Lyavel "Arashi"
2009-09-20, 07:30 PM
Okay, so I'm a DM running a demon-based campain. My players walked into a trap I had set for them, where they were surrounded by a large number of powerful demons in a room with no way out.
My players all agreed it'd be easier to just say they were captured to avoid wasting time on a futile battle, but two of them insisted stubbornly on playing it out.
They are now currently in the Abyss due to an Amulet of the Planes. The rest of the party is there too and I could easily have the destination of the plane shift be where I wanted them to go in the first place, but what's the fun in that?
So now for my question. I want an NPC that can do major damage, but only knock them out. I am aware of a prestige class in Complete Adventurer called Bloodhound who can turn lethal melee damage around so that it just sets them at -1. I also think it'd be appropriate for some levels in Mortal Hunter from Book of Vile Darkness, since both players are human and they're in the Abyss. That would require the NPC to be the outsider type. I'd also like Sneak Attack and other abilities that give more damage to attacks, since one of the players in question thrives on Sneak Attack damage, so I wanna beat him at his own game. That would require me to have abilities that allow me to hide in mid battle. Does anyone have any suggestions to which outsider race and what classes the hunter should be?
My players all agreed it'd be easier to just say they were captured to avoid wasting time on a futile battle, but two of them insisted stubbornly on playing it out.
They are now currently in the Abyss due to an Amulet of the Planes. The rest of the party is there too and I could easily have the destination of the plane shift be where I wanted them to go in the first place, but what's the fun in that?
So now for my question. I want an NPC that can do major damage, but only knock them out. I am aware of a prestige class in Complete Adventurer called Bloodhound who can turn lethal melee damage around so that it just sets them at -1. I also think it'd be appropriate for some levels in Mortal Hunter from Book of Vile Darkness, since both players are human and they're in the Abyss. That would require the NPC to be the outsider type. I'd also like Sneak Attack and other abilities that give more damage to attacks, since one of the players in question thrives on Sneak Attack damage, so I wanna beat him at his own game. That would require me to have abilities that allow me to hide in mid battle. Does anyone have any suggestions to which outsider race and what classes the hunter should be?