of the following options. Each may only be picked once unless otherwise noted.

Ability Score Increase: The Evolved Undead gains +1 Str and +1 Cha for each level on this class if corporeal. In the case of incorporeal undeads, they just gain extra Cha.

End of Species-The living inevitably evolve to interact with each other, building up all sorts of relationships and symbiosis. The unliving inevitably evolve to destroy all others, tearing down societies and nature. At 20th level the Evolved Undead constantly radiates an aura of overhwhelming negative energy with a radius of 10 feet around itself. Animals and inanimate plants automatically get sick and die in 1d12 minutes. Other living beings are allowed a Will save with DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod. If they fail, they developed a morbid fascination for death. In 1d12 months, they'll commit suicide in some horrible manner. If they failed the save by 10 or more, they'll try to bring down as many other of their kind in their final moments as they believe they can. If they succeed on the Will save, they can't be affected again by this aura for 1 day. If they fail, the only way to stop the morbid fascination are seven miracles or wishes over the course of one week. The Evolved Undead may supress this aura as a free action.

(x5) Fallen Magic-What better way to spend the centuries than by reading dusty old scrolls? Your gain CL, new spell knowns and spell slots as if you had picked a level on a caster class you already have levels on. You can pick this multiple times, its effects stack In addition each time you pick this you gain a +1 bonus on CL checks to overcome the SR of living enemies. For every 5 times you pick this, the DCs of your spells against living opponents increases by 1 as well.

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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Beguilers are proficient with all simple weapons plus the hand crossbow, rapier, shortbow, and short sword. Beguilers are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.
Spells: A beguiler casts arcane spells, which are drawn from the beguiler spell list on page 11. When you gain access to a new level of spells, you automatically know all the spells for that level on the beguiler's spell list. You can cast any spell you know without preparing it ahead of time. Essentially, your spell list is the same as your spells known list. You also have the option of adding to your existing spell list through your advanced learning class feature (see below) as you increase in level.
To cast a beguiler spell, you must have an Intelligence score of 10 + the spell's level (Int 10 for 0-level spells, Int 11 for 1st-level spells, and so forth). The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a beguiler's spell is 10 + the spell's level + the beguiler's Int modifier. Like other spellcasters, a beguiler can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. The base daily spell allotment is given on Table 1—1. In addition, you receive bonus spells for a high Intelligence score (PH 8).
A beguiler need not prepare spells in advance. You can cast any spell you know at any time, assuming you have not yet used up your spells per day for that spell level.
Armored Mage (Ex): Normally, armor of any type interferes with an arcane spellcaster's gestures, which can cause your spells to fail if those spells have a somatic component. A beguiler's limited focus and specialized training, however, allow you to avoid any chance of arcane spell failure as long as you restrict yourself to light armor. This training does not extend to any other form of armor, nor does this ability apply to spells gained from other spellcasting classes.
Trapfinding: Beguilers can use the Search skill to locate traps when the task has a Difficulty Class higher than 20. Finding a nonmagical trap has a DC of at least 20, or higher if it is well hidden. Finding a magic trap has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.
Beguilers can use the Disable Device skill to disarm magic traps. A magic trap typically has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.
A beguiler who beats a trap's DC by 10 or more with a Disable Device check can study a trap, figure out how it works, and bypass it (with his allies) without disarming it.
Cloaked Casting (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, a beguiler's spells become more effective when cast against an unwary foe. You gain a +1 bonus to the spell's save DC when you cast a spell that targets any foe who would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not).
At 8th level, you gain a +2 bonus on rolls made to overcome the spell resistance of any affected target.
At 14th level, the bonus to your spell's save DC increases to +2.
At 20th level, you become able to automatically overcome the spell resistance of any affected target.
Surprise Casting (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, when you successfully use the Bluff skill to feint in combat, your target is denied its Dexterity bonus (if it has one) to AC for the next melee attack you make against it or the next spell you cast. You must remain in melee with the target, and the attack must be made or the spell cast on or before your next turn. The target is not considered flat-footed and therefore can make attacks of opportunity against you if you do not cast defensively.
At 6th level, you gain the ability to feint in combat as a move action instead of a standard action. If you have the Improved Feint feat, you can now feint in combat as a swift action.
Advanced Learning (Ex): At 3rd level, you can add a new spell to your list, representing the result of personal study and experimentation. The spell must be a sorcerer/wizard spell of the enchantment or illusion school and of a level no higher than that of the highest-level spell you already know. Once a new spell is selected, it is forever added to your spell list and can be cast just like any other spell on your list.
You gain another new spell at 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th level.
Silent Spell: At 5th level, you gain Silent Spell as a bonus feat.
Still Spell: At 10th level, you gain Still Spell as a bonus feat.

