| #1kaboom_the_gnomeNov 30, 2010 5:11:31 | ok. first and foremost, the following problem started when my DM decided that he would allow multiple enhancement bonuses to stack with each other.
my main character is an artificer(ECS). my friend was playing a fighter long ago. his name was Nirethell. he was the party's tank, so i took advantage of the DM letting similar bonuses stack and made him really strong. (str 40-something, plus the DM had a Djinne who was granting wishes, so his strength came out to about 56). he also had a ring which maximised his hit points per level. his constitution was around 20. after a while, that character's player stopped coming to the sessions, so his character likewise dissappeared. (as a side note, his character was a devout worshipper of Heronious).
because the campaign wound its way back to the city we last saw him in, the DM decided to use the character as an NPC.
*note: half the party was evil. he was not. ie, at odds. one of the other characters was having trouble with him, so our assasin character use his last wish (the djinn gave wishes to everyone) to send Nirethell to the 9 levels of baator. nirethell also had one wish left, so he sent himself to the throne of heronious.
neither of my characters were aware of this. i say neither because my artificer took leadership, and had a half orc cohort (will give stats later).
my 1/2 orc, who worships my artificer as a diety (long story, im not going into it here), knew that nirethell was a thorn in his side. so, my half-orc got himself equipped by the artificer on short notice an went off to pick a fight with nirethell.
THE PROBLEM: after my 1/2 orc hit nirethell, it became apparent that nirethell was now an avatar. given my dm's poor jugement in regards to challenge rating and the fact that i know how to play the game well, i basically figured out that he used the Avatar Divine salient ability.....Yeah. assuming he didnt gain any levels i cant account for, he is now a CR 28 character minimum. (8 lvls fighter, 20 level adjustment from being an avatar, +1-3 from outrageous stats).
my artificer is lvl 11 and my half orc is lvl 8. heres the half-orc's important stats, since hes the one currently in combat with nirethell (the dm left it off right after i hit him and he showed his divine blessing).
barbarian lvl 1, fighter lvl 7.
HP: 85 DR 15/adamantine when using iron body
AC:19/15. (10 + 7 armor +3 dex -1 misc (from war mace))/ (10 +7 +1 dex -2 rage -1 misc)
str 22 (34 from magic items/ 38 when raged and using iron body)
dex 16 (12 when using iron body)
con 17
int 12
wis 14
cha 12
weapons:
+2 ghost touch sizing war mace (currently large, 3d6)
+1 composite shortbow(+9 str bonus) 1d6+10
armor: +3 chain shirt
Magic items:belt of ogre strength +6
gauntlet of rust(also enchanted with an aditional +6 str and Iron Body at will)
feats:
quick draw
improved crit(war mace)
power attack
improved bull rush
combat brute(CW, page 110)
extra rage
monkey grip
my artificer has that rod that holds up to 3 wands at once. it currently has 2 wands of fireball at CL 10. i like to use metamagic spell trigger to use empower and maximise on them both. the problem with this is the dm probably gave nirethell immunity to most energy forms just because i can deal 180 damage per round (or 90 is he succeeds both saves, since he doesnt have evasion from anything, as far as i know)
my artificer also has a flying castle and 50 magic cannons and 35 regular cannons, but not enough people to use them, so they are basically useless.
i know i wont get any responses in time since we are starting in 9 hours, but i would like some input anyway, just incase something interrupts the fight or i get a chance to check this later before the fight. thank you. |