Pyrophilios
2022-06-04, 01:17 PM
Recently I've been pondering what an Genie Warlock could do with their 17th level mystic arcanum if given enough time.
(For the matter of this discussion I'm assuming going by pure RAW - especially in regards to mystic arcanums being not spell slots and its interaction with simulacrum. If you disagree that is fine, but this thread might not be the best place to have a discussion about it)
For this exercise I'm assuming an Eladrin (MPMM), Cloistered Scholar, Dao Genie Tome Warlock 17
Upon reaching lvl 17 and chosing wish as your final mystic arcanum, you are told you have 1 year and 1 day of downtime. After that you are facing progressively stronger opponents that seek you out and try to kill you.
So the first thing you do is wish for a simulacrum of you that regains their own MA everyday with you, giving you access to 2 wish spells per day and 2 limited wishes every 2.5 days.
As your 8th level arcanum you already took Demiplane. So come day 2 you set up a clone via the clone spell while you send out your simulacrum to find a dire troll and magic jar the beast, so your simulacrum has a durable form that actually heals when damaged. (Finding one is likely an exercise in using divination rituals - i.e. Commune and Diviniation). The simulacrum then casts Sequester on its original body to keep it save (with losing the troll body as the end condition).
Meanwhile, you conjure once every 7 days a Mighty Fortress to make it permanent after a year
Your Simulacrum is put on Forbiddance duty - casting the spell every day for 30 days on your fortress
After that you add a Hallow effect (Silence is pretty effective against spell casters - or maybe force vulnerability)
Over the next 30 days your Simulacrum is on Symbol duty - placing 10 symbols each of sleep, insanity and hopelessness around your fortress with appropriate triggers.
After that the Simulacrum goes about creating 16 Magen (Galvan+Hypnos), costing it 64 permanent hp from it's original body to gain a somewhat more substantial guard for your fortress. Add also two homunculi and two familiars, as well as find steed and find greater steed to the permantent staff.
Meanwhile you can litter the whole area with programmed illusions with your limited wish
After those two months prepwork, it's time to earn money. Druidcraft/Plantgrowth/Fabricate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8X9L5agUfM) to create bales of linen as tradegoods - do this for a month with your simulacrum and sell the results in various cities with a quick teleport (you can use a demiplane or your genie vessel to transport the goods)
After that, you can go for crafting magic items - having every tool proficiency (due to Elf Trance) and spell available (Wish), as well as money for raw materials and being able to find most formula (Cloistered Scholar Background) - with 4 uncommon items per month and 4 rare items in 5 months.
You have still 3 months left
A good time to start casting spell glyphs with buff spells in your genie vessel, so you can go in there for a quick round of super buffs. (Since you don't need to meet any requirements of the spell, you are free to integrate any spell up to lvl 8)
Other neat things to do: Awaken a bunch of animals and plants and treat them nice enough so that they stay your friend longterm. Or more brutal: Calling a Planar Ally and using an 8th level Planar Binding to keep them around for 180 days - Arclight Phoenix is a relatively easy to catch elemental with good stats.
So, what other neat things can you come up with for this Daolock?
(For the matter of this discussion I'm assuming going by pure RAW - especially in regards to mystic arcanums being not spell slots and its interaction with simulacrum. If you disagree that is fine, but this thread might not be the best place to have a discussion about it)
For this exercise I'm assuming an Eladrin (MPMM), Cloistered Scholar, Dao Genie Tome Warlock 17
Upon reaching lvl 17 and chosing wish as your final mystic arcanum, you are told you have 1 year and 1 day of downtime. After that you are facing progressively stronger opponents that seek you out and try to kill you.
So the first thing you do is wish for a simulacrum of you that regains their own MA everyday with you, giving you access to 2 wish spells per day and 2 limited wishes every 2.5 days.
As your 8th level arcanum you already took Demiplane. So come day 2 you set up a clone via the clone spell while you send out your simulacrum to find a dire troll and magic jar the beast, so your simulacrum has a durable form that actually heals when damaged. (Finding one is likely an exercise in using divination rituals - i.e. Commune and Diviniation). The simulacrum then casts Sequester on its original body to keep it save (with losing the troll body as the end condition).
Meanwhile, you conjure once every 7 days a Mighty Fortress to make it permanent after a year
Your Simulacrum is put on Forbiddance duty - casting the spell every day for 30 days on your fortress
After that you add a Hallow effect (Silence is pretty effective against spell casters - or maybe force vulnerability)
Over the next 30 days your Simulacrum is on Symbol duty - placing 10 symbols each of sleep, insanity and hopelessness around your fortress with appropriate triggers.
After that the Simulacrum goes about creating 16 Magen (Galvan+Hypnos), costing it 64 permanent hp from it's original body to gain a somewhat more substantial guard for your fortress. Add also two homunculi and two familiars, as well as find steed and find greater steed to the permantent staff.
Meanwhile you can litter the whole area with programmed illusions with your limited wish
After those two months prepwork, it's time to earn money. Druidcraft/Plantgrowth/Fabricate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8X9L5agUfM) to create bales of linen as tradegoods - do this for a month with your simulacrum and sell the results in various cities with a quick teleport (you can use a demiplane or your genie vessel to transport the goods)
After that, you can go for crafting magic items - having every tool proficiency (due to Elf Trance) and spell available (Wish), as well as money for raw materials and being able to find most formula (Cloistered Scholar Background) - with 4 uncommon items per month and 4 rare items in 5 months.
You have still 3 months left
A good time to start casting spell glyphs with buff spells in your genie vessel, so you can go in there for a quick round of super buffs. (Since you don't need to meet any requirements of the spell, you are free to integrate any spell up to lvl 8)
Other neat things to do: Awaken a bunch of animals and plants and treat them nice enough so that they stay your friend longterm. Or more brutal: Calling a Planar Ally and using an 8th level Planar Binding to keep them around for 180 days - Arclight Phoenix is a relatively easy to catch elemental with good stats.
So, what other neat things can you come up with for this Daolock?