Darcand
2009-07-28, 04:59 PM
Here's the back story. One of the villians I have been fleshing out for ages now is a Red Dragon who has decided that the best way to keep his horde is by investing it. Thusly he has used his draconic powers to inflitrate the local population and establish himself as something like a fairly openly corrupt land baron, although not openly a dragon.
His most loyal servant is a Githyanki Gish. They met when the Red was younger and serving a Githyanki outpost and when the Gish reached level 11 and received a summons to the Lich Queen to be devoured Red took the opportunity to break pact with the Githyanki commander and aided the Gish in escape. In return the Githyanki pledged ten years of servitude to his Red Dragon savior.
The problem is that I plan on having this guy fight with the PCs a few times (beside them at level two to present him as a badass then a skirmish against them around level five, and finally a fight to the death near level eight) and I don't want him to mop the floor with them. Unfortunately he is more or less cemented in as a level twelve (Fighter1 Wizard5 Eldritch Knight 6)
Any suggestions for lowering his DC? I was considering some flavor effect, like his tongue was removed and so he has to prepare all of his spells with the silent spell metamagic feat....plus a silent villian is always extra creepy.
Any suggested builds for a sub-optimum, but surplus of cool nature preferably using core rules only and preferably without being outwardly foolish?
Oh, and on the subject, what do you think of these two character concepts?
His most loyal servant is a Githyanki Gish. They met when the Red was younger and serving a Githyanki outpost and when the Gish reached level 11 and received a summons to the Lich Queen to be devoured Red took the opportunity to break pact with the Githyanki commander and aided the Gish in escape. In return the Githyanki pledged ten years of servitude to his Red Dragon savior.
The problem is that I plan on having this guy fight with the PCs a few times (beside them at level two to present him as a badass then a skirmish against them around level five, and finally a fight to the death near level eight) and I don't want him to mop the floor with them. Unfortunately he is more or less cemented in as a level twelve (Fighter1 Wizard5 Eldritch Knight 6)
Any suggestions for lowering his DC? I was considering some flavor effect, like his tongue was removed and so he has to prepare all of his spells with the silent spell metamagic feat....plus a silent villian is always extra creepy.
Any suggested builds for a sub-optimum, but surplus of cool nature preferably using core rules only and preferably without being outwardly foolish?
Oh, and on the subject, what do you think of these two character concepts?