Duboris
2012-09-12, 10:25 AM
My players have just recently met a Alchemist that is of presumed level 20, and his alchemical secret is "Rubedo" which means that he's capable of transmuting a soul into the giant suits of armor that the blacksmith creates, whether they're magical or not.
What the player character's don't know is that the alchemist is actually evil, and is planning to charm the characters that choose to become armors. Mind you, the characters have already been warned about the risks (Killing their own friends) so they're skeptical, but one of the Wizard NPCs has nominated to have his soul transmuted into a huge suit of armor.
What this basically means is that he'll have all of his feats, all of his magic, and a new rod built via blacksmith. His armor class is going to go up by 4, and his health will get an automatic +30 because of the size change and health increase.
I'm planning on making him a "Tragic" bossfight, because the PCs have grown attached to him where he's helped them out of so many binds where they keep helping him. If he doesn't take the procedure, however, he'll die of his ailments, which are natural because he's so dam old.
What I'm wondering is that if all of his spells would work better, or worse considering he's changed his size. The armor is not counted as "Heavy" armor class, however, and is simply an extension of his conscience, which means for him, he's technically not wearing armor, which would actually heighten his spell chance.
The question remains, could he still cast all of his spells normally?
What the player character's don't know is that the alchemist is actually evil, and is planning to charm the characters that choose to become armors. Mind you, the characters have already been warned about the risks (Killing their own friends) so they're skeptical, but one of the Wizard NPCs has nominated to have his soul transmuted into a huge suit of armor.
What this basically means is that he'll have all of his feats, all of his magic, and a new rod built via blacksmith. His armor class is going to go up by 4, and his health will get an automatic +30 because of the size change and health increase.
I'm planning on making him a "Tragic" bossfight, because the PCs have grown attached to him where he's helped them out of so many binds where they keep helping him. If he doesn't take the procedure, however, he'll die of his ailments, which are natural because he's so dam old.
What I'm wondering is that if all of his spells would work better, or worse considering he's changed his size. The armor is not counted as "Heavy" armor class, however, and is simply an extension of his conscience, which means for him, he's technically not wearing armor, which would actually heighten his spell chance.
The question remains, could he still cast all of his spells normally?