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Re: afroakuma's Planar Questions Thread! (You ask, I'll answer)
I'll jump on the Modron wagon and ask this question :
In the PC game Planescape : Torment there is an 8 level spell called Mechanus' Cannon. Aside from the cool visual effect it's a 1d6+1 / caster level (no save!) ray of pure Law. The Cannon is in Mechanus (duh) and the ray is delivered through a gate, hence the cool visuals. Is there any backing to this fluff? Is it... (dare I type it ?) canon ?If I'm a monk using lettuce as an Improvised Thrown Weapon, does that make me a salad-tosser ???Les Goblins Toxiques : A geek blog (in French) where I write about RPG, M:TG and such. Also has a podcast / radio show.RIP 2012 We had a great run but RL caught up with us!
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This Is Now The Modron Thread Stop You Will Be Incorporated Stop Resistance Is Futile Stop From This Day Forward You Will Service Primus Message Ends
(Apparently the forum disapproves of all-caps speak, so just pretend this reads like a telegram from Mechanus.)Last edited by willpell; 2013-01-29 at 11:16 AM.
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2013-01-29, 11:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: afroakuma's Planar Questions Thread! (You ask, I'll answer)
Never.
Is there a reason for the 17-centric timing, other than that this is the number of outer planes?
It's near-instantaneous. Call it one round if you'd like.
For example, if a squad (or whatever their units are called) of monodrones and a duodrone leader were fighting something, and the duodrone was killed before all the monodrones were, would one of them be promoted quickly enough to continue the battle?
That said, Primus is no fool. He doesn't waste effort on lost causes, and he doesn't delegate more force than would be orderly, but when something big is going on (like the March), promotions are swift and cover as many bases as is useful. When the One and the Prime thinks a bit of extra effort is called for, he can direct a higher modron's energy back into the pool and use the spare slot to do a remote promotion. You could encounter a squad of monodrones and duodrones that suddenly pop a pair of tridrones.
Actually, that makes me think of another question: What do modrons do about "healthcare"? Do modrons even need it? Do any of them even have any healing abilities to speak of?
Angels are powerful servants of gods and the cosmic good. They are messengers (hence the name) and protectors, watchers over all the planes. Angels perform service in surveying and intervening for good across multiple levels: devas watch over the Planes, solars watch over whole crystal spheres and no points for guessing what planetars watch over.
Angels may not look that different, but they are quite unique. Where archons have an aura of menace and are surrounded by a magic circle against evil, angels have a mighty aura of protection. Angels are more vulnerable to electricity, but have more resistances and immunities overall. As servants of the gods, angels go where they are directed by divine means and do not possess the inherent teleport ability of many exemplars, including archons, though devas can plane shift. Angels can change their form to blend in with those they protect, and several have been charged with the ability to raise dead, which is restricted among archons.
Are there any Angels less powerful than the Astral Daeva?
For another point of differentiation, look at the relative shapes of the two. Archons have many animal traits and are more often than not Large. Only three (four) kinds of archon have wings, one of which is an owl and one of which shapes its forearms into burning swords (and is also a giant). All angels have wings, and have solid-color skin of a metallic or enameled quality. They are essentially colored light wearing an artificial shell. Only the two most powerful are Large.
No. It is a cool spell though.Last edited by afroakuma; 2013-01-29 at 11:30 AM.
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2013-01-29, 11:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Silly question, but do mortals who live in the planes have templates? For example, are humans who live in Mount Celestia celestial humans?
I'm asking this because it might be easier to rationalize half-celestial mortals coming from the union between a celestial and a regular mortal than, say, between a mortal and a exemplar. Not that the latter shouldn't/wouldn't happen, but I guess they should be rarer.Metal Perfection - a template for creatures born on Mirrodin.
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2013-01-29, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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You wouldn't get a +4 LA half-celestial human from the mating of a +0 LA PMP human and a +2 LA celestial human; it'd be like pouring a cup of sugar into water and then finding two cups of sugar in the bottom. However it's entirely possible that your angel grampaw could have a half-celestial son who's your father, and you're a celestial human because of it, and only your kid would become Planetouched, since that's LA +1. And it'd be highly reasonable to say that the kid of a normal and a celestial might be first-generation Planetouched. (Personally I wouldn't recommend using the as-written celestial and fiendish templates, though; they're pretty bland and nowhere worth adding LA 2 on a human. I keep meaning to homebrew my own version.)
This is all speculation of course; Akuma will know whether there's any canonical basis for it.
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No, actually. There are certainly plenty of aasimar who have come home, and quite a few half-celestial whatnots, but perfectly mundane races have made lives on these planes too. In small numbers. Remember that the majority of people you come across in Celestia are quite a bit dead.
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That makes a LOT of sense, crunch-wise speaking. However, from the Celestial entry in the Monster Manual, we have the following:
Celestial creatures often come in metallic colors (usually silver, gold, or platinum). They can be mistaken for half-celestials, more powerful creatures that are created when a celestial mates with a noncelestial creature.
Ooooooh, got it! So one thing doesn't necessarily lead to other, right?Last edited by Larkas; 2013-01-29 at 12:27 PM.
Metal Perfection - a template for creatures born on Mirrodin.
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He's referring to the Celestial Creature template, and whether or not any creature native to an Upper Plane automatically gets it.
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Metal Perfection - a template for creatures born on Mirrodin.
True Ferocity - a simple fix for Orcs and Half-Orcs.
Monastic Magus - a spiritual successor to the Unarmed Swordsage.
Pathfinder-ish Synthesist - a simple fix making Synthesist Summoners follow polymorph rules.
