Weirdbob95
2014-08-02, 04:36 PM
Hello!
First of all, if you're in the Expeditions to the Ruins of Greyhawk campaign, stop reading now because of possible spoilers.
So, my party is going to meet Iuz (the Greyhawk demigod) soon, and, knowing them, will probably decide to fight him. He'll be in a weakened state due to plot events so he won't utterly destroy them. The encounter will be underground in a large room, a few rounds after another encounter with Iuz's general (a wizard). Although I've been mostly following the book, it recommends to have Iuz be impossible to fight, which I don't want to do.
The party, ECL 11 (maybe 12 by the time they get there):
Artificer/Warblade, crafted himself items to break WBL and has a ton of tricks up his sleeve
Psionic Warrior, uses Vigor+Share Pain and other buffs to tank hundreds of damage
Paladin of Freedom, can do a lot of damage on a charge with his new lance
Druid, likes to summon and buff grappling animals, other utility spells
Sorceror, focuses on blasting fire spells with some utility
They're all decently optimized and can kill enemies of higher CR than them.
For the actual encounter, I'm thinking Iuz would be a Horned Devil, without Regeneration or Summon Devil abilities, without the fly speed, but with a Divine Rank of 0 and no Divine Rank.
My questions:
How hard would the fight be?
Should I reduce the Horned Devil's defenses? AC 35 and SR 28 is hard for an ECL 11 party.
What would be the modified Horned Devil's CR?
Is there another demonic outsider that would be a better encounter?
First of all, if you're in the Expeditions to the Ruins of Greyhawk campaign, stop reading now because of possible spoilers.
So, my party is going to meet Iuz (the Greyhawk demigod) soon, and, knowing them, will probably decide to fight him. He'll be in a weakened state due to plot events so he won't utterly destroy them. The encounter will be underground in a large room, a few rounds after another encounter with Iuz's general (a wizard). Although I've been mostly following the book, it recommends to have Iuz be impossible to fight, which I don't want to do.
The party, ECL 11 (maybe 12 by the time they get there):
Artificer/Warblade, crafted himself items to break WBL and has a ton of tricks up his sleeve
Psionic Warrior, uses Vigor+Share Pain and other buffs to tank hundreds of damage
Paladin of Freedom, can do a lot of damage on a charge with his new lance
Druid, likes to summon and buff grappling animals, other utility spells
Sorceror, focuses on blasting fire spells with some utility
They're all decently optimized and can kill enemies of higher CR than them.
For the actual encounter, I'm thinking Iuz would be a Horned Devil, without Regeneration or Summon Devil abilities, without the fly speed, but with a Divine Rank of 0 and no Divine Rank.
My questions:
How hard would the fight be?
Should I reduce the Horned Devil's defenses? AC 35 and SR 28 is hard for an ECL 11 party.
What would be the modified Horned Devil's CR?
Is there another demonic outsider that would be a better encounter?