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Beguiler Spells
0-Level Beguiler Spells
Div   
Detect Magic: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
Read Magic: Read scrolls and spellbooks.
Ench   
Daze: Humanoid creature of 4 HD or less loses next action.
Evoc   
Dancing Lights: Creates torches or other lights.
Illu   
Ghost Sound: Figment sounds.
Tran   
Message: Whispered conversation at distance.
Open/Close: Opens or closes small or light things.
1st-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Undetectable Alignment: Conceals alignment for 24 hours.
Conj   
Mage Armor: Gives subject +4 armor bonus.
Obscuring Mist: Fog surrounds you.
Div   
Comprehend Languages: You understand all spoken and written languages.
Detect Secret Doors: Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft.
Ench   
Charm Person: Makes one person your friend.
Hypnotism: Fascinates 2d4 HD of creatures.
Rouse: Awakens creatures in area.
Sleep: Puts 4 HD of creatures into magical slumber.
Whelm: Deal 1d6 nonlethal damage +1d6/2 levels above 1st (max 5d6).
Illu   
Color Spray: Knocks unconscious, blinds, and/or stuns 1d6 weak creatures.
Disguise Self: Changes your appearance.
Silent Image: Creates minor illusion of your design.
Tran   
Expeditious Retreat: Your speed* increases by 30 ft.
2nd-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Vertigo: Subject creature must succeed on a DC 10 Balance check to move each round.
Conj   
Fog Cloud: Fog obscures vision.
Glitterdust: Blinds creatures, outlines invisible creatures.
Div   
Detect Thoughts: Allows listening to surface thoughts.
See Invisibility: Reveals invisible creatures or objects.
Ench   
Daze Monster: Living creature of 6 HD or less loses next action.
Stay the Hand: Change subject creature's attitude to helpful for 1 round.
Touch of Idiocy: Subject takes 1d6 points of Int, Wis, and Cha damage.
Whelming Blast: 15-foot cone deals 1d6 nonlethal damage /2 levels (max 5d6).
Illu   
Blinding Color Surge: Blind subject for 1 round, gain invisibility.
Blur: Attacks miss subject 20% of the time.
Hypnotic Pattern: Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of creatures.
Invisibility: Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks.
Minor Image: As silent image, plus some sound.
Mirror Image: Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 +1 per three levels, max 8).
Misdirection: Misleads divinations for one creature or object.
Silence: Negates sound in 15-ft. radius.
Tran   
Knock: Opens locked or magically sealed door.
Spider Climb: Grants ability to walk on walls and ceilings.
3rd-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Dispel Magic: Cancels magical spells and effects.
NondetectionM: Hides subject from divination, scrying.
Div   
Arcane Sight: Magical auras become visible to you.
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance: Hear or see at a distance for 1 min./level.
Ench   
Deep Slumber: Puts 10 HD of creatures to sleep.
Hesitate: Force subject to lose actions.
Hold Person: Paralyzes one humanoid for 1 round/level.
Inevitable Defeat: Subject takes 3d6 nonlethal damage/round.
Suggestion: Compels subject to follow stated course of action.
Illu   
Crown of Veils: Gain +2 to Disguise and Hide, discharge to gain +8.
Displacement: Attacks miss subject 50%.
Invisibility Sphere: Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible.
Legion of Sentinels: Ghostly swordsmen threaten a 10-foot radius, deal 1d8 damage +1/3 levels (max +5).
Major Image: As silent image, plus sound, smell and thermal effects.
Vertigo Field: Creatures have 20% miss chance and possibly become nauseated.
Zone of Silence: Keeps eavesdroppers from overhearing conversations.
Tran   
Glibness: You gain +30 bonus on Bluff checks, and your lies can escape magical discernment.
Halt: Subject's feet become stuck to the ground.
Haste: One creature/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves.
Slow: One subject/level takes only one action/round, -2 to AC and attack rolls.
4th-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Freedom of Movement: Subject moves normally despite impediments.
Whelm, Mass: 1d6 nonlethal damage/level (max 10d6) to 1 creature/level.
Conj   
Solid Fog: Blocks vision and slows movement.
Div   
Locate Creature: Indicates direction to familiar creature.
Ench   
Charm Monster: Makes monster believe it is your ally.
Confusion: For 1 round/level, subject will attack caster 10%, act normally 10%, babble 30%, flee 20%, attack nearest creature 30%.
Crushing Despair: Subjects take -2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.
Illu   
Greater Invisibility: As invisibility, but subject can attack and stay invisible.
Mirror Image, Greater: As mirror image*, but gain an additional image each round.
Phantom Battle: Illusion of battle flanks creatures and denies attacks of opportunity.
Rainbow Pattern: Lights fascinate 24 HD of creatures.
5th-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Break Enchantment: Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification.
Div   
Telepathic Bond: Link lets allies communicate.
Ench   
Dominate Person: Controls humanoid telepathically.
Feeblemind: Subjects Int and Cha drop to 1.
Hold Monster: As hold person, but any creature.
Mind Fog: Subjects in fog get -10 to Wis and Will checks.
Evoc   
Sending: Delivers short message anywhere, instantly.
Illu   
Friend to Foe: Make subject creature believe its allies are its enemies.
Seeming: Changes appearance of one person per two levels.
Tran   
Etherealness, Swift: Subject momentarily becomes ethereal.
6th-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Greater Dispel Magic: As dispel magic, but +20 on check.
RepulsionF: Creatures can't approach you.
Div   
True SeeingM: Lets you see all things as they really are.
Ench   
Mass Suggestion: As suggestion, plus one subject/level.
Illu   
Mislead: Turns you invisible and creates illusory double.
Shadow Walk: Step into shadow to travel rapidly.
Veil: Changes appearance of group of creatures.
7th-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Spell Turning: Reflect 1d4+6 spell levels back at caster.
Conj   
Phase Door: Creates an invisible passage through wood or stone.
Div   
Greater Arcane Sight: As arcane sight, but also reveals magic effects on creatures and objects.
Ench   
Mass Hold Person: As hold person, but all within 30 ft.
Power Word Blind: Blinds creature with 200 hp or less.
Illu   
Mass Invisibility: As invisibility, but affects all in range.
Project ImageM: Illusory double can talk and cast spells.
Tran   
Ethereal Jaunt: You become ethereal for 1 round/level.
8th-Level Beguiler Spells
Abjur   
Mind Blank: Subject is immune to mental/emotional magic and scrying.
Div   
Discern Location: Reveals exact location of creature or object.
Moment of Prescience: You gain insight bonus on single attack roll, check, or save.
Ench   
Demand: As sending, plus you can send suggestion.
Power Word Stun: Stuns creature with 150 hp or less.
Illu   
Scintillating Pattern: Twisting colors confuse, stun, or render unconscious.
Screen: Illusion hides area from vision, scrying.

