CotSQ DMs/Rules Lawyers: I could use your help. [Archive] - Wizards Community

CotSQ DMs/Rules Lawyers: I could use your help. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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J. Grenemyer
05-22-04, 02:42 PM Hi,

I am currently running CotSQ for a 3.5 Realms Campaign and have come across a few rules situations for which I could use the FR community’s help.

NOTE: These questions are all spoilers for the adventure, so if you are playing it right now it might be best not to read any further.

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My questions are:

Irae’s Blast Infidel ability effectively Maximizes all negative-energy-using spells she casts vs. Lawful Good creatures. The Weave Disruption caused by the Undying Temple enhances all spells that use negative energy as if the Empower Spell feat were applied to them. In your opinion, should these effects stack?
Silveraiths have as their means of melee attack the ability to make an incorporeal touch attack that functions as an Inflict Serious Wounds spell. Can this ability be used by a Silveraith as an effectively unlimited means of healing both itself and other undead?

Thanks in advance!

:D
Autosponge
05-22-04, 08:02 PM 1. Yes.
2. I don't see why not.
Rathendar
05-23-04, 02:47 AM yes they stack, but in the specific examples used in teh past, the empowered damage is not itself maximised.

aka the blast infidel does max damage, plus you roll half of it as the empower.
J. Grenemyer
05-23-04, 02:40 PM Thanks Guys!

:D
magekiller
05-24-04, 09:49 PM Is the BBEC (big bad evil chick) of Kiransalee in CotSQ undead or is she still alive?

'tanks
J. Grenemyer
05-25-04, 02:36 AM Originally posted by magekiller
Is the BBEC (big bad evil chick) of Kiransalee in CotSQ undead or is she still alive?

Hello,

Do you mean in my own campaign, or in the adventure?

:D
magekiller
05-25-04, 03:20 AM How about both:

In the adventure and in your campaign.

'tanks agin.
magekiller
05-27-04, 07:08 AM *bump*

can anyone anyone answer this for me?

Is she undead in the book?

thank you
Cunning Linguist
05-27-04, 09:13 AM She's alive in the adventure.. but I'm thinking of giving her a undead template of some sort.. she seems somewhat weak.. Might also want to use a new statline for her.
magekiller
05-27-04, 09:20 AM K, thanks.

follow-up question. does that kirensalee PrC in the PGtF require the character to be undead?
Bocklin
05-27-04, 12:33 PM Hi!

No, it does not require the character to be an undead. On the contrary even: you have to have a feat that is intended for living creatures ("Lichloved" from the BoVD).

The catch is that, by recreating Irae with that specific PrC, she would not meet the requirements to research an Epic spell as she does in the adventure... (she would not have enough Caster Levels).

Of course the DM could rule that her Necromancer and Cleric Levels stacking for necromancy spells could also be taken into account for developping THIS one given spell (which is a paramount of Necromancy, really).

Bocklin
Mumm-Ra
05-27-04, 12:40 PM But even Irae in the adventure does not have the prerequisites to cast epic spells.
Sghe needs 24 RANKS in knowledge religion and 9th lvl spells. As a lvl 20 character, she is missing one rank in knowldege religion to qualify.
And, although she is ECL 22 and may pick up epic feats, she hasn't had the opportunity to pick them up yet (last character level feat she got is lvl 18, which would be ECL 20 and just shy of the level required to qualify for an epic feat).
Cunning Linguist
05-27-04, 12:44 PM You can always just slap on a few exstra level.. it's the last fight of a really long adventure, as a DM I want more bang for my buck as she is the last monster and all.
J. Grenemyer
05-27-04, 02:42 PM Hi magekiller,

Originally posted by magekiller
How about both: In the adventure and in your campaign.

Sorry about not answering you right away (got distracted by the hulabaloo over the new Rules of the Game article on Polymorph...)

In my campagn she is not Undead, but mortal. Also, I've upped the ante with this adventure by increasing Class Levels and HD for all the creatures in it, since my players are already at 19th level. (Speaking of which, I've got upgraded 3.5 stats for Duneth Whaeril, the Arachnoid Grey Render [god that thing's deadly!] as well as Maur Giants [from the Underdark sourcebook] if anyone wants them).

Thus I'm planning on upgrading Irae to a CR of 23 or so by adding Cleric Class levels and bypassing the Yathrinshee PrC entirely.

:D
magekiller
05-27-04, 03:13 PM I am confused, lack of sleep-sorry-, she is human in the CotSQ book but in your campaign, she is Undead?
Rathendar
05-27-04, 03:45 PM in the module she is alive, and he said that in his version she was alive as well.
Bocklin
05-27-04, 05:06 PM Originally posted by magekiller
I am confused, lack of sleep-sorry-, she is human in the CotSQ book but in your campaign, she is Undead?

