They don't need it. They both have Amulets/Rings of Mighty Fists, which provide enhancement bonuses to their Natural Attacks. Giving them VS claw sheathes just makes it easier for them to overcome our own DR, which is very rare if not unique.
Fair enough. By the way, something I've been meaning to ask. Do you think it would be worthwhile to ether give Amrelath an item of Freedom of Movement or the means to cast it 1/day? Considering what he's going to go up against (the Efreeti) they'll be heavily incentivized to capture him or at least slow him down. I just thought it'd be a good idea to get ahead of that.
Also, we should have Amrelath read the Light of Creation.
The Light of Creation: A mage of at least 4th level who spends thirty days studying this text can gain the following benefits if he or she passes the requisite Intelligence or Wisdom check:
Novice: -5% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +1 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type (DC 15)
Adept: -15% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +3 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type (DC 20)
Master: -35% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +7 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type; ??? (DC 30)
He could probably manage the DC 20 for Adept, and this would directly translate to him being a more effective representative in the Plane of Fire.
More than that, though, they're a symbol, and a statement. That those who protect the Plane of Balance from the monsters care not for immortal flesh and power. At the touch of their weapons, you will bleed.
Fair enough. By the way, something I've been meaning to ask. Do you think it would be worthwhile to ether give Amrelath an item of Freedom of Movement or the means to cast it 1/day? Considering what he's going to go up against (the Efreeti) they'll be heavily incentivized to capture him or at least slow him down. I just thought it'd be a good idea to get ahead of that.
Also, we should have Amrelath read the Light of Creation.
The Light of Creation: A mage of at least 4th level who spends thirty days studying this text can gain the following benefits if he or she passes the requisite Intelligence or Wisdom check:
Novice: -5% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +1 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type (DC 15)
Adept: -15% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +3 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type (DC 20)
Master: -35% material cost of Conjuration (Calling) spells as long as the being called has the fire type; +7 insight bonus to diplomacy attempts with Outsiders with the fire type; ??? (DC 30)
He could probably manage the DC 20 for Adept, and this would directly translate to him being a more effective representative in the Plane of Fire.
Already covered. We made him a Heart of Water PoSK. He can cast it and have the main effect last for 10 hours (I think that is his current caster level?), but cancel it at any time as a Swift Action to gain Freedom of Movement for 10 rounds.
I wasn't referring to the Firefield. I was referring to an Arbiter on full automatic with the Force enhancement.
That would go right through Amrelath's DR, and Wings of Cover only ever blocks one attack. And sure, one attack might be two darts, but that still leaves the other two to get through. The advanced launcher systems are planned to be developed because magical proliferation will mean that the Inqusition will need a force multiplier when the Companions and Viserys are occupied with other matters. And, more simply, to remove the need of our core group to respond to their needs.
More than that, though, they're a symbol, and a statement. That those who protect the Plane of Balance from the monsters care not for immortal flesh and power. At the touch of their weapons, you will bleed.
Translation for everyone else:
I made a thing. It's incredibly powerful. Quite a bit better than the existing weapons shown in splatbooks. But there's a reason why you should be okay with it ! It's really, really cool for our Inquisitors. And what's the point of our elite if it can't be cool ?
I wasn't referring to the Firefield. I was referring to an Arbiter on full automatic with the Force enhancement.
That would go right through Amrelath's DR, and Wings of Cover only ever blocks one attack. And sure, one attack might be two darts, but that still leaves the other two to get through. The advanced launcher systems are planned to be developed because magical proliferation will mean that the Inqusition will need a force multiplier when the Companions and Viserys are occupied with other matters. And, more simply, to remove the need of our core group to respond to their needs.
More than that, though, they're a symbol, and a statement. That those who protect the Plane of Balance from the monsters care not for immortal flesh and power. At the touch of their weapons, you will bleed.
The core of my statement was more that one way or another, you still need the veritable demigod to help you survive, either to just obviate the need for the weapons platform entirely and just cast directly, or to make the weapons platform for you. Which was in direct response to people talking about relevancy of the common man against cosmic horrors from beyond the skein of reality.
Good propaganda though, wasn't denying that. But that's all it is.
