Villainous Competition XX​II: I Am The Night!

[Buufreak]

...I just realized it was only over the PM limit, not the post limit, though. I could have just joined the PMs together.

Ah well.

No biggie. I'll get to work soon enough, just gotta finish cleaning my shed first.

[zergling.exe]

...I just realized it was only over the PM limit, not the post limit, though. I could have just joined the PMs together.

Ah well.

You could still stitch it together and delete one.

[Thurbane]

Well, my first VC entry since the Henchman round is out there. I'm relatively pleased with how it came out.

[PrismCat21]

I got one entry in. Another two I have written up, but couldn't type them up.
The other one I would have entered was an Anthropomorphic Snapping Turtle with various Weapon Masteries and maneuvers. :)

[Thurbane]

I got one entry in. Another two I have written up, but couldn't type them up.
The other one I would have entered was an Anthropomorphic Snapping Turtle with various Weapon Masteries and maneuvers. :)

Of course! Ninja Turtle! *facepalm*

I don't know why I didn't think of that...I actually have an NPC in my Campaign that is a Spellwarped Crucian Ninja.

PS Inevitability your inbox is full again.

[ben-zayb]

Had an idea for a Hebi-no-Onna (Sorcerer-stylr casting with a Wu-Jen list) Soulcaster, but got discouraged due to the way the thread is going, as it would likely just get lumped as a Naruto/Wizard instead of what the actual character could have been.

[Florian]

I wasn´t too satisfied how my build would develop in the later levels.
The CR 5 block I was aiming for did a good job at depicting what I wanted, with the Dark Creature Doppelgänger as a base, 2 levels of Shadowcaster,1 level of Mindspy ans some Shadow Hand stuff via feats, that gave of the creepy "mystic ninja" feeling I was aiming for.
The CR 10 block had more Mindspy and a 1 level dip of Bladedancer for the added agility and mobility.
Beyond that, t was just more levels of Shadowcaster and I found that totally unsatisfying, as it altered how the build would be used.

[Venger]

Well, my first VC entry since the Henchman round is out there. I'm relatively pleased with how it came out.

Congratulations. I have an inkling to which one it is. I'll see if I'm right after the reveal

Of course! Ninja Turtle! *facepalm*

I don't know why I didn't think of that...I actually have an NPC in my Campaign that is a Spellwarped Crucian Ninja.

PS Inevitability your inbox is full again.

I tried desperately not to do ninja turtle because I assumed everyone else would be doing it.

I wasn´t too satisfied how my build would develop in the later levels.
The CR 5 block I was aiming for did a good job at depicting what I wanted, with the Dark Creature Doppelgänger as a base, 2 levels of Shadowcaster,1 level of Mindspy ans some Shadow Hand stuff via feats, that gave of the creepy "mystic ninja" feeling I was aiming for.
The CR 10 block had more Mindspy and a 1 level dip of Bladedancer for the added agility and mobility.
Beyond that, t was just more levels of Shadowcaster and I found that totally unsatisfying, as it altered how the build would be used.

I ran into a similar problem while tooling around with shadow sun ninja. After a point, I just didn't feel like I was really putting my thumbprint on it.

[Inevitability]

Space has been made in the inbox again.

[Korahir]

Seems like I simply cannot submit without finding a little mistake after the reveal. Thurbane: congrats on submitting and good luck to you! Also I am happy to see two potential judges.

[ArendK]

Did I miss something? I thought the rough cap was around CR 20; unless my eyes are screwing with me, I'm seeing class levels up to the 30s. I love the entries though, so I'm not actually upset about it. Just confused.

[Inevitability]

Did I miss something? I thought the rough cap was around CR 20; unless my eyes are screwing with me, I'm seeing class levels up to the 30s. I love the entries though, so I'm not actually upset about it. Just confused.

A lot of these 'class levels' are probably RHD, though, which is largely unrelated to CR.

[Deadline]

A lot of these 'class levels' are probably RHD, though, which is largely unrelated to CR.

More to the point, most types of Racial Hit Dice (RHD) do not translate on a 1 to 1 basis into CR.

[daremetoidareyo]

I was specking out an evolved skin kite by adding a bunch of grapple boosters and ambush tactics. I was going to make a bunch of "ninjas" based on that. But it wouldn't play like a ninja as much as it would as a horror campaign arc. On the plus side, I have this skin kite ready to send against my players.

