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Improving Exeterus

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meomwt	Improving Exeterus	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1165 Feb 5 07 2:04 PM Mighty Eater Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Wold it be wrong of me to allow Exeterus to wear the Ring of Protection +4 listed in his hoard? It would bump his AC up to 36, and lessen the chance of my charging Barbarian PC taking him out on a critical hit (he managed 352 points of damage on an advanced fiendish Grey Render two sessions ago and I haven't heard the last of it yet). ----------------------------------- Accuracy is our watchwurd.
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keevan	Re: Improving Exeterus	#1	[-]
Posts: 1599 Feb 5 07 3:21 PM Necromancer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	you are DM? go for it... check other rings? and check to see if the protections the ring would add stacks with his existing buffs...
Bowbe	Re: Improving Exeterus	#2	[-]
Posts: 1016 Feb 11 07 11:10 AM The Thread Slayer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remember, he should have shield, and displacement too. So shield gives him a +4 and immunity to magic missiles. Displacement gives the PCs a miss chance. He starts invisible, and behind the silent image of himself, granting an auto failed attack the first time unless the PCs are using true seeing which nulls all of that except the shield. with the shield + the ring he should be sitting at AC 40. He can always use the staff of healing too. Feel free to sub out some spells. For example. If your as sick as I am of 340 hp dealing barbarians hit your barby with a round or two of ray of enfeeblement. Can't be saved against. The displaced exeterus could do this while flying above the party (displaced). The ray of enfeeblement deals a minimum of 5 points strength damage which nerfs that rage (and all the bonuses that barbs in turn toss into their power attack ratio). Against heavily armored opponents you can really knock the crap out of the fighters and clerics combat effectiveness with this spell, since their armor weighs a ton, if you manage to deal about 10 pts of strength damage, they are likely dropped to the 10-13 range. Get them again and they are reduced to whatever the crazy bonus is for their strength item. Immobile and an easy snack. That forces wizards and clerics to dispel the magic on the party rather than use attack spells on the foe. You can always give Exeterus a potion of bulls strength and a potion of haste too (giving him extra attacks and even more damage). Remember: Its your game, how your dragon eats the party members is up to you. The description as written is always merely a guideline! Peace Case
meomwt	Re: Improving Exeterus	#3	[-]
Posts: 1165 Feb 12 07 2:02 AM Mighty Eater Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Case. Some great ideas there. I'll be printing those off to add to my notes on Exeterus. I spotted the Shield spell a little after my original post. I worked out his modified AC and the barbarian's to-hit roll and grinned (he needs about a 16 before he gets nerfed ). Don't usually get problems with Magic Missile - the guy playing the Wizard has gone for a Conjuration specialist and has been filling the battlefield with Celestial Triceratops and Greater Earth Elementals of late. I may need to equip Exeterus with a Stone of Controlling Earth Elementals just to give him some real problems... ----------------------------------- Accuracy is our watchwurd.
Bowbe	Re: Improving Exeterus	#4	[-]
Posts: 1016 Feb 12 07 12:04 PM The Thread Slayer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Earth elementals have relatively crappy will and reflex saves. Slow is a will save that causes a pentalty to the reflex save so slow is best used if exeterus is flying....or hanging from the roof of his chamber (poking his head in to breath fire and cast spells). This forces the party to move up to his position and possibly fight him outside the tower on the girdle of the maze making Exeterus way more deadly. If Exeterus is outside looking in so to speak it nulls both the elementals and any poor reflex save summoned triceratops. This forces warriors to use bows instead of their allmighty power attack. Keeps rogues far enough away to null any sneak attacks they would attempt. Wizards have crappy reflex saves too, so unless they have a ring or cloak of evasion, they may be crisped by the second time he breaths fire depending on how friendly your cleric is. Of course don't forget Exeterus's pet rogue Lartugi. Perfect for sneak attacking those pesky spell casters and avoiding the dragons breath. Case
skeetyrbug	Re: Improving Exeterus	#5	[-]
Posts: 9850 Apr 16 07 9:22 PM Balor Librarian Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	just hit this forum since Im running this in 2 weeks, and noticed Case has his rules messed up (as usual) Ray of Enfeeblement doesnt stack, sorry Bowbe!!! but I am looking forward to this. I think itll be a blast ----------------------------------------------------------- ...and in the end the mermaid was rescued (long story)...

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