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1 - Detect Undead

2 - Desecrate

3 - Animate Dead

4 - Death Ward

5 - Inflict Light Wounds, Mass

6 - Create Undead

7 - Control Undead

8 - Create Greater Undead

9 - Energy Drain

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Spells per Day/Spells Known: When a new level of nightcloak is gained, the character gains new spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) as if she had also gained a level in a spellcasting class to which she belonged before she added the prestige class. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (improved chance of turning or rebuking undead, metamagic or item creation feats, and so on). The level of nightcloak is added to the level of whatever other spellcasting class the character has, then spells per day, spells known, and caster level are determined accordingly.

If the character had more than one spellcasting class before she became a nightcloak, the player must decide to which class to add each level of nightcloak for the purpose of determining spells per day and spells known.

Might of Darkness (Ex): At 1st level, a nightcloak casts any spell with the darkness descriptor at +2 caster level.

Eyes of Night (Ex): When the nightcloak reaches 2nd level, her eyes become totally black, granting her darkvision to a 60-foot range. She can also see through magical darkness to a range of 10 feet with the same black-and-white vision that darkvision provides. The nightcloak also cannot be blinded by magical effects.

Shadow Talk (Su): At 4th level, a nightcloak gains the ability to communicate mystically through the shadows of the mind. As a free action, she can whisper short messages to other worshipers of her patron deity, and each such creature within 500 feet hears the message as a whisper in its mind. Observers can also hear the words if they are close enough to hear the nightcloak's actual whispers (a DC 15 Listen check if the listener is within 10 feet of the nightcloak, +1 per 5 feet beyond that). Shadow talk is a sonic, language-dependent effect.

