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[Moridain]

The lack of save on that Kimono makes me very worried.

The trick that comes to mind would be to prepare a ton of trap and delayed spells. You suck them into the kimono then spend the time they are inside filling the spot they vanished from with Symbols and Summoned Monsters. They fight their way free and WHAMMO!

[Muggins]

The save is the DC 20 Intelligence check. I think it'd be possible to escape in 20 rounds by virtue of taking 20, although I'm not sure whether or not "trapped inside a kimono" is a sufficiently dangerous situation. Funnily enough, it doesn't say what happens if the character succeeds the DC 20 Intelligence check and "escapes." Where do they go?

[Moridain]

If you are willing to spend cash on the poisons then Deadly Cocktail would work. Poisons are pretty evil if you can afford them, though if you use them often I suggest using skills to make your own.

Opportunist is one of the most insane talents in the game. Since I port around attacking a great deal and very regularly flank for you, and almost never miss, this is basically an extra guaranteed attack per round. And since the attack is made after mine, and I leave images behind that can flank, its always a sneak attack.

Another fun option is Skill Mastery for Acrobatics, Stealth and others for the ability to sleep on top of anyone without perception training and giving them no chance to notice. If they don't look up for unrelated reasons they will never notice you.

("Why is there a duck on your head?" "What duck?")

And if the DM is cool with 3rd party stuff:
Magebane Attack. This is stupidly frustrating for casters and creatures like dragons and other supernatural power users.

Eviscerating Strike:
Give up sneak attack damage to do 1d4+1 Con, no save. Do this a few times and even the toughest foe will sweat in horror. Every 2 points removed is 15hp lost for a 15HD creature, unrecoverable. Double Poison is better if you have the talents for it.

EDIT:
When you leave the Komono you go where you were when you were sucked in, or the nearest unoccupied spot. I assume that works for escaping normally too? And I would consider it stressful enough not to allow you take 10, let alone 20.

It is truly evil.

[CorpZeWolVe]

Originally Posted by Moridain

If you are willing to spend cash on the poisons then Deadly Cocktail would work. Poisons are pretty evil if you can afford them, though if you use them often I suggest using skills to make your own.

I'm willing to, but I'd have to consider it. I already have poison atm.

Originally Posted by Moridain

Opportunist is one of the most insane talents in the game. Since I port around attacking a great deal and very regularly flank for you, and almost never miss, this is basically an extra guaranteed attack per round. And since the attack is made after mine, and I leave images behind that can flank, its always a sneak attack.

That sounds like a great investment, and with my ability granting me greater invisibility, I should be dealing more than average damage. I was considering getting the 'crippling strike' just to sap big tanks of the ability to overpower us 6 strength per round.

Originally Posted by Moridain

Another fun option is Skill Mastery for Acrobatics, Stealth and others for the ability to sleep on top of anyone without perception training and giving them no chance to notice. If they don't look up for unrelated reasons they will never notice you.

("Why is there a duck on your head?" "What duck?")

Skyrim. 100 sneak, 100 illusion, silenced magic, invisibility, and not a worry in the world.

Originally Posted by Moridain

And if the DM is cool with 3rd party stuff:
Magebane Attack. This is stupidly frustrating for casters and creatures like dragons and other supernatural power users.

I'll read up.

Originally Posted by Moridain

Eviscerating Strike:
Give up sneak attack damage to do 1d4+1 Con, no save. Do this a few times and even the toughest foe will sweat in horror. Every 2 points removed is 15hp lost for a 15HD creature, unrecoverable. Double Poison is better if you have the talents for it.

This seems much better than Crippling Strike could EVER aspire to be. I might as well double up with it if I actually have the free slots, but optimally I'll have to go with poisons instead.
By that I mean, over Crippling Strike. Why not all three?

Originally Posted by Moridain

EDIT:
When you leave the Komono you go where you were when you were sucked in, or the nearest unoccupied spot. I assume that works for escaping normally too? And I would consider it stressful enough not to allow you take 10, let alone 20.

It is truly evil.

If I see this in the competition, I'm just going to cry.

[Konton]

Originally Posted by Moridain

True Sight is all yours then. Lasts 15mins so should do for the dungeon.

I think the ointment that goes with it is made from gold and platnum powder, at 250g an application, but its worth it if it keeps us from wandering into the pit of infinite lostness.

Anyone moving at less than 30ft pre-buff?

Varash's top speed, when not using his limited flight hex, is 25. It's why originally I took the run feat.