Actually, (in the book) she is a Drow, and a living one that is...

;)

Bocklin

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
J. Grenemyer 05-22-04, 02:42 PM	Hi, I am currently running CotSQ for a 3.5 Realms Campaign and have come across a few rules situations for which I could use the FR community’s help. NOTE: These questions are all spoilers for the adventure, so if you are playing it right now it might be best not to read any further. * * * Spoiler Space * * * My questions are: Irae’s Blast Infidel ability effectively Maximizes all negative-energy-using spells she casts vs. Lawful Good creatures. The Weave Disruption caused by the Undying Temple enhances all spells that use negative energy as if the Empower Spell feat were applied to them. In your opinion, should these effects stack? Silveraiths have as their means of melee attack the ability to make an incorporeal touch attack that functions as an Inflict Serious Wounds spell. Can this ability be used by a Silveraith as an effectively unlimited means of healing both itself and other undead? Thanks in advance! :D
Autosponge 05-22-04, 08:02 PM	1. Yes. 2. I don't see why not.
Rathendar 05-23-04, 02:47 AM	yes they stack, but in the specific examples used in teh past, the empowered damage is not itself maximised. aka the blast infidel does max damage, plus you roll half of it as the empower.
J. Grenemyer 05-23-04, 02:40 PM	Thanks Guys! :D
magekiller 05-24-04, 09:49 PM	Is the BBEC (big bad evil chick) of Kiransalee in CotSQ undead or is she still alive? 'tanks
J. Grenemyer 05-25-04, 02:36 AM	Originally posted by magekiller Is the BBEC (big bad evil chick) of Kiransalee in CotSQ undead or is she still alive? Hello, Do you mean in my own campaign, or in the adventure? :D
magekiller 05-25-04, 03:20 AM	How about both: In the adventure and in your campaign. 'tanks agin.
magekiller 05-27-04, 07:08 AM	bump can anyone anyone answer this for me? Is she undead in the book? thank you
Cunning Linguist 05-27-04, 09:13 AM	She's alive in the adventure.. but I'm thinking of giving her a undead template of some sort.. she seems somewhat weak.. Might also want to use a new statline for her.
magekiller 05-27-04, 09:20 AM	K, thanks. follow-up question. does that kirensalee PrC in the PGtF require the character to be undead?
Bocklin 05-27-04, 12:33 PM	Hi! No, it does not require the character to be an undead. On the contrary even: you have to have a feat that is intended for living creatures ("Lichloved" from the BoVD). The catch is that, by recreating Irae with that specific PrC, she would not meet the requirements to research an Epic spell as she does in the adventure... (she would not have enough Caster Levels). Of course the DM could rule that her Necromancer and Cleric Levels stacking for necromancy spells could also be taken into account for developping THIS one given spell (which is a paramount of Necromancy, really). Bocklin
Mumm-Ra 05-27-04, 12:40 PM	But even Irae in the adventure does not have the prerequisites to cast epic spells. Sghe needs 24 RANKS in knowledge religion and 9th lvl spells. As a lvl 20 character, she is missing one rank in knowldege religion to qualify. And, although she is ECL 22 and may pick up epic feats, she hasn't had the opportunity to pick them up yet (last character level feat she got is lvl 18, which would be ECL 20 and just shy of the level required to qualify for an epic feat).
Cunning Linguist 05-27-04, 12:44 PM	You can always just slap on a few exstra level.. it's the last fight of a really long adventure, as a DM I want more bang for my buck as she is the last monster and all.
J. Grenemyer 05-27-04, 02:42 PM	Hi magekiller, Originally posted by magekiller How about both: In the adventure and in your campaign. Sorry about not answering you right away (got distracted by the hulabaloo over the new Rules of the Game article on Polymorph...) In my campagn she is not Undead, but mortal. Also, I've upped the ante with this adventure by increasing Class Levels and HD for all the creatures in it, since my players are already at 19th level. (Speaking of which, I've got upgraded 3.5 stats for Duneth Whaeril, the Arachnoid Grey Render [god that thing's deadly!] as well as Maur Giants [from the Underdark sourcebook] if anyone wants them). Thus I'm planning on upgrading Irae to a CR of 23 or so by adding Cleric Class levels and bypassing the Yathrinshee PrC entirely. :D
magekiller 05-27-04, 03:13 PM	I am confused, lack of sleep-sorry-, she is human in the CotSQ book but in your campaign, she is Undead?
Rathendar 05-27-04, 03:45 PM	in the module she is alive, and he said that in his version she was alive as well.
Bocklin 05-27-04, 05:06 PM	Originally posted by magekiller I am confused, lack of sleep-sorry-, she is human in the CotSQ book but in your campaign, she is Undead? Actually, (in the book) she is a Drow, and a living one that is... ;) Bocklin