[The Viscount]

I was specking out an evolved skin kite by adding a bunch of grapple boosters and ambush tactics. I was going to make a bunch of "ninjas" based on that. But it wouldn't play like a ninja as much as it would as a horror campaign arc. On the plus side, I have this skin kite ready to send against my players.

I would have liked to see that. The proudest and most iconic of ninja techniques is the ninja kite.

[GrayDeath]

What, nobody did a Ninja Turtle?

And we are past the powerful number too! Inconceiveable!!

[arclance]

My only thought for this time was "Body Outside Body".
That's not really a complete build and I don't have time to make it into one.

[Buufreak]

I am now sad I didn't think to create Ninja Brian for this... If ever there was an opportunity, I missed it.

[Deox]

At first glance, I instantly thought of an old gestalt concept I had; a play on 'The Batman'. The Wombat.

Feral Whisper Gnome, using Shadow Cloak Knight racial sub levels and a Brass Steed as the Wombat Mobile.
Couldn't really seem to make it all fit here though.

[Telonius]

I think this may have been eaten in the inbox issues, so I'll just ask here - for Arukōru no Honō, could you please point me to the source on Past Life Unique Ability? This is one I haven't heard of, and Google is being no help. (Send it on to the chairman when you get a chance).

[Venger]

I think this may have been eaten in the inbox issues, so I'll just ask here - for Arukōru no Honō, could you please point me to the source on Past Life Unique Ability? This is one I haven't heard of, and Google is being no help. (Send it on to the chairman when you get a chance).

Great question. While we're at it, here's a link to the epic destinies he took

[remetagross]

I had a half-baked idea around a Swiftblade, what with all the incredible miss chances this class gives, like all lightning fast ninjas :)
By the way, this round made me discover the Ninja of the Crescent Moon class, which was featured once or twice in the builds. What a powerhouse of a class, be it from a Rogue or from a Monk's point of view!

[SoraWolf7]

Man, no wonder I didn't see Ninja of the Crescent Moon. I was paying too much attention to stuff that didn't get updated from 3.0 edition. That's such a good class for Ninjas or ninja-wannabes.

[Palanan]

Originally Posted by daremetoidareyo
I was specking out an evolved skin kite by adding a bunch of grapple boosters and ambush tactics. I was going to make a bunch of "ninjas" based on that. But it wouldn't play like a ninja as much as it would as a horror campaign arc. On the plus side, I have this skin kite ready to send against my players.

You know, I would love to see this, because it would fit perfectly in my campaign. Would you be willing to share the build?

[Inevitability]

I think this may have been eaten in the inbox issues, so I'll just ask here - for Arukōru no Honō, could you please point me to the source on Past Life Unique Ability? This is one I haven't heard of, and Google is being no help. (Send it on to the chairman when you get a chance).

It's apparently from the second DMG, from the section of unique NPC abilities.

[AvatarVecna]

My build (which unfortunately I couldn't really get working right and wouldn't have done well anyway) was gonna be something like Dark Whisper Gnome Rogue 2/Artificer 18. Intention was to make a character who crafts their own items by stealing from evil aristocrats and dragons and the like and using it to enact a campaign of brutal vigilante justice across the kingdom, very intentionally going for a "Batman turned bad" vibe in both mechanics (I had a customizable utility belt more or less planned out for each of the showcase levels) and in personality/behavior/playstyle. Research your opponents, never go in blind, always be ten steps ahead of everybody else, don't let them ever know you were there until well after you're gone. I found a lot of really neat spells to bring in as either limited-use items, consumable items, or just straight up continuous items.

Of course, for multiple reasons, the build was expected to tank on Elegance (was thinking of throwing a second template on there, had some cross-world feats in the same build, the Rogue dip that's mechanically necessary and important to the fluff but is still a dip, etc), and I know judges would'v given me flack for a major dependency on items.

[remetagross]

Too bad AvatarVecna, that seemed kinda awesome :)

[Nodsiu]

Funny how the best ones never get submitted

[Telonius]

It's apparently from the second DMG, from the section of unique NPC abilities.

Got it, thanks!

[Telonius]

Three builds judged, will start on the fourth tomorrow. Sorry this is taking longer than usual, I've failed a Fort save against some sort of horrible plague over the last few days.