Draconis. My earlier monk run indicated invisible stalkers & human Draconis couldn't harm a monk so I enter each battle unbuffed so the dragon form can get the full effect.
Oversight DraconisAn efreeti fireshield has injured me so I wait for regeneration as Draconis empties his spellbook. He stops casting after a while so once I am fully healed I punch and kick him some more, moving away each time. As he transforms into a dragon I chuckle and think about what to do (open the Ovesight readme - can't remember which HLA does what!)
Solar Stance seems like a good start (damage, blindness, reduces saving throws and AC) but Draconis saves against most effects.
Another Solar Stance then.
Maybe a Dragon Fist.
I'm too close and take 51 acid damage. Shadowless Kick next, though I take acid damage and a wing buffet.
I use Second Wind and start to remove the Invisible Stalkers, moving on whenever Draconis arrives. My increased monk speed must be really frustrating for him - just as his stoneskins and invisibility are for me. I try a series of hit and run attacks, with both of us killing stalkers wherever possible. I lay on hands after a few hits then try to attack him. His repeated stoneskins lasted the duration (the game crashed at this point).
Refinements DraconisDraconis is easily defeated in his human form. A Dragon Fist removes his initial dragon form protections, so he sequences some more in time for my next hit to remove them too. He's hasted (and keeping up unlike with Oversight), adding another Stoneskin as he hits with an acidic buffet. I add mirror images just as another acid breath lands, avoiding the effects. I run a bit further then cast Inner Time and turn around to see what can be done. My tactic is working but he's not stupid and turns invisible, my many hits have bounced off stoneskins and what I have left will soon expire.
He re-appears and I manage a hit, only for him to buffet me away and apply a stoneskin. I'm back quickly and add four more hits before Inner Time expires, so retreat again. I try a Chant but am buffeted away and on my return take massive acid damage so run to lay on hands. A Shadowless Kick sends him invisible so I run again and return with Greater Evasion. I know an acid breath and wing buffet will follow but want to try the evasion out - 49 and 19 damage even though the effects are saved. I'm almost dead so time to run and glug. He survives a Quivering Palm (no save so immune or in hindsight foiled by stoneskin) and turns invisible to avoid a follow-up.
I'm out of potions (had plenty in Oversight but only 3 extra & 5 superior here) so have to bide my time and move around the 12 or so stalkers. I tempt Draconis from time to time and grin as two's and three's of his stalkers perish from his acid attacks. Eventually I wear his stoneskin down and get him injured, only for another stoneskin to be activated, followed by a heal.
I can wait - probably. I hit from time to time, often taking a wing buffet in return so my attacks are sporadic as I can't afford to get too injured. Sure enough, one acid breath hits for 43 + 47 and I have to have a long run while regenerating. I'm a bit careless and get another 44/save and down to 46/138hp again. I try and time this better - attack after acid breath if HP > 100 and retreat whether I hit or miss; the trick being to cajole an acid breath from a safe distance. Eventually a hit lands and his stoneskins are gone again. Or are they?
He's killed more stalkers than me, but I get a level from my share. Two HLA's are left, Finger of Destruction or Second Wind, and selecting one appears to disable the other.
Refinements Finger of DestructionTouch attack.
5 points of Constitution and 2 point penalty to saves vs. death for 5 turns (no save).
Creatures below 10 Hit Dice die immediately.
Creatures above this level suffer 10 points of magical damage.
An additional 1 point penalty to Constituiton and saves vs. death every second round for 1 turn.
The victim is entitled to a saving throw vs. death every time to avoid further negative effects.
As soon as the next acid breath is avoided I FoD Draconis. No saves mentioned but he takes 10 damage (barely injured), so I guess he is immune to the main effects.
Never mind, I will continue to hit and run. My next hit is strange though, making him glow.
Another hit, and he is immune. Cue swearing - I've switched to Blackblood by mistake - hindsight, no the FoD spell has defaulted to right-most weapon.
My next hit is still immune and he sequences stoneskin/haste/remove magic followed by greater malison. I opt to wait his haste out as he's chewing my heels again. Once the haste expires I have an army of Invisible Stalkers to avoid (this is some of the ones that have turned visible). It's important not to let them hem me in too.
I coax Draconis to clear some stalkers with two or three lots of acid breath. After five or so hits I'm too close and get 42+56 damage (8/140hp). A few more hits and he stoneskins again. A while later he adds a stoneskin/haste/remove sequencer. As before, the haste catches me out and I take 48+56 damage. I manage two more circuits before I run into a hidden stalker and he covers me in acid. I'm almost dead from the hit and fail the save for a second hit. Dead.
OK, neither of those were nice, Oversight took about 40 minutes and Refinements lasted JUST OVER 2 HOURS and had him barely injured after the heal. It looks like Draconis can cast stoneskin every few turns so I need to increase my attack frequency - will either return after Sendai or retire Ahl now all the HLA's have been used.
Modifié par Gate70, 30 septembre 2012 - 04:54 .
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