True Lies (Sp): Beginning at 5th level, a nightcloak can reach into a creature's mind and modify its memories as if using the 4th-level bard spell modify memory (caster level equals nightcloak's character level; save DC 10 + 1/2 nightcloak's character level + nightcloak's Charisma modifier). This ability is usable once per day.

Grace of the Dark (Ex): Beginning at 7th level, the nightcloak can use the power of her mind to protect herself. She adds her Intelligence bonus (if any) to all saving throws.

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1: Allip
2: Allip
3: Allip
4: Spellstiched
5: Beguiler
6: Evolved
7: Half-Fiend
8: Evolved
9: Evolved
10: Half-fiend
11: Evolved
12: Evolved
13: Half-Fiend
14: Nightcloak
15: Nightcloak
16: Nightcloak
17: Nightcloak
18: Nightcloak
19: Nightcloak
20: Nightcloak

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Noxa was one of the first human wizards born on the material plane. He explored magic, pushed back boundaries, and found the Illithid in their deep caverns.

He was captured, his mind delved into and his body twisted. The Illithids used him as they used all who fell into their grasp, tortured to insanity and then devoured for power.

His soul fell swiftly to the nether realms, but the twisted nature of his remains prevented the fiends from absorbing him as usual. Instead, he attracted the attention of Orcus, who saw a potential servant instead of simple food and energy. The goat-headed god worked energy into Noxa, cementing his insanity into reality and granting him power beyond that of a simple human wizard. Soon, Noxa became a jester in Orcus' dark court - babbling away and weakening visages and deathmasters who made their way into Orcus' realm.

When the other demon princes and devil lords began planning their counterstroke against Thoon's minions, Orcus chose to send Noxa Cogitare back into the material realms.

[Nanshork]

Anybody feel like taking a look at my gear and double checking my gp math/making an suggestions for what to do with the rest of my money?

[SorO_Lost]

Anybody feel like taking a look at my gear and double checking my gp math/making an suggestions for what to do with the rest of my money?

I came up with 718,900 spent.

Ols does group initiative and I'm sitting at 1d20+25 so you can forgo worrying about that. You have FoM, what about Death Ward (DW)? I think you need higher Saves too, I don't think anything broke +25. Other than that... Hey I don't see any pants.

[Nanshork]

Anybody feel like taking a look at my gear and double checking my gp math/making an suggestions for what to do with the rest of my money?

I came up with 718,900 spent.

Ols does group initiative and I'm sitting at 1d20+25 so you can forgo worrying about that. You have FoM, what about Death Ward (DW)? I think you need higher Saves too, I don't think anything broke +25. Other than that... Hey I don't see any pants.

Okay, I redid my math and you had missed a single entry but I'd somehow been over ten thousand off so hopefully that's all fixed now.  Thanks.

Yeah, I'm not worried about initiative, I knew somebody else would take care of that.  I'm going to get the equivalent of Death Ward from a module (same basic concept as a soulmeld), the same with the ability to do force damage with my ranged weapon. 

Hmm, my saves seem comparable with the rest of the group's except for you and the Allip, but I guess 25 does seem a little low for a level 20 character.  I found a cheap way to bump them up by one.

I'm curious, where are you getting the good subtype?

[Raineh Daze]

Wonder if I can squeeze some sort of healing into mine. Maybe FoM. Weapon special properties, except maybe Bane, aren't really so handy for me, so I can just knock down the Grimoire for more funding. Hm.

[Frogman55]

Wonder if I can squeeze some sort of healing into mine. Maybe FoM. Weapon special properties, except maybe Bane, aren't really so handy for me, so I can just knock down the Grimoire for more funding. Hm.

I knew I had forgotten something. I've got fast heal 10, which is nice, but I need to come up with some sort of burst healing for emergencies.

I don't really have much cash handy, so a staff is really out (I could ask Os for an OK to make the beguiler into a Cha class instead of an Int class, but I like getting my Int to all my saves - it's worth keeping the way it is). I think the best way would be to get Harm into my spell list, which works because Destruction is an Orcus domain (at least in some of his fluff; Orcus has 3 different sets of domains that I can find, I guess I should officially check whether I can have the version of Orcus with both Destruction and Undead as domains).

