Skeletal Minion [Archive] - Wizards Community

Skeletal Minion [Archive] - Wizards Community

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dnddreamer
11-11-05, 02:20 AM I have a Cleric1/Necromaner1 in a game with another cleric. I have used the Skeletal Minion varient but ran into a problem with the other cleric.

When the other party cleric does a turn attempt...can my skeletal minion be turned also by him?
MJ the Prophet
11-11-05, 07:13 AM As an undead creature of its HD, yes, I would say. I can't recall if a cleric can choose which undead he turns. All of our clerics have just tried to get them all. :D
dnddreamer
11-11-05, 01:36 PM I can't recall if a cleric can choose which undead he turns. :D

I believe that is the main question to be answered for this. Anyone have any thoughts?
MJ the Prophet
11-11-05, 01:46 PM Range: You turn the closest turnable undead first, and you can’t turn undead that are more than 60 feet away or that have total cover relative to you. You don’t need line of sight to a target, but you do need line of effect.
Turning Check: The first thing you do is roll a turning check to see how powerful an undead creature you can turn. This is a Charisma check (1d20 + your Charisma modifier). Table: Turning Undead gives you the Hit Dice of the most powerful undead you can affect, relative to your level. On a given turning attempt, you can turn no undead creature whose Hit Dice exceed the result on this table.
Turning Damage: If your roll on Table: Turning Undead is high enough to let you turn at least some of the undead within 60 feet, roll 2d6 + your cleric level + your Charisma modifier for turning damage. That’s how many total Hit Dice of undead you can turn.
If your Charisma score is average or low, it’s possible to roll fewer Hit Dice of undead turned than indicated on Table: Turning Undead.
You may skip over already turned undead that are still within range, so that you do not waste your turning capacity on them. It appears to me that you turn the nearest undead that you have line of effect to. The only time you can skip over undead is if they have already been turned, so as not to waste it.
dnddreamer
11-13-05, 05:02 AM But I can bloster my skeletal minion with a rebuke that would have to make him roll higher than me if he is going to turn my blostered minion...right?
MJ the Prophet
11-13-05, 08:55 AM Bolstering Undead: An evil cleric may also bolster undead creatures against turning in advance. He makes a turning check as if attempting to rebuke the undead, but the Hit Dice result on Table: Turning Undead becomes the undead creatures’ effective Hit Dice as far as turning is concerned (provided the result is higher than the creatures’ actual Hit Dice). The bolstering lasts 10 rounds. An evil undead cleric can bolster himself in this manner.

I'd say yes.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
dnddreamer 11-11-05, 02:20 AM	I have a Cleric1/Necromaner1 in a game with another cleric. I have used the Skeletal Minion varient but ran into a problem with the other cleric. When the other party cleric does a turn attempt...can my skeletal minion be turned also by him?
MJ the Prophet 11-11-05, 07:13 AM	As an undead creature of its HD, yes, I would say. I can't recall if a cleric can choose which undead he turns. All of our clerics have just tried to get them all. :D
dnddreamer 11-11-05, 01:36 PM	I can't recall if a cleric can choose which undead he turns. :D I believe that is the main question to be answered for this. Anyone have any thoughts?
MJ the Prophet 11-11-05, 01:46 PM	Range: You turn the closest turnable undead first, and you can’t turn undead that are more than 60 feet away or that have total cover relative to you. You don’t need line of sight to a target, but you do need line of effect. Turning Check: The first thing you do is roll a turning check to see how powerful an undead creature you can turn. This is a Charisma check (1d20 + your Charisma modifier). Table: Turning Undead gives you the Hit Dice of the most powerful undead you can affect, relative to your level. On a given turning attempt, you can turn no undead creature whose Hit Dice exceed the result on this table. Turning Damage: If your roll on Table: Turning Undead is high enough to let you turn at least some of the undead within 60 feet, roll 2d6 + your cleric level + your Charisma modifier for turning damage. That’s how many total Hit Dice of undead you can turn. If your Charisma score is average or low, it’s possible to roll fewer Hit Dice of undead turned than indicated on Table: Turning Undead. You may skip over already turned undead that are still within range, so that you do not waste your turning capacity on them. It appears to me that you turn the nearest undead that you have line of effect to. The only time you can skip over undead is if they have already been turned, so as not to waste it.
dnddreamer 11-13-05, 05:02 AM	But I can bloster my skeletal minion with a rebuke that would have to make him roll higher than me if he is going to turn my blostered minion...right?
MJ the Prophet 11-13-05, 08:55 AM	Bolstering Undead: An evil cleric may also bolster undead creatures against turning in advance. He makes a turning check as if attempting to rebuke the undead, but the Hit Dice result on Table: Turning Undead becomes the undead creatures’ effective Hit Dice as far as turning is concerned (provided the result is higher than the creatures’ actual Hit Dice). The bolstering lasts 10 rounds. An evil undead cleric can bolster himself in this manner. I'd say yes.