Acanous
2012-01-09, 01:51 AM
So! In my Pathfinder campaign, the DM has begun taking characters back to their respective hometowns, tying in backstory elements to the campaign. This is cool. The downside is my character has a backstory that includes a level 12 gnome illusionist who became a lich, and has a large, heavilly trapped dungeon full of undead.
While I'd normally gleefully stat him up myself, I believe player-creating-villain is too prone to me metagaming it. (I know all the abilities of my party, I'd probably overlook things that I know wouldn't work, etc.)
So, given the need for a well-built villain that could challenge a party, without actually having knowledge of that party (Because this lich does not, he's mostly busy fighting a red dragon.) I approach the playground and ask for help putting him together!
Here's the rules I'm playing under:
The lich uses the Elite array (Before becomming a Lich).
Pathfinder sources and Dungeonscape only. (Other sources may be allowed, but would have to clear with the DM first, adding a third step to this.)
The lich starts out as a Gnome Illusionist, becomes a lich at 12th level.
Evocation and Conjuration are his "Prohibited" schools. Like that means anything anymore.
This Lich was undeadified on unholy ground, and gets 120 HP (12 maximized D8+Cha)
Everything else is currently up for grabs. If you were a 2,000 year old Lich that hates Kobolds and Dragons, what would your sheet look like?
While I'd normally gleefully stat him up myself, I believe player-creating-villain is too prone to me metagaming it. (I know all the abilities of my party, I'd probably overlook things that I know wouldn't work, etc.)
So, given the need for a well-built villain that could challenge a party, without actually having knowledge of that party (Because this lich does not, he's mostly busy fighting a red dragon.) I approach the playground and ask for help putting him together!
Here's the rules I'm playing under:
The lich uses the Elite array (Before becomming a Lich).
Pathfinder sources and Dungeonscape only. (Other sources may be allowed, but would have to clear with the DM first, adding a third step to this.)
The lich starts out as a Gnome Illusionist, becomes a lich at 12th level.
Evocation and Conjuration are his "Prohibited" schools. Like that means anything anymore.
This Lich was undeadified on unholy ground, and gets 120 HP (12 maximized D8+Cha)
Everything else is currently up for grabs. If you were a 2,000 year old Lich that hates Kobolds and Dragons, what would your sheet look like?