This is the Necromancy article we've been waiting for. The downside is that there's no rituals. The upside is that it's got a bunch of new powers for Avengers, Bards, Clerics, Shamans, Swordmages, Warlocks (Dark and Infernal), and Wizards, across a variety of levels, lots with Necrotic damage. It also includes the Summoning keyword, because a few of the powers have it (and therefore are powers which can summon monsters into the fight), including powers for both Clerics (Summon Black Reaper) and Wizards (Animate Dead)!
I like most of these but Sealing Deaths Door seems extremely powerful. It makes anyone in the zone unkillable including the caster.
The only way to kill the party then would be to stun / dominate / petrify the cleric, thus impeding him to sustain.
That or else to drop them to hit points so low they would just all die once the combat ended.
The only way to kill the party then would be to stun / dominate / petrify the cleric, thus impeding him to sustain.
That or else to drop them to hit points so low they would just all die once the combat ended.
Movement effects can also take someone out of the zone and cause them to succumb to whatever stage of death they should be at
The only way to kill the party then would be to stun / dominate / petrify the cleric, thus impeding him to sustain.
That or else to drop them to hit points so low they would just all die once the combat ended.
Wasn't there a Warlord Epic Destiny that did sort of the same thing? And it happened to be always active.
Wasn't there a Warlord Epic Destiny that did sort of the same thing? And it happened to be always active.
Unyielding Company stopped working if the warlord was reduced to less than 1 hit point, and allies still had to make death saving throws and could die as a result of failed death saves.
I'm guessing you can summon more than one creature in the same fight no?
I'm not sure, but I think so. IIRC though, for every summoned creature of yours that dies, you lose a healing surge for the day. Plus, since summoned creatures have no actions of their own, and therefore have to use your actions, it's probably tough to justify having more than one or maybe two summoned creatures at a time, so no hordes of summoned creatures (unless those hordes are treated as a single creature, like a swarm).
Each summoned creature takes opportunity actions on its own though, right?
It uses your opportunity action. That limits it to one per creature's turn. If you had two summoned creatures and an enemy provoked from both of them, you would only get to make one attack.