A Role Reversed?

[Talic]

This is the thread that will be used for the Level 20 attempt by 2-3 Mage Slayers to try to kill a single Mage.

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Mage-slayers, please post characters.


Rules:
During this competition, I will attempt to incapacitate all mage-slayers, without succumbing myself, or being hit.

If I accomplish this without injury to myself, Mage wins.
If I accomplish this, but am hit, partial victory.
If I fail to accomplish this by the time I run out of spells, or I am slain, Mage-slayers win.
Any legal WotC Published 3.5 source is allowed, though, for fairness's sake, I am not using any spell with the words "Celerity" or "Shivering Touch" in their title.
All players may begin with any two spells cast (with a casting time no greater than 1 round), provided these two spells do not affect an opponent or target. These are the 2 round grace period "buff" spells, though they may be used for other non-offensive things as well, for example, summoning monsters and the like. The Mage slayers get these 2 spells free of charge, and are assumed to be cast with 1 and 2 rounds of the duration expended, respectively. They may be chosen from any core base class's spell list, including non-core sources. The mage is limited to spells he knows or has on scrolls. These are assumed to be cast by the mage, and will be deducted from his available spells. These spells will be spoilered, and not immediately viewable to opponents, though interaction may later reveal what they are.


Arena will be a 100x100x100 featureless room. It is assumed to be impenetrable and impassible from all sides, for as long as any creatures in opposition to one another are alive within it. Assume some sort of Dead magic/antimagic/dimension lock/wall of force/Sphere of annihilation of doom (on steroids), 10 feet past the stone walls on all sides. This is a harmless effect, unless one willingly attempts to transport out of it, in which case, the transporter is automatically slain.

[Solo]

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Hexadin

Hexblade 10/Paladin of Tyranny 2/Blackguard 3/Occult Slayer 5
-4 caster level

Bab: 20/15/10/5

Str 14/20 +5
Dex 14/20 +5
Con 14/20 +5
Int 10/16 +3
Wis 10/16 +3
Cha 26/32 +11

Base Saves:
Fort 9
Ref 5
Will 11
Cha mod x3 to saves, +3 to saves from Magical Defense, +5 Cloak of Resistance

Skills/Ranks:
Bluff 5
Concentration
Craft
Diplomacy +2 synergy
Handel Animal
Heal
Hide: 5 (10 ranks)
Intimidate +2 synergy
K. Arcana 14
K. Nobility and Royalty
K. Religion 2
Profession
Ride
Sense Motive
Spellcraft 15 +2 synergy


From Hexblade:
Greater Hexblade's Curse 3/day
Arcane Resistance
Mettle
Dark Companion

Spells:
Expeditious Retreat
Entropic Warding
Phantom Threat
Unseen Servant

Alter Self
Mirror Image
Resist Energy

Arcane Sight
Nondetection

Spells/day
1+3/1+3/0+3
Known:
4/3/2



From Paladin of Tyranny
Smite Good 1/day
Deadly Touch

From Blackguard
Dark Blessing
Aura of Despair
Smite Good 1/day
Spells: 1
Blade of Blood
Inflict Light Wounds


Occult Slayer:
Magical Defense +3
Weapon Bond 1d6
Mind over Magic 2/day (Spell turning)
Vicious Strike
Auravision
Nondetection Cloak
Blank Thoughts

10 Feats:
Combat Casting
Spell Penetration
Power Attack
Cleave
Improved Sunder
Improved Initiative
Weapon Focus
Battle Caster [Medium]
Combat Reflexes
Mage Slayer

Items:
760,000

Hand of Glory 8,000
Ring of Protection +5 50,000
Ring of Telekinesis 75,000
Ring of Freedom of Movement 40,000
Ring of Feather Falling 2,200
Handy Haversack 2,000
Hat of Disguise 1,800

Tome of Leadership and Influence +5 137,500
Winged Boots 16,000
Belt of Magnificience +6 200,000
Rod of Cancellation 11,000
Rod of Negation 37,000
Cloak of the Bat 26,000

Scarab of Protection 38,000
Potion of Enlarge Person 50
Gem of Seeing 75,000
Tanglefoot Bagx8 400

Ghost Touch(+2) Guisarm 8,000
Mithral Full Plate of Speed +1 Full Plate 26,500

Potion Lesser Restoration x5 1500
Potion of Displacementx2 1500
Potion of Cure Critical Wounds x10 7500
GMW +5 oil 3,000
Resist Energy (1 Fire, 1 Acid, 1 Cold, 1 Lightening, 1 Sonic) 30 5,500

22300 left

Spells I want: Greater Heroism, Greater Blink.

I choose to start at 18F.