But then I'll have to lose a feat. I can't lose Iron Will or Spell Focus (Enchantment), those are taxes for a PrC. I don't want to lose Empowered Ability Drain, Life Sense, Ghostly Grasp, Arcane Disciple (Undead). That leaves Versatile Spellcaster, Positive Energy Resistance, or Chain Spell. I'm inclined to lose chain spell - metamagic is just less useful for a spontaneous caster. Thoughts/suggestions?

[Nanshork]

Wonder if I can squeeze some sort of healing into mine. Maybe FoM. Weapon special properties, except maybe Bane, aren't really so handy for me, so I can just knock down the Grimoire for more funding. Hm.

I knew I had forgotten something. I've got fast heal 10, which is nice, but I need to come up with some sort of burst healing for emergencies.

I don't really have much cash handy, so a staff is really out (I could ask Os for an OK to make the beguiler into a Cha class instead of an Int class, but I like getting my Int to all my saves - it's worth keeping the way it is). I think the best way would be to get Harm into my spell list, which works because Destruction is an Orcus domain (at least in some of his fluff; Orcus has 3 different sets of domains that I can find, I guess I should officially check whether I can have the version of Orcus with both Destruction and Undead as domains).

But then I'll have to lose a feat. I can't lose Iron Will or Spell Focus (Enchantment), those are taxes for a PrC. I don't want to lose Empowered Ability Drain, Life Sense, Ghostly Grasp, Arcane Disciple (Undead). That leaves Versatile Spellcaster, Positive Energy Resistance, or Chain Spell. I'm inclined to lose chain spell - metamagic is just less useful for a spontaneous caster. Thoughts/suggestions?

If you take Harm I can have the ability to be healed by negative energy, I don't have much input beyond that though.  I'm not going to have any burst healing.

[Nanshork]

Edit: Nevermind, had an idea but don't want to pursue it.

Edit edit: Do we need group wide unlimited out of combat healing?

[Raineh Daze]

I'm a skillmonkey nuke, not really a monster. I cannot heal for shit. Or take much damage. And Rings of Regeneration are expensive and ridiculously bad.

I think everyone else is fine, just wondering what I can do about that.

[SorO_Lost]

I'm curious, where are you getting the good subtype?

Lesser Holy Transformation and the evil version is how I get my face-punching beard.

[Nanshork]

I'm a skillmonkey nuke, not really a monster. I cannot heal for shit. Or take much damage. And Rings of Regeneration are expensive and ridiculously bad.

I think everyone else is fine, just wondering what I can do about that.

Sounds like a no then (which works for me, it simplifies things a lot).

[Frogman55]

Yeah, I'm mostly just worried about healing for me because it can be tricky when you rely on negative energy. Fast heal was easy enough to pick up with all those templates and such to pick through, but sometimes 10/round just won't cut it.

Harm should work well, it's a good offensive spell too. The clearing conditions is kinda pointless, as I'm immune to pretty much everything there (there may be a few instances where I can be dazzled/dazed by a non-mind affecting or object affecting effect) but deafness.

I think I'll get rid of chain spell and just not worry about any metamagic. Hopefully if we all avoid metamagic cheese, then the bad guys will too. 

[SorO_Lost]

Hopefully if we all avoid metamagic cheese, then the bad guys will too. 

Venn has some method of a bunch of Dispel Magics should anything come up too.

[Raineh Daze]

I think I'll get rid of chain spell and just not worry about any metamagic. Hopefully if we all avoid metamagic cheese, then the bad guys will too. 

This is why I'm not preparing the 9th's. It would start a bad, bad arms race if I'm walking around with those things all the time. D:

Especially Disjunction. That's mostly an anti-AMF plan.

[Nanshork]

If we're playing "Os won't do bad things unless we do first" then SorO is going to open some of those doors anyway.   

[Raineh Daze]

If we're playing "Os won't do bad things unless we do first" then SorO is going to open some of those doors anyway.   

Well, that's the normal game. If we start doing dirty things, so do the enemies.

[VennDygrem]

I think I'll get rid of chain spell and just not worry about any metamagic. Hopefully if we all avoid metamagic cheese, then the bad guys will too. 

This is why I'm not preparing the 9th's. It would start a bad, bad arms race if I'm walking around with those things all the time. D:

Especially Disjunction. That's mostly an anti-AMF plan.

I've got that too. Kinda works as a panic button. I hope never to need to use it.