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2013-01-29, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: afroakuma's Planar Questions Thread! (You ask, I'll answer)
As far as I know, Planescape had native humanoid inhabitants of the planes who didn't have any special abilities. But I also think they were like "second generation colonists".
Actually, I was wrong. Humans "native" to the planes and not a material plane can be summoned and banished and count as extraplanar beings for protection from evil spells.
In 3rd Edition, such characters should be "humanoid (extraplanar)" if I remember correctly, without need for a template.Last edited by Yora; 2013-01-29 at 01:10 PM.
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2013-01-29, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: afroakuma's Planar Questions Thread! (You ask, I'll answer)
Nope. Celestial creatures only resemble those of the Material Plane. Humans "native" to an Upper Plane don't have the template. Of course, celestial "humans" can also exist, which are humanlike descendants of celestial beings, so there's some confusion possible there. Similarly, there are celestial "halflings" on Celestia, celestial "dwarves" on Arcadia, celestial "elves" on Arborea and celestial "gnomes" on Bytopia. Fiendish "goblins," "orcs," "drow" and the like also exist in the Lower Planes.
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There's a nice article on the wizards website here that allows you to customize the half-fiend template. It can be easily adapted to the half-celestial as well.
EDIT: Whoops, misread your post.Last edited by 123456789blaaa; 2013-01-29 at 01:46 PM.
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If I'm a monk using lettuce as an Improvised Thrown Weapon, does that make me a salad-tosser ???Les Goblins Toxiques : A geek blog (in French) where I write about RPG, M:TG and such. Also has a podcast / radio show.RIP 2012 We had a great run but RL caught up with us!
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Metal Perfection - a template for creatures born on Mirrodin.
True Ferocity - a simple fix for Orcs and Half-Orcs.
Monastic Magus - a spiritual successor to the Unarmed Swordsage.
Pathfinder-ish Synthesist - a simple fix making Synthesist Summoners follow polymorph rules.
Sword & Sorcery for Sneaky Scoundrels - rogue archetypes/fixes that aim to turn the rogue into a warrior/caster.
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2013-01-29, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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In Fiendish Codex 2 it states that (in the case of fiendish sahaugin and fiendish kobolds) that those are actually what kobold and sahuagin souls devoted to the deities Kurtulmak and Sekolah turn into, after death.
It also has fiendish gnolls (but LE) be what Set's souls can get promoted to.Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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Metal Perfection - a template for creatures born on Mirrodin.
True Ferocity - a simple fix for Orcs and Half-Orcs.
Monastic Magus - a spiritual successor to the Unarmed Swordsage.
Pathfinder-ish Synthesist - a simple fix making Synthesist Summoners follow polymorph rules.
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Petitioners might vary from the standard petitioners seen in MoTP which are Outsiders.
Turning them back into mortals could be some kind of reward or punishment on the part of those deities.Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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Indeed.
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Re: afroakuma's Planar Questions Thread! (You ask, I'll answer)
Angels aren't Neutral Good; they can be any good.
And I believe there are at least two varieties that are less powerful than Astral Devas; Monadic Devas (those who keep guard of the Ethereal and Elemental Planes) and Movanic Devas (the weakest of the angels, whose job it is to protect the positive and negatives planes).
EDIT: Oh. Seems that I was reading an earlier part of the thread.Last edited by LOTRfan; 2013-01-29 at 05:14 PM.
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I think you've already answered this one, but what exactly lives on the Positive energy plane? Are there really immense gardens where souls grow on trees, protected by mighty constructs?
Cause that kind of place sounds pretty badass to me.Roll for it 5e Houserules and Homebrew
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Ashardalon's gotta feast on preincarnate souls somewhere.
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Probably not... but I cannot prove that there isn't.
Very few things, but see below.
Are there really immense gardens where souls grow on trees, protected by mighty constructs?
Cause that kind of place sounds pretty badass to me.
Apart from the glimmerskins, ravids and xag-ya, there are the spiritovores and an unusual race known as the lumi. Movanic devas survey the plane on occasion and try to spirit good-aligned creatures out of danger where possible.Need a place to hang? Like Discord? Don't mind dealing with a capricious demon lord? Then you're welcome to join our LGBTQ+ friendly, often silly, very geeky server to discuss food, music, video games, tabletop, and much more.
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So...Mister Afro...How done, In percentage, Are you with the Epic Post of Demogorgon?
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To expand upon this: Do Tarrasque actually worship anything? Or are they incapable of worshiping anything because of there inherent "love" (are they capable of love?) of destruction?
Under what circumstances does a creature become a Paragon of it's race? If 2 Advanced Super Awesome Dragons get it on will there clutch be Paragon Dragons?
This can be answered by anyone:
Would it be unfair to use the Paragon template outside of Epic Play to stat out Notorious Monsters (See FFXI) or super hunts or whatever you want to call it?Larloch, The Shadow King (w/ Ioun Stones) avatar by Iron Penguin
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The Paragon template is really nothing but Moar Numbers!!! (yes, the three exclamation points are mandatory). Paragon creatures are faster, tougher, smarter, and stronger than normal, but they do essentially the same things as their non-paragon counterparts and it's not really worth anywhere near the RAW +15 CR adjustment if your party is at all competent.
I'd say maybe a +5 CR would be more appropriate, and then mostly because of the extra CL and DCs for their SLAs; the incredible SR is a pain, beatstick monsters can be a lot more lethal if they surprise the PCs, and they can take down PC buffs, but golems already get Spell Immunity, beatsticks are easily countered past mid levels, and PCs should have plans for being debuffed anyway.Last edited by PairO'Dice Lost; 2013-01-29 at 08:28 PM.