We have found a witch, may we burn her?

[Solo]

Initiative: (1d20+9)[13]

[Reel On, Love]

This is going to be so utterly pointless and irrelevant to anything ever.

[Arakune]

This is going to be so utterly pointless and irrelevant to anything ever.

And yet, entertaining
What are the mage build?

[Turcano]

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Clodpool the Monastic Mage-Mangler

Human Hexblade 3/Monk 9/Occult Slayer 5/Cleric 1/Incarnate 2
Medium Humanoid (Human)
HD 15d8+5d10+80, hp 179
Init +11; Speed 60ft./x4
AC 39 (+8 armor, +7 Dex, +7 Wis, +5 deflection, +3 monk), touch 31, flat-footed 32
Base Attack/Grapple +16/+19
Full Attack +27/+22/+17/+12 (2d4+9 +1d6 vs. casters, 19-20/x2, +5 adamantine keen spiked chain)
SA & SQ: Armor restriction, elemental affinity (air & earth) (Ex), detect imbalance (Sp), smite extremist (Su), divine grace (Su), elemental burst (Su), hexblade's curse (Su), arcane resistance (Su), mettle (Ex), spontaneous casting, restricted spells, domains (pride, charm), turn undead (Su), AC bonus (Ex), flurry of blows (Ex), improved evasion (Ex), fast movement (Ex), still mind (Ex), ki strike (Su), slow fall 40 ft. (Ex), purity of body (Ex), wholeness of body, magical defense (Ex), weapon bond (Su), mind over magic (Su), vicious strike (Ex), auravision (Su), nondetection cloak (Su), blank thoughts (Ex)
Alignment N
Fort +28/+35, Ref +26/+33, Will +34/+41
Str 16 (+3), Dex 24 (+7), Con 19 (+4), Int 10 (+0), Wis 24 (+7), Cha 18 (+4)
Skills: Balance +20, Climb +9, Escape Artist +20, Jump +28, Knowledge (arcana) +7, Spellcraft +25, Spot +18, Tumble +23
Feats: Blind-Fight, Improved Trip, Combat Reflexes, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (spiked chain), Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Occult Opportunist, Mage Slayer, Pierce Magical Concealment, Pierce Magical Protection, Stunning Fist, Weapon Focus (spiked chain)

Important Equipment: +5 adamantine keen spiked chain (75,000 gp), Bracers of Armor +8 (64,000 gp), Cloak of Resistance +5 and (49,000 gp), Monk's Belt (13,000 gp), Gloves of Dexterity +6 (36,000 gp), Ring of Protection +5 (50,000 gp), Headband of Wisdom +6 and Health +6 (custom item, X2.5) (90,000 gp), Scarab of Protection (38,000 gp), Winged Boots (16,000 gp), Manual of Gainful Exercise +2 (55,000 gp), Manual of Quickness of Action +2 (55,000 gp), Manual of Bodily Health +2 (55,000 gp), Tome of Understanding +2 (55,000 gp), stone of good luck (20,000 gp), pale green ioun stone (20,000 gp), Ring of Freedom of Movement (40,000 gp), Potion of Cure Serious Wounds x4 (3,000 gp), rod of cancellation (11,000 gp), light crossbow and bolts (14,846 gp), Quiver of Elhonna (1,800 gp), 2 tanglefoot bags (100 gp), 8 thunderstones (240 gp)

Buffs: Indomitability, Greater Blink

I'll take 18N as my starting position.

By the by, this would be my first PBP experience. What's the markup for dice rolls?

[Talic]

I shall post mage build as soon as I fill in a few details... Namely, saving throws, skills, initiative mods, and attack bonuses. Spells, Items, stats, classes, and the like are already done.


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[roll]1d20+8[/roll]

That will roll 1d20 and add 8.

[roll]3d6+22[/roll]

While I hope such a damage roll isn't needed, this would be 3d6 and add 22 (Say, a large Greataxe +3, +10 strength modifier, and 2 points of power attack)

[Eldariel]

What kinds of Mage Slayers are actually allowed? Not another full caster, I understand, but what kinds of limitations are there for the martial character? Does it specifically need to use crappy classes like Occult Slayer or is any martial character good to go?

[Talic]

Maximum 3 mage slayers. Anything goes, provided the build does not get the ability to cast spells above 4th level. (HA! Bards get the shaft again!)

[Reel On, Love]

Somehow, mage slayers powering up with arcane buffs seems wrong.

[Talic]

Turcano stated in the inspiration thread that his build assumed that he was in a party, and would thus have access to some moderate buffs. The 2 buff is there to represent the max amount of time that a party caster would be able to reliably devote to buffing an ally.

