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2019-01-23, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-01-23, 01:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
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2019-01-23, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-01-23, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Mage avatar by smutmulch & linklele.
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2019-01-23, 01:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Immune to mind-affecting effects, including patterns (illusions that have a specific effect on those who see them) and phantasms (illusions that exist solely in the mind of the victim, which most people can't see). Not at all the same thing. Not anything that would matter to a figment, like Silent Image.
Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2019-01-23, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-23, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 09:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2019-01-24, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Invisibility is an illusion spell, as well.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-01-24, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Undead are immune to some illusions - mind-affecting ones (phantasms, patterns) but not all.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/typesSubtypes.htm#undeadType
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverv...s.htm#illusion
Invisibility is a glamer "deceive the senses" not "deceive the mind" - so it works.Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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2019-01-24, 11:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I believe I am getting quite intimately familiar with those rules by now.
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2019-01-24, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
After Malack had tea with Durkon, I predicted Malack was secretly an (1) evil (2) vampire that would (3) vamp Belkar someday.
That is about as beautiful a near miss as it gets, as Malack literally had his fangs in Belk's neck at one point.
Whether Malack was evil or not was a fun controversy, as some agreed and some disagreed -- the death is not necessarily evil argument seemed really worked its magic on some Readers. (Hats off to the Giant!)
Whether Malack was a vampire, I was a lone voice against many on that one.
Whether Belkar would be vamped, some saw a degree of appeal based on the prophecy, but Malack being a vampire was just a guess too far.I owe Peelee 5 Quatloos. But I am going double or nothing that Durkon will be casting 8th level spells at the big finale.
I bet Goblin_Priest 5 quatloos that Xykon does not know RC has the phylactery at this point in the tale (#1139).
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of Belkar...so close!
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of goblinkind!
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2019-01-24, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Last edited by Fyraltari; 2019-01-24 at 12:36 PM.
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2019-01-24, 12:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Last edited by Peelee; 2019-01-24 at 12:51 PM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-01-24, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 01:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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I wish that were the case. My recollection is there were a number of hangers on with the position in the neighborhood of: "I still think Malack may be LN, since no one can prove that Malack is evil based on things like ideas about the future. After all, he only eats the guilty, and that seems like argument that is LN enough to me."
But as predictions go, timing matters. Mine was made immediately after 737: Comparative Mythology. Malack's reveal about his plans to honor Nergal is quite a ways later.I owe Peelee 5 Quatloos. But I am going double or nothing that Durkon will be casting 8th level spells at the big finale.
I bet Goblin_Priest 5 quatloos that Xykon does not know RC has the phylactery at this point in the tale (#1139).
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of Belkar...so close!
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of goblinkind!
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2019-01-24, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
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2019-01-24, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 01:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-01-24, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Did you miss the "didn't see coming" part? The trick to defeating superior firepower is attacking an unsuspecting ennemy.
Take it from a professional.
Obviously most of this does not apply to D&D wizards, but some does.Forum Wisdom
Mage avatar by smutmulch & linklele.
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2019-01-24, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
As someone who has played PC spellcasters, you do not need to counter them in the most direct sense. If you can disrupt their Line of Sight, they cannot efficiently lay down their AoE spells without stepping forward where they might get hit. Of course, they can choose to hang back in a place of safety, but that means either using their spells slots less efficiently and/or watching their buddies having fun carving up the enemy (or perhaps hearing their cries for help as they get beaten while the wizard picks his nose).
Walls and fogs and web and darkness do not stop the PCs in general or the wizard in particular. But they do slow down the wizard in an important way for a round or two, and it can be accomplished with low level spells. And, of course, the objective of the DM is not to stop PCs from their preferred hyper-optimized modes of fighting, but to have options that can push individual PCs out of their comfort zone for some combats, to force them to adjust tactics on the fly.I owe Peelee 5 Quatloos. But I am going double or nothing that Durkon will be casting 8th level spells at the big finale.
I bet Goblin_Priest 5 quatloos that Xykon does not know RC has the phylactery at this point in the tale (#1139).
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of Belkar...so close!
Using my Bardic skills I see the fate of goblinkind!
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2019-01-24, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-24, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I'd like to think that was an intentional joke at the expense of everyone who desperately wants Belkar to live through the prophecy that foretold his death.
I've never been so unlucky as to have a family member skinned and turned into armor (one of the benefits of having shiny scales), but I still feel that was an awesome moment.
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2019-01-24, 08:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
In Chapter 465
When Tsukiko says that she's gonna raise a Powerfull undead, that'll be mean, strong and have Black and Red armor.
Then passes next the PSycho Fallen paladin Miko corpse.
Then she's like "Nah i need both parts( even though a few panels prior to that we see the rest of her body be like 12 feets away), plus it would be that strong anyways"...
I really thought that she would have been raised as and Undead Knight/Dark Paladin/Anti-Paladin, but nope, expectations not met.
Even though in retrospect, i kinda see why not, since it was a really annoying character( not like THE character or the writting, but her personallity was just...ugh...)
Still would like to see some Dark Paladin some day...