ksbsnowowl
2016-08-24, 09:08 PM
I'm a DM looking to make use of a Fiend of Possession (PrC from Fiend Folio) as a foe my PC's will encounter. I have a couple questions about the class' abilities.
1) A FoP who possesses an object can use its SLA's. The Possess Creature ability says nothing about this, but later the Control Creature ability says the FoP gains "access to all the [host] creature's abilities, skills, feats, and spell knowledge. The fiend now acts as though it is the creature in all respects, until [it loses control]. The fiend uses its own Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, but adopts all of the possessed creature’s physical ability scores. It can make use of its own spell-like abilities as well." (Emphasis mine) Can a FoP that is possessing a creature only use its own SLA's while in direct control of the host victim? Or can it also use them while passively riding in a victim?
2) Regarding the above quote, can a FoP actually cast the spells of the victim?
3) Also regarding above, can a FoP cast/use the SLA's of the victim?
4) If a FoP can cast the victim's spells and/or use the victim's SLA's, will the save DC's of the victim's spells/SLA's be based on the FoP's mental stats, or those of the host creature?
5) The FoP can presumably only possess things while on the Material/Ethereal planes, since to do so he must become Ethereal, then be adjacent to his Material target. The act of possessing a creature/object explicitly makes the FoP no longer Ethereal. If the possessed victim is slain, or if the FoP is exercised from the victim, "the fiend is forced back into its ethereal form." What happens if the possessed victim is slain on an outer plane? There is no coexistent Ethereal plane for the FoP to revert to.
1) A FoP who possesses an object can use its SLA's. The Possess Creature ability says nothing about this, but later the Control Creature ability says the FoP gains "access to all the [host] creature's abilities, skills, feats, and spell knowledge. The fiend now acts as though it is the creature in all respects, until [it loses control]. The fiend uses its own Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, but adopts all of the possessed creature’s physical ability scores. It can make use of its own spell-like abilities as well." (Emphasis mine) Can a FoP that is possessing a creature only use its own SLA's while in direct control of the host victim? Or can it also use them while passively riding in a victim?
2) Regarding the above quote, can a FoP actually cast the spells of the victim?
3) Also regarding above, can a FoP cast/use the SLA's of the victim?
4) If a FoP can cast the victim's spells and/or use the victim's SLA's, will the save DC's of the victim's spells/SLA's be based on the FoP's mental stats, or those of the host creature?
5) The FoP can presumably only possess things while on the Material/Ethereal planes, since to do so he must become Ethereal, then be adjacent to his Material target. The act of possessing a creature/object explicitly makes the FoP no longer Ethereal. If the possessed victim is slain, or if the FoP is exercised from the victim, "the fiend is forced back into its ethereal form." What happens if the possessed victim is slain on an outer plane? There is no coexistent Ethereal plane for the FoP to revert to.