Though they're welcome to choose divine spells.

Further, "Mage slayer" doesn't necessarily mean you slay all mages. You could just kill the bad demon-summony type, or the good, if-it-wasn't-for-those-meddling-kids-and-their-stupid-dog types. There's a bit of latitude.

[Talic]

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Silverbrow Human Sorceror 8/Frost Mage 10/Elemental Savant 1/Archmage 1
Point Buy: (32)
Humanoid (Cold Subtype)

Str: 8
Dex: 16 (22)
Con: 12
Int: 10
Wis: 8
Cha: 24 (30)

Feats:
Scribe Scroll
Piercing Cold
1) Frozen Magic
Flaw) Maximize Spell
Flaw) Spell Focus (Evocation)
Human) Energy Substitution (Cold)
3) Skill Focus (Spellcraft)
6) Spell Focus (Conjuration)
9) Accelerate Metamagic (Piercing Cold)
12) Practical Metamagic (Piercing Cold)
15) Practical Metamagic (Maximize Spell)
18) Accelerate Metamagic (Maximize Spell)
Feats from PrC: Piercing Cold

Abilities: Feather Fall 5x/day
Nat Armor +4
Flaw: Noncombatant, Murky-eyed

Saves: 6/11/16
BAB: +9/+4
Grapple: +8
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
MAB: +8
RAB: +15
Initiative: +6
AC: 20 (10 + 6 dex +4 Nat)

Spells Known: 9/5/5/4/4/4/3/3/3/3
Spells/Day: 6/9/9/8/8/8/7/7/7/7

Spells Known:
0: Resistance, Light, Ghost sound, Message, Mage Hand, Open/close, Prestidigitation, Detect Magic, Read Magic
1: True Strike, Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement, Grease, Lesser Orb of Cold, Conjure Ice Beast 1
2: Web, Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Gust of Wind, Resistance to Energy, Conjure Ice Beast 2
3: Haste, Fly, Blacklight, Slow, Conjure Ice Beast 3
4: Wall of Ice, Black Tentacles, Orb of Cold, Orb of Sound, Conjure Ice Beast 4
5: Wall of Force, Cloudkill, Telekinesis, Dominate Person
6: True Seeing, Antimagic Field, Disintigrate
7: Arcane Spellsurge, Forcecage, Ironguard
8: Polar Ray, Invisibility (Superior), Ghostform
9: Maw of Chaos, Crushing Hand, Time Stop, Frostfell

High Arcana: Mastery of shaping (lose: 1 level 6 spell slot)

Skills: Know (Arcana) 23 ranks - +23
Spellcraft 23 ranks - +23
Know (Planes) 23 ranks - +23

Items: Book Cha +1 (27.5 k)
Cloak Cha +6 (36 k)
Gloves Dex +6 (36 k)
Blindfold of True Darkness (9 k)
Belt of Battle (12 k)
Circlet of Rapid Casting (15 k)
Metamagic Rod (Quicken)
Lesser x 3 (105 k)
Medium x 2 (151 k)
Greater (170 k)
Metamagic Rod (Silent)
Greater x3 (73.5 k)
Metamagic Rod (Empower)
Medium x2 (65 k)

5 Scrolls, each containing:
Prismatic Sphere (19.125 k)
Reverse Gravity 1 (11.375 k)
Wall of stone x2 (11.250 k)
Ethereal Jaunt (11.375 k)

Handy Haversack (2 k)
Spell Materials and Focii totalling: 23.875k

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1) Wall of stone, 5 inches thick, occupying each of the 8 squares surrounding J2, to an elevation of 10 feet, and J2, elevation 10 feet only - From one of scrolls
Antimagic Field-Mastery of Shaping to exclude the 5 foot square at point of origin - cast from spell list

Tell me, apprentice slayers, do you have any idea how hard it is to challenge an experienced mage? All of my mage friends are casting their epic magic, and I can't find anything challenging enough to actually hurt me... Quite Frankly, it's embarassing being the only guy in the clubhouse that hasn't dropped a Hellball on an unsuspecting village. These fights aren't TEACHING me anything. As you are the only group that's assaulted my fortress who aren't total buffoons, I've let you in, as a test of my abilities. This room, specially designed to be unescapable and impervious to magicks designed to penetrate it, was placed to give you the confidence you need to face one of my caliber.

Young mage slayers, I've nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. And, to answer your questions, yes, I really did do everything that you've been sent to kill me for. Probably a few things that they haven't found out yet. Disintigrate does leave so few remains.

With that, a sphere of solid rock winks into existence in the squares surrounding the mage.

