Igan
2007-02-10, 08:20 PM
This might belong in gaming...But I was helping TheForestAuro with some stuff for a loner villain against a party of pretty powerful characters.
Since this BBEG is several levels higher than the party average, but by himself, his best chance is to fight them one-on-one. To that end, we worked up a couple of magic items to help him shape the battlefield--like a glass model of a house that comes with a small glass key. If the house is set on the ground and a command word spoken, a 20-foot-square force cube springs up around it, trapping anything around it inside the box. However it is controlled by the person who has the glass key--a word to activate, a word to deactivate, and the catch is, the house cannot be moved while activated and cannot be destroyed. BUT, if you break the key, the house is destroyed, too. With some planning, it's good for isolating a character for a straight-up-and-even fight.
Another tactic this villain employs is invisible caltrops. I will now pause while the reader considers the implications of that.
Since this BBEG is several levels higher than the party average, but by himself, his best chance is to fight them one-on-one. To that end, we worked up a couple of magic items to help him shape the battlefield--like a glass model of a house that comes with a small glass key. If the house is set on the ground and a command word spoken, a 20-foot-square force cube springs up around it, trapping anything around it inside the box. However it is controlled by the person who has the glass key--a word to activate, a word to deactivate, and the catch is, the house cannot be moved while activated and cannot be destroyed. BUT, if you break the key, the house is destroyed, too. With some planning, it's good for isolating a character for a straight-up-and-even fight.
Another tactic this villain employs is invisible caltrops. I will now pause while the reader considers the implications of that.