Traiven
2014-09-14, 10:27 PM
Ok, allow me to explain this creature.
In the game I am currently running the party has managed to get a deed to a castle and the land its on, don't worry they aren't getting the castle just the land by the end, but its haunted of course. The castle is 200 years old and has echos of it split across 4 dimensions, one in the martial plain and three in the dreams of its former owner who is guarding a powerful artifact. This artifact is a dream relic that has allowed the dreams of others to infest his own including a Face Stealer, an aberrant creature made of black light that seeks to experience all things by taking them from others eg. there faces's.
This creature is less a boss and more an entity that the party encounters every now and again. Its goal is to take the faces of the three aspects of the owner of the castle that resist it called John, Cenn and Lake each named after the owner, John Cenn Lake, in order to take his face as a whole. Right now the party doesn't know this and think its some sort of time thing, lol as if I would give a level 4 party a time quest.
What I need is your help balancing, I don't know if this creature is overpowered but I still want to be very difficult to defeat. The party may run every time they encounter it because the first time it was encountered it was on the material plain which means it was invincible see unimaginable, but I still want it to be an encounter they are hard pressed to win if they just find it and don't have a plan.
Any opinions would be great. :smallsmile:
Description
This silhouette of black light that is this creature is roughly humanoid in shape about 6'7"ft or 204cm with four arms set in symmetrical pars either side of its torso. It wears its masks on its chest, the creature lacking a head, that it is currently using and the others are worn as if they were attached to a belt around the waist.
Face Stealer, The Scary Level 5 Solo Skirmisher
Medium aberrant humanoid XP 1000
HP 184 Bloodied 92 Speed 4, teleport 8 Initiative +3
AC 20 Fortitude 18 Reflex 17 Will 20 Perception +8, blindsight 5
Immune fear, gaze Resist 8 dark, 8 radiant, variable see Masks Vulnerable none
Saving roll +5 Action points 2
Traits
Masks
The face stealer has 6 masks on its person allowing for the altering of powers and wears 3 at a time. At the beginning of an encounter roll a d6 three times to determine which ones are worn, they are as follows:
1. Mask of Rage – Gains resistance 4 fire.
2. Mask of Fear – Gains resistance 4 psychic.
3. Mask of Neverseen – Blindsight is now 10.
4. Mask of Corruption – Gains resistance 2 necrotic and 2 poison.
5. Mask of Loneliness – Gains resistance 4 cold.
6. Mask of Pain – Gains a +2 to savingthrows against ongoing damage.
Unimaginable Aberrant
Non-aberrant creatures that look at the face stealer takes 2 psychic damage per turn and it cannot be harmed in the physical world only the dream worlds even if the damage is not physical. Furthermore the face stealer can only spend 1 hour per 3 days in the physical world before it discorporates and returns to the dream worlds.
Standard
Basic Melee Swipe At-will
Attack: melee 2 One creature +10 vs. AC
Hit: 1d10 + 4 damage.
Double Attack Recharge 6, 5, 4, 3
Effect: Make two basic melee attacks.
Close burst Blacklight Bolt Dark, Radiant At-will
Attack: close burst 8 One creature +9 vs. AC
Hit: 1d8 + 4 dark and radiant damage, and choose an effect basied on which masks are currently worn.
Mask of Rage
Effect: The target makes a basic melee attack against an adjacent ally.
Mask of Fear
Effect: The target is pushed 3 squares.
Mask of Neverseen
Effect: Face stealer is invisible to the target creature (save ends).
Mask of Corruption Necrotic
Effect: The target takes ongoing 3 necrotic and loses a healing surge (save ends both).
Mask of Loneliness
Effect: The target’s allies can no longer target this creature with a beneficial power or aid it in checks (save ends).
Mask of Pain
Effect: Target takes a -2 penalty to savingthrows until the end of its next turn.
Melee Collect Aberrant, Psychic Encounter, recharges when first bloodied
Attack: melee 2 One creature +8 vs. Reflex
Effect: The target is now grappled and takes a -2 penalty to escaping checks. While the target is grappled this way the face stealer may still act as usual and make the following attack against the target.
Attack: melee touch Grappled creature +7 vs. Will
Hit: 2d8 + 4 psychic damage and the target is unconscious (save ends). If the target has been damaged by this attack up to its bloodied value worth of hit points then the target is dying or the targets hit points drop to 0 and bellow. If the face stealer is slain by before the creature dies and its hit points are 1 and above then they are no longer dying and are conscious.
Minor
Swap Mask At-will
Effect: Replace one mask that the face stealer is currently wearing with one that he is not. This power may only be used once per round.
Skills Arcana +10, Insight +8
Str 17 (mod) Dex 8 (mod) Wis 20 (mod)
Con 16 (mod) Int 15 (mod) Cha 3 (mod)
Alignment Neutral Evil Languages Giberish
Equipment none
Loot: none
Tactics
Its tactics are simple it teleports around each turn striking at enemies depending on the threat they pose to it and will even attempt to undermine strategies used against it like engaging with the tank as a distraction and instead going for the warlock that is blasting away from behind. When it finds an "interesting" target it will use collect to grab the target and steal its face avoiding any interference.