OOC: Not all abilities are listed currently on my sheet. As of the morning, when I get off work and add in the classial abilites for my only undefined PRC (Frost Mage), I'll be good to go. Darn not having access to frostburn at work.

For the 3rd slayer, don't look in my character spoiler until after your character is designed. Afterwards, my character spoiler is fair game, though my buff spoiler is not.

I'll see if I can pull in a guest ref. Any volunteers?

[Turcano]

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Okay, thanks.

My initiative: (1d20+11)[27]

Edit: Are we waiting for a fourth, or are we good to go now?

Also, can I see how big this stone sphere is from where I am, or do I need to make a Spot Check?

[Kurald Galain]

Maximum 3 mage slayers. Anything goes, provided the build does not get the ability to cast spells above 4th level. (HA! Bards get the shaft again!)

What about warlocks? E.g. you count an invocation as its equivalent spell level?

[Oslecamo]

Do you already have the 3rd mage slayer?

[Eldariel]

I asked to play one, but am still pending answer from Talic. Anyways, this is an in-character thread, so...

I'll edit my char into this post if I get a positive response. I've got the build almost ready, just having to adjust few feats and items.

[Lord Lorac Silvanos]

[Endless ramblings]

Lucky you are the BBEG, otherwise you would never have gotten away with that monologue.

OOC: Not all abilities are listed currently on my sheet. As of the morning, when I get off work and add in the classial abilites for my only undefined PRC (Frost Mage), I'll be good to go. Darn not having access to frostburn at work.

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Natural armor +4.
Cold subtype. Immunity to cold, vulnerability to fire.
Spells known for free:
- Conjure Ice Beast I-IV, Frostfell.
Piercing Cold feat and ability to bypass all cold resistance and immunities granted by magic.
BAB: +5
Saves: +3/+3/+7
Spells: +10 levels of existing class

Partial requirement: Knowledge arcane 8 ranks.

[Talic]

It's good to be bad, heh.

Skill Focus: Uninterruptable Monologue, for free! :D

Though, in fairness, the good guys usually get their pithy comments back.

[Talic]

Initiative for Mage: (1d20+6)[7]

No on warlock.

Based on what I can see of starting location thus far:

Stone sphere is visible in I1, I2, I3, J3, K3, K2, and K1. It extends upwards 10 feet, and appears to be domed at the top, covering J2 from above.

EDIT: Wow. This is why every wizard in existence uses Foresight + Celerity, kids.

[Solo]

Mirror Images: (1d4)[1]

[Eldariel]

I won't get to post my build for another couple of hours, it seems (something came up). If you're starting, I'll just drop out. If you have no trouble waiting, I'll of course play.

[Talic]

Turcano actually has ya beat on init, I think... Otherwise, carry on. I'll not use anything that the wizard doesn't have a way of finding out.

I'm good for waiting. I'm pretty sure you're all gonna beat my init. Set up your turns, and let me know when you're satisfied.

[Solo]

I'm going to refrain from doing anything until the other two either take an action or post their build, but when I do, I'm going to cast mirror Image and let it be remembered that I rolled a 1 on that.

[Turcano]

I won't get to post my build for another couple of hours, it seems (something came up). If you're starting, I'll just drop out. If you have no trouble waiting, I'll of course play.

I don't mind waiting. We honestly need all the help we can get.

[Kurald Galain]

No on warlock.

Okay. Actually that makes sense since a warlock is, essentially, a full-level if low-powered arcane caster.

I think what this contest needs is a good Tome of Battle build, but I lack the experience with that particular sourcebook to make one. So I'll just sit outside the sidelines, somehow immune to the sphere of annihilative doom, and start weaving a basket that reads "Go Mage!".

Craft (basketweaving) check: (1d20+8)[20]

[Solo]

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Turcano, get him!!!

If you want some light, I can get Daylight on you.

Out loud:

Young mage slayers, I've nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. And, to answer your questions, yes, I really did do everything that you've been sent to kill me for.

You mean to say that you have had sex with that woman?

[Turcano]

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Turcano, get him!!!

If you want some light, I can get Daylight on you.

*Whispers back*

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Do you really think that will help? It might be better to save that in case he uses magical darkness or something like that.

[Reel On, Love]

Craft (basketweaving) check: 20

Pfft. Amateur.

Craft(basketweaving) check: (1d20+6349)[6369]

[Turcano]

Okay, when this starts, I'm going to move to 10K and ready an action to avoid a spell with greater blink, due to a lack of anything better to do at this point.

[Solo]

*Whispers back*

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Do you really think that will help? It might be better to save that in case he uses magical darkness or something like that.

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How else are you going to grab him inside a dark sphere? We have to act now! We can't let him have more time!