A Couple of Questions... [Archive] - Wizards Community

A Couple of Questions... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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The Mighty Rex
12-11-05, 08:52 PM A couple of questions, both coming out of my game last night. First, my group ran into a pair of Basiliks. I had expected them to hightail it outta there, but, of course, they decided to fight it out. Their tactic was to use invisibility spells on themselves, and sneak into position to take out the basiliks before the monsters can hit them with their gaze attack. My question is this: does invisibility negate the gaze attack? In otherwords, does the beast actually have to see you to petrify you, or would it turn you to stone just by looking in your direction?

Along the same lines, what effect would a darkness spell have?

My second questions also comes from my game last night. In one room the characters were attacked by a swarm of stirges. According to the MM, stirges only need to hit on a touch attack. This seems backwards to me, as it penalizes a player with heavy armor. It seems to me that someone in plate mail and a shield would have little to fear from a stirge, yet the opposite is true, he's dead meat. Anyone else run into this problem?

Rex
celtredleg
12-11-05, 09:33 PM Its a gaze, not a glance. It it just required looking at something for a monment, then they could sweep their eyes across a group and get everybody. Also, there seems to be a requirement for them to want to turn something to stone, else everything around them would be stone, and they would be very hungery.
Jalathas
12-11-05, 09:41 PM About the stirges, as the SRD says:
A stirge attacks by landing on a victim, finding a vulnerable spot, and plunging its proboscis into the flesh. This is a touch attack and can target only Small or larger creatures.
So they would find a seam in the armor and attack though it. That's why the armor doesn't help.

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The Mighty Rex 12-11-05, 08:52 PM	A couple of questions, both coming out of my game last night. First, my group ran into a pair of Basiliks. I had expected them to hightail it outta there, but, of course, they decided to fight it out. Their tactic was to use invisibility spells on themselves, and sneak into position to take out the basiliks before the monsters can hit them with their gaze attack. My question is this: does invisibility negate the gaze attack? In otherwords, does the beast actually have to see you to petrify you, or would it turn you to stone just by looking in your direction? Along the same lines, what effect would a darkness spell have? My second questions also comes from my game last night. In one room the characters were attacked by a swarm of stirges. According to the MM, stirges only need to hit on a touch attack. This seems backwards to me, as it penalizes a player with heavy armor. It seems to me that someone in plate mail and a shield would have little to fear from a stirge, yet the opposite is true, he's dead meat. Anyone else run into this problem? Rex
celtredleg 12-11-05, 09:33 PM	Its a gaze, not a glance. It it just required looking at something for a monment, then they could sweep their eyes across a group and get everybody. Also, there seems to be a requirement for them to want to turn something to stone, else everything around them would be stone, and they would be very hungery.
Jalathas 12-11-05, 09:41 PM	About the stirges, as the SRD says: A stirge attacks by landing on a victim, finding a vulnerable spot, and plunging its proboscis into the flesh. This is a touch attack and can target only Small or larger creatures. So they would find a seam in the armor and attack though it. That's why the armor doesn't help.