Are there any other ideas yall can think of? I am currently looking through the master of many forms bible.
Perhaps will-o-wisp and war troll?
Carnevus + hydra = lulz.
This it turns out is GM dependent....
see post below for more silly that is better.One second, I will bring tasty things in exchange for purging the dishonor!
Looks like I'll just have to live with the shame, but spellweaver (pg187, MMII) is pretty neat!
We are of one mind! As RAW, the spellweaver does not really benefit from more armz unless you use sanctum spell cheese and love above all else level one spells. But RAI mileage may vary.
Hey don't diss level 1 spells. (Magic Missile+Knowledge Devotion)*5 Missiles*6 castings, equals 210 to 300 damage with an average of 255. This is force damage, with no attack roll, no save, attacking anybody in medium range.
And you still get your swift action spell/spells.
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On a similar note of absolute damage dealing insanity, I direct your attention to monster manual (p 155-157) where the hydra's special powers are detailed
-fast healing equal to 10 + original number of heads
-growing 2 new heads when one is severed in 1d4 rounds unless the stump is damaged with acid or fire/ice (I will come back to this)
-combat reflexes enabling it to use all its heads for AoO
there are also 2 variations, cryohydras and pyrohydras which are the same but have the corresponding breath weapon usable once every 1d4 rounds for 3d6 points of damage per head. the pyro/cryo hydras are immune to the corresponding damage type for sealing their stumps, so pick pyro if you're less likely of running into people/monsters who can deal cold damage in your campaign and vica versa
however, here is where I come to the infinite variety.
it allows use of any extraordinary ability of a second monster
I direct your attention to heroes of horror (p 147-149)
the dusk giant.
the ability you care about for the purposes of this exercise is "cannibalize"
which allows you to add 1 hd to yourself for every 5 hd of intelligent creatures (or 20 hd non intelligent) that you consume. each hd gives you:
+1 strength
each additional 2 hd give you:
+1 con
and
+1 natural armor
what happens when a hydra gains more hit dice?
it grows more heads! :D
depending on what level you entered master transmogrifist at (I'm assuming the earliest possible, 7th) and assuming you want to start using this nasty trick as soon as possible (and why wouldn't you? ;) your effective caster level for polymorph will be 13, giving you a 13hd cap for your polymorphable forms which includes the nastiest hydra available at 12 heads. your maximum number of extra heads from eating enemies or if you're short on enemies or are arming yourself for a raid, use chickens or the like. they only cost a few coppers, and by the time you're high enough level to be doing this, it won't really be an issue, will be 24. 24 attacks a round. 24 attacks of opportunity whenever you have the chance. and of course fast healing and a breath weapon if you feel like it.
have fun!
be sure and tell me what you think
