Vorpal Pete
2007-03-31, 11:55 PM
I'm looking at having the dead of my campaign world collected and borne to the underworld by mounted wraiths. I'd like to mount the wraiths on nightmares, and in most ways it's a nice match. But!
Wraiths and their steeds would be incorporeal to the living (and on the ethereal plane). They would be substantial to the dead, who are also incoporeal to the living. So...
If the living were to enter the ethereal plane and fight a mounted wraith, the nightmare would be given the incorporeal trait and would do damage as a wraith (incorporeal touch d4+con drain) instead of the normal flaming hooves stuff. How would that affect the EL (normally a 7, I think).
If the dead were to try to ward off the wraith so as not to be taken to the underworld, the wraith would be corporeal and would need another attack form. I'm leaning toward giving the wraith a paralyzing touch when it's corporeal - perhaps a DC14 Fort save or be paralyzed. I may actually give the wraith a sword and have it do normal damage when it's corporeal in addition to the paralysis power. So how would the wraith being corporeal affect the EL?
Wraiths and their steeds would be incorporeal to the living (and on the ethereal plane). They would be substantial to the dead, who are also incoporeal to the living. So...
If the living were to enter the ethereal plane and fight a mounted wraith, the nightmare would be given the incorporeal trait and would do damage as a wraith (incorporeal touch d4+con drain) instead of the normal flaming hooves stuff. How would that affect the EL (normally a 7, I think).
If the dead were to try to ward off the wraith so as not to be taken to the underworld, the wraith would be corporeal and would need another attack form. I'm leaning toward giving the wraith a paralyzing touch when it's corporeal - perhaps a DC14 Fort save or be paralyzed. I may actually give the wraith a sword and have it do normal damage when it's corporeal in addition to the paralysis power. So how would the wraith being corporeal affect the EL?