Translation for everyone else:
I made a thing. It's incredibly powerful. Quite a bit better than the existing weapons shown in splatbooks. But there's a reason why you should be okay with it ! It's really, really cool for our Inquisitors. And what's the point of our elite if it can't be cool ?
The core of my statement was more that one way or another, you still need the veritable demigod to help you survive, either to just obviate the need for the weapons platform entirely and just cast directly, or to make the weapons platform for you. Which was in direct response to people talking about relevancy of the common man against cosmic horrors from beyond the skein of reality.
Good propaganda though, wasn't denying that. But that's all it is.
And you're still wrong. Arbiter construction, with all the trimmings, requires a CL 9 crafter with Create Wondrous Item and Craft Magic Arms and Armour. That's it. This idea that it will require someone like Lya to build them is just completely incorrect. Someone like her to develop them, sure. But build, once the designs are complete? Not even slightly. The primary limiting factor on Arbiter construction isn't going to be crafters, especially not once Lya goes full multi-body on us. It's going to be the expense. Do take into account that a single Arbiter costs most of 2k IM to craft. A Lawgiver costs five.
Edit: To clarify, that CL is for those who are needed to create all the other bits and pieces for enhancers and stuff, like the Force one. A basic Arbiter only requires CL 1. Literally any of our crafter slaves mages could build them.
"I would have your oath if you would give it and face your foes also, but in my time not theirs," you reply, drawing one of the warding rings Mahuroos Tepani had given you for the infiltration into the City of Brass. In a few days you aught to have one you own in full to replace it with.
In response she gingerly takes the ring, weighing it in hand and looking upon it with more than eyes of flesh. "A princely offer and a good omen for our continuing, ah... relationship," she says, slipping it on with a teasing smile, though the expression lasts but a moment. "You have my allegiance, Kaelos, from this day until one or another of us should perish beyond recall or we should decide to amiably part."
Though momentarily surprised by the caveats you realize they must be second nature for one born and bred under the dark spires of Dis where every pact must be hedged lest one unwittingly sell one's immortal soul.
"For loyalty I offer aid and just lordship," you reply, sealing the agreement. Your next offer is less precious by far than the warding ring though unlike that it is hers to keep, an enchanted ribbon such as has seen you hide in the crowd in dozens of different cities across Essos, Westeros, and beyond.
Still, Siduri is grateful for the gift: "I could imitate this all with spells, but I have never had the patience to weave magic into things of power. Minds are so much more receptive than dead matter." For her false seeming she chooses a form close to her own, lacking only the horns, and making enough changes to the face to avoid immediate thoughts of kinship. "I shall be Saera of... Mantarys I think, far enough away that no one will be too surprised at by my foreign ways, and from what I have heard a place of strong magic so my skills will seem less improbable."
"And the fact that it is a city commanded by an Archon did not enter your consideration at all?" you ask archly as you politely offer your arm to translocate you both back to the Deep.
"I will admit there is a certain thrill in arranging it so that a celestial being might have to tell a small lie of omission," she replies. "It is best to indulge one's nature in small things I have found lest one be tempted by large ones."
Not a philosophy you would judge sensible, but it has manifestly worked for her for almost half a millennia so you do not comment. Instead you ask precisely what secrets she has stolen from the Academy of Chains and how she had avoided Lorthact's attentions, particularly given her habit of calling and binding fiends.
The answer to the second question turns out to be quite simple—she has not avoided his attentions, but even a Duke of Hell has only so many resources and agents to assign to his many schemes. Thus the threat he posed merely added to the natural peril of being a raider on the Sea of Fire.
"There is a reason I live on a ship surrounded by warriors armed to the teeth and sleep with one eye open." She says lightly, as if that sort of vigilance is only to be expected. Perhaps compared to other times in her life it is indeed a relief. On the Golden Wind at least she is master of her own destiny. "As to what secrets I stole, most went into my own studies. There is something almost poetic about an enchanter studying one's craft by practicing enchantment upon others, is there not?"
"The word 'most' runs like oil on water," you note at once.
"Indeed, during my time in the Academy of Chains I learned a great deal of the geas that binds the students to their tasks, enough to briefly free one of them... one of those I seek to avenge. Perhaps in time I might I repeat the deed or teach another how to do so. My talents in abjuration are quite limited I fear."
