Preview of Spellbound II Class

[Morgenstern]

Has the Unearthly Beauty feat been renamed Unearthly Splendor (as seen in Light of Olympus), or is it just a case of two similarly-named feats?

It's Splendor - got renamed at some point after this preview . Fixed in text above.

[Crafty_Pat]

Yea, I REALLY hate that spell.

I feel the same way about Grease, possibly worse. We had a D&D game in which our group was fighting a vertable legion of 1/2 HD goblins on a bridge over what was essentially a bottomless pit. It was good fun, until the spellcaster used Grease and everyone died. Everyone. The only way we could salvage what became the end of the campaign was to turn it into slapstick. Suddenly, our epic fantasy game became the Three Stooges meets the Keystone Cops. It was pathetic.

[Bill Whitmore]

I feel the same way about Grease, possibly worse. We had a D&D game in which our group was fighting a vertable legion of 1/2 HD goblins on a bridge over what was essentially a bottomless pit. It was good fun, until the spellcaster used Grease and everyone died. Everyone. The only way we could salvage what became the end of the campaign was to turn it into slapstick. Suddenly, our epic fantasy game became the Three Stooges meets the Keystone Cops. It was pathetic.

Nice, but I think I would rather I fell off the bridge and into the bottomless pit than look like a cartoon character, with feet a blur as I "run" towards the center of the bridge but without actually moving anywhere.

SLAPSTICK OR DEATH!

Um, death, please, with a nice serving of guilt for the spellcaster, please.

[Agent 333]

I feel the same way about Grease, possibly worse. We had a D&D game in which our group was fighting a vertable legion of 1/2 HD goblins on a bridge over what was essentially a bottomless pit. It was good fun, until the spellcaster used Grease and everyone died. Everyone. The only way we could salvage what became the end of the campaign was to turn it into slapstick. Suddenly, our epic fantasy game became the Three Stooges meets the Keystone Cops. It was pathetic.

"Sound effects added to reduce tragedy."

[Mister Andersen]

That's not the fault of the spell. That's purely down to your boneheaded caster (which also covers those idiots who irresponsibly cast fireball at the front of the enemy troops while the party is engaging them in melee)

[Crafty_Pat]

That's not the fault of the spell. That's purely down to your boneheaded caster (which also covers those idiots who irresponsibly cast fireball at the front of the enemy troops while the party is engaging them in melee)

Certain spells practically beg - and in some cases demand - horrid regular application. Grease, IMO, is one of those spells.

[glimmerrat]

We did the campaign 'City of the Spider Queen', and by the end of it we were level 18. We went onto our next campaign to take down the Githyanki Lich-Queen and decided that we needed to tool up to fight the bitch.

The Githzerai Psychic gets his Bracers of Armour enchanted to +8.
The Dwarf Fighter upgrades his armour to Heavy Fortification.
The Drow Ranger buys Githyanki-bane arrows.
The Planetouched Sorceror gets herself Devil Wings grafted onto her back.

Then the DM turns to the Deep-Gnome Monk called 'Splocky'. We know something bad will happen - it always does when this guy opens his mouth. He roleplays wandering around the shop, then spends 100,000Gp on an enchanted pillow that allows him to sleep on rough surfaces.

 

He's quite insistant that he needs this item. Then he spends the next two sessions whining that our gear is better than his. He finishes it up by running down a hallway in the Lich-Queen's Astral Fortress, opening every door, aggravating every monster party and then pulling them back to us 'to speed things up 'cause this is getting boring'. After we all died and the Sorcerer looks at her wand of resurrection, can you guess what happened next?

*EDIT* Incidentally, sorry about the brief thread-jack...

[spinningdice]

With a player like that I'm surprised you even finished 1 adventure.

[NezMaster]

Sigh..the first part of that seemed awesome. I played a spoiled brat rich wizard. I took all the 'bigby's shelter spells' and things like that. I would have so bought that pillow. But I would have hardly complained about how much my items suck. In fact, I'd get up in the morning singing and being extra cheerful, commenting on what a great night sleep I had. Then use Unseen Servant to pour their coffee (which I often did)

I even invented a Permanent Unseen Servant spell that took up a high level slot. It only worked in my castle. So I had sort of a butler around all the time and never had to lift a finger.

The second part sucks though. Anytime players just try to 'stir things up becuase their bored' they are really sucking. I never get bored if theirs not fighting in the game. I just interact with some character and make drama.

The worst I think I've done, was getting in a huge arguement with the theif in the party while we were trying to be sneaky. I was lawful, and just found he'd done some nastiness. that nearly got us killed. But hey, I never said I was perfect...

well ok that's not my worst..but I'll save that for another day.

[Mister Andersen]

Then the DM turns to the Deep-Gnome Monk called 'Splocky'. We know something bad will happen - it always does when this guy opens his mouth. He roleplays wandering around the shop, then spends 100,000Gp on an enchanted pillow that allows him to sleep on rough surfaces.

Even 10K might be too much for what seems like a relatively minor magickal item.

I was actually thinking that he might have ended up killing the queen with the pilllow, or used it in some other equally awesome manner.

[glimmerrat]

No, that might indicate that he had a modicum of intelligence. Do you know what his idea was of 'roleplaying'? He'd walk up to an NPC and say:

"Hello, i am Splocky. Goodbye."

That was it. That was the sum totallity of his roleplaying, and he thought it was top-notch. In all honesty i think you DM knew he wanted a slightly of-the-wall item (like always), and the steep price was an effort to discourage him. It didn't work.

Meh, oh well.

[Gentry]

I was actually thinking that he might have ended up killing the queen with the pilllow, or used it in some other equally awesome manner.

Heh.  If the monk had grappled the queen and then smothered her with the pillow, that would have been freakin' awesome.  Sadly, it sounds like G-rat's fellow player didn't have that sort of creativity.

[Mister Andersen]

Actually, a pillow enchanted with a Sleep spell that takes effect when your head hits the pillow would make a fantastic murder weapon.

[TheAuldGrump]

Actually, a pillow enchanted with a Sleep spell that takes effect when your head hits the pillow would make a fantastic murder weapon.

Heh, and if the player was consistent in behavior I would volunteer him to find out how it works....

PCs that behave like that in my games tend to have short life spans. Sometimes I give them nice long death scenes though.

The Auld Grump

[Desertpuma]

Yea, I REALLY hate that spell.

I feel the same way about Grease, possibly worse. We had a D&D game in which our group was fighting a vertable legion of 1/2 HD goblins on a bridge over what was essentially a bottomless pit. It was good fun, until the spellcaster used Grease and everyone died. Everyone. The only way we could salvage what became the end of the campaign was to turn it into slapstick. Suddenly, our epic fantasy game became the Three Stooges meets the Keystone Cops. It was pathetic.

Sorry to hear it.... The spell has to be used judiciously and in an appropriate area. my roommate, Chris, has used it on a ogre's club (saved our 1st level butts) and against a charging Deathknight next to a cliff (who definitely failed his ride check and our fight was over).