[Moridain]

Twenty Five should be fine, since it will increase by 30ft due to haste.

Crippling Strike:
6 strength damage is okay, but not mind shattering. Think of it like this: At this level the people we would want to reduce in strength have 30+, and if you do so they probably lose 3 attack and damage out of +25 to hit and +10 to damage.

Its just not enough to counter losing your 8d6 damage.

Its main use would be against Mages, hopefully dropping them to 1 so they can't move under the weight of their own gear. But that isn't likely to happen more than once in a game.

Skyrim:
100 sneak, 100 archery, Invisibility potions and everyone around you is dead while saying 'Oh, it must have been the wind'

[Muggins]

Must've been rats.

I can give anyone a +30ft enhancement bonus to their land speed. I could also give you a 40ft fly speed, or a 60ft burrow speed. Haste wouldn't stack with the land speed, but I could use it to give someone a 90ft burrow speed and blast past everything. Just to be safe, though, I think I'll stick to Psionic Haste.

[Moridain]

Trying to blast through walls in a supernatural high level maze is the kind of thing that leads to finding out they are reinforced with bars of OMGWTFiam in the instant you faceplant into them.

I am also expecting to find that any attempt to take more than myself through dimention doors will fail, or the place will block it completely.

Things are rarely that easy.

And noone objects to us cutting back quickly to ambush other teams, right? AFTER they are weakened from their own boss fights, of course.

If nothing else we will be able to loot the corpses for a big bump in consumerism.

[Muggins]

My thoughts exactly.

[Moridain]

Was there anything special about our Bunny Cooks food, or was it just a great chef?

That is impressive enough for a Bunny, of course, but not really necessary enough to bring him with us.

[CorpZeWolVe]

Originally Posted by Moridain

Twenty Five should be fine, since it will increase by 30ft due to haste.

Crippling Strike:
6 strength damage is okay, but not mind shattering. Think of it like this: At this level the people we would want to reduce in strength have 30+, and if you do so they probably lose 3 attack and damage out of +25 to hit and +10 to damage.

Its just not enough to counter losing your 8d6 damage.

Ah I was under the impression it was cumulative with my sneak, which is actually 9d8.

Originally Posted by Moridain

Its main use would be against Mages, hopefully dropping them to 1 so they can't move under the weight of their own gear. But that isn't likely to happen more than once in a game.

Stacking it with the Con damage later would be impressive, and then to stack poison on top.

Originally Posted by Moridain

Skyrim:
100 sneak, 100 archery, Invisibility potions and everyone around you is dead while saying 'Oh, it must have been the wind'

The wind caused this arrow to hang out of my eye socket. I mean, there really has to be a certain loss of intellect that comes with that. "Oh no, I only have half my sight now, I guess it was divinely willed."

[Moridain]

Hmm, my friend just died to an arrow in the face. We went to peek, but nothing was there so it was a fluke. Then my other friend died the same way. .. And another.

... This wind is just mean!

Maybe I should warn my buddies inside, or get replacement guards for this vital entry point. ... Naa!

Crippling Strike:
Oh, you are right. I thought it was instead, but it is in addition. Nasty. No limit either, so each hit is another -2 to strength. That could add up. I can't see an enemy living long enough to make it too useful though at this level. Unless there is another one that increases it?

[Muggins]

Originally Posted by Moridain

Was there anything special about our Bunny Cooks food, or was it just a great chef?

That is impressive enough for a Bunny, of course, but not really necessary enough to bring him with us.

Of course it was necessary to bring him with us. He'd be in mortal peril if we were to leave him behind! Think of how many points on the scoreboard it'd mean for an enemy team!

[Konton]

That suggestions almost makes me regret not taking Ghoul Army to give ourselves a minimum of 2 ghouls and a ghast to greet people with. Oh well. I also have a fun, nasty idea to make a being more vunerable to my hexes. Sadly it'll most likely only work once per being at most. But it involves a knife or such so win win.

EDIT: I completely expected the bunny to turn out to be some horrible monster that we'd have to fight. Imagine my surprise we've yet to fight it, that or it was forgotten for bit. either way amsing.

[CorpZeWolVe]

That's probably how the guards at the entrance died too. That's why we're the smart guards that stay inside! I forgot about muffled boots.

Bunnies should cook bunnies right? That's a thing?

Confused as to why Varash got the True Sight. I thought I was disarming things and such.

You can make an army of ghouls tomorrow Balthazar.

It's only amusing when it makes dinner! :@