In the game I am currently running the party has managed to get a deed to a castle and the land its on, don't worry they aren't getting the castle just the land by the end, but its haunted of course. The castle is 200 years old and has echos of it split across 4 dimensions, one in the martial plain and three in the dreams of its former owner who is guarding a powerful artifact. This artifact is a dream relic that has allowed the dreams of others to infest his own including a Face Stealer, an aberrant creature made of black light that seeks to experience all things by taking them from others eg. there faces's.
This creature is less a boss and more an entity that the party encounters every now and again. Its goal is to take the faces of the three aspects of the owner of the castle that resist it called John, Cenn and Lake each named after the owner, John Cenn Lake, in order to take his face as a whole. Right now the party doesn't know this and think its some sort of time thing, lol as if I would give a level 4 party a time quest.
What I need is your help balancing, I don't know if this creature is overpowered but I still want to be very difficult to defeat. The party may run every time they encounter it because the first time it was encountered it was on the material plain which means it was invincible see unimaginable, but I still want it to be an encounter they are hard pressed to win if they just find it and don't have a plan.
Any opinions would be great. :smallsmile:
Description
This silhouette of black light that is this creature is roughly humanoid in shape about 6'7"ft or 204cm with four arms set in symmetrical pars either side of its torso. It wears its masks on its chest, the creature lacking a head, that it is currently using and the others are worn as if they were attached to a belt around the waist.
Face Stealer, The Scary Level 5 Solo Skirmisher
Medium aberrant humanoid XP 1000
HP 184 Bloodied 92 Speed 4, teleport 8 Initiative +3
AC 20 Fortitude 18 Reflex 17 Will 20 Perception +8, blindsight 5
Immune fear, gaze Resist 8 dark, 8 radiant, variable see Masks Vulnerable none
Saving roll +5 Action points 2
Traits
Masks
The face stealer has 6 masks on its person allowing for the altering of powers and wears 3 at a time. At the beginning of an encounter roll a d6 three times to determine which ones are worn, they are as follows:
1. Mask of Rage – Gains resistance 4 fire.
2. Mask of Fear – Gains resistance 4 psychic.
3. Mask of Neverseen – Blindsight is now 10.
4. Mask of Corruption – Gains resistance 2 necrotic and 2 poison.
5. Mask of Loneliness – Gains resistance 4 cold.
6. Mask of Pain – Gains a +2 to savingthrows against ongoing damage.
Unimaginable Aberrant
Non-aberrant creatures that look at the face stealer takes 2 psychic damage per turn and it cannot be harmed in the physical world only the dream worlds even if the damage is not physical. Furthermore the face stealer can only spend 1 hour per 3 days in the physical world before it discorporates and returns to the dream worlds.
Standard
Basic Melee Swipe At-will
Attack: melee 2 One creature +10 vs. AC
Hit: 1d10 + 4 damage.
Double Attack Recharge 6, 5, 4, 3
Effect: Make two basic melee attacks.
Close burst Blacklight Bolt Dark, Radiant At-will
Attack: close burst 8 One creature +9 vs. AC
Hit: 1d8 + 4 dark and radiant damage, and choose an effect basied on which masks are currently worn.
Mask of Rage
Effect: The target makes a basic melee attack against an adjacent ally.
Mask of Fear
Effect: The target is pushed 3 squares.
Mask of Neverseen
Effect: Face stealer is invisible to the target creature (save ends).
Mask of Corruption Necrotic
Effect: The target takes ongoing 3 necrotic and loses a healing surge (save ends both).
Mask of Loneliness
Effect: The target’s allies can no longer target this creature with a beneficial power or aid it in checks (save ends).
Mask of Pain
Effect: Target takes a -2 penalty to savingthrows until the end of its next turn.
Melee Collect Aberrant, Psychic Encounter, recharges when first bloodied
Attack: melee 2 One creature +8 vs. Reflex
Effect: The target is now grappled and takes a -2 penalty to escaping checks. While the target is grappled this way the face stealer may still act as usual and make the following attack against the target.
Attack: melee touch Grappled creature +7 vs. Will
Hit: 2d8 + 4 psychic damage and the target is unconscious (save ends). If the target has been damaged by this attack up to its bloodied value worth of hit points then the target is dying or the targets hit points drop to 0 and bellow. If the face stealer is slain by before the creature dies and its hit points are 1 and above then they are no longer dying and are conscious.
Minor
Swap Mask At-will
Effect: Replace one mask that the face stealer is currently wearing with one that he is not. This power may only be used once per round.
Skills Arcana +10, Insight +8
Str 17 (mod) Dex 8 (mod) Wis 20 (mod)
Con 16 (mod) Int 15 (mod) Cha 3 (mod)
Alignment Neutral Evil Languages Giberish
Equipment none
Loot: none
Tactics
Its tactics are simple it teleports around each turn striking at enemies depending on the threat they pose to it and will even attempt to undermine strategies used against it like engaging with the tank as a distraction and instead going for the warlock that is blasting away from behind. When it finds an "interesting" target it will use collect to grab the target and steal its face avoiding any interference.