During the remainder of the evening you learn more of Siduri's skills and her magic, a show of trust that does not come easily from the devil-blooded mage, but one she presses through regardless to seal your newfound agreement. Thus you discover that her powers of enchantment are in many ways remarkable, not only in the strength of the hold she can exert upon others but in how far she can take the power of certain spells beginning from the simple weaving of slumber. It is only natural, you suppose, given the fact that she has been practicing not upon ordinary mortals but upon devils and their pawns, with her very soul as the stakes.
Name: Siduri of Dis Alias: The Flame Binder, Saera of Mantarys Alignment: Neutral Evil Age: 490 Race: Tiefling Level: 12 Class: Wizard (Enchanter 12) Feats:Spell Focus (Enchantment), Spellcasting Prodigy, Potent Enchantment, Persuasive, Diversified Casting (Abjuration), Commanding, Greater Spell Focus Flaws: Noncombatant Skill Tricks: Swift Concentration Class Features: Fire Domain, Enchanter, Social Proficiency (Gain access to Bluff, Intimidate, and Diplomacy as class skills) Racial Features: Soul Seer (Deathwatch SLA) Beguiling Liar (+4 Bluff) Resistance: 5 Cold/Fire/Electricity
Languages Known: Ignan, Infernal, Abyssal, Draconic, Terran
Supernatural Power:
Turn and Destroy Water Creatures, Rebuke, Command, or Bolster Fire Creatures (8/day)
Equipped Magic Items:
Stat Boost: CON +1 (Belt); CHA +3 (Amulet); WIS +1 (Ring) INT +5 (Headband/Horn-caps)
Robe of Arcane Might (+1 to Enchantment CL)
Mesmerist's Gloves:
Mesmerist's gloves allow a spellcaster to affect an extra target with her enchantment spells. Any time you cast an enchantment spell of 3rd level or lower that targets an enemy, you can activate this item to have the spell also target another enemy within 10 feet of the original target.(2/Day)
The conversation lasts deep into the night with Lya joining you with her own questions regrading the art of enchanting, of which she has made comparably little use, while also offering to craft Siduri a guardian of sorts if not nearly as sturdy as the Herald, one inked into her very skin to serve as the last line of protection and attack.
As the discussion turns to the sorceress' next assignment you finally address an awkward fact, with both the newly-sworn ship's mage and the Herald aboard the Golden Wind, your own agents aboard the ship would be stronger than the entirety of the ship's remaining crew. Of course it also presents a simple way to solve it too, your own fleet is filled with former pirates, as well as some pirates who have merely learned discernment. You could simply hire Yrten and the entirety of his ship.
"He is proud of his ship, proud that she sails where he wills and nowhere else," Siduri warns. "Trying to hire him the way you do the master of some two-bit tub is sure to end poorly, but if you gave him support to build a fleet of his own with a safe harbor somewhere in the Sea of Fire, I think he would accept. Bear in mind that the support has to be more than promises. He will want coin and magic, beyond the Herald I mean, swords and information about potential targets, all these Yrten values."
What do you assign Siduri to do?
[] Continue Sailing on the Golden Wind
[] Teaching at the Scholarum
[] Availability for other duties (Gain Diplomacy/Intrigue/Research Hero)
[] Write in
OOC: If you do not pick the Golden Wind Yrten might be upset, though Siduri will try to smooth things over herself. [/QUOTE]
Good to have her sheet!
I can't help but noticing that she's sworn herself to us, not Yrten or his ship. We really should explicitly recruit Yrten, or things could get awkward... Now he'll have the Herald + Siduri onboard, both of which will be sworn to us and working towards our aims.
@Azel, @Duesal, what was our arrangement on them further exploring opportunities for attacks on PoF, and generally setting Inquisition branch around the place?
I'm not sure if Siduri needs to be out for the next month with them :/
Surprisingly, we don't actually need that.
It wouldn't be bad, by any means, but now we are bottlenecked more at the amount of attendees rather than teachers.
Although she will make more of them end up as Wizards and not hedge-mages...
