03-25-2020, 10:32 AM | #21 | |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
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TBH, I think the implied mental invitation would provide sufficient access to the wizard which I think is what warhorse11h is getting at.
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03-25-2020, 11:35 AM | #22 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
Demon summonings should be roleplayed.
Well I remember a player, safely in a pentagram, summoning a demon. I had the demon appear, wearing a spell of invisibility, just outside the pentagram. The demon then tiptoed over to the door of the room and knocked, while calling out "I am here o master, open the door that I may enter and serve thee." Yes, the player character walked over to open the door. |
03-25-2020, 12:16 PM | #23 | |
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03-25-2020, 12:29 PM | #24 | |
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I've always been a little disappointed at how relatively powerless demons are when it seems like they should have infinite variety and all kinds of weird powers. |
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03-25-2020, 03:03 PM | #25 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
Another thought, since it is a contest of wills, one might consider that it is a mental contest of the wizard trying to compel the demon to do his bidding and vice versa. If the demon wins, the wizard is forced to break the pentagram. The demon can then politely request the wizards autograph or rip his head off as he sees fit.
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03-25-2020, 04:46 PM | #26 | |
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03-25-2020, 05:01 PM | #27 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
You had me at "picks up the party's barbarian". ;)
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03-26-2020, 12:53 AM | #28 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
I'm thinking the wizard must not like his friends very much if he summons the demon outside the pentagram without inviting those friends to step inside with him first.
"Hey guys, you stand over there while I get inside this circle here -- now wait 'til you see what I'm bringing you!"
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03-26-2020, 01:02 AM | #29 | ||
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03-26-2020, 05:46 AM | #30 | |
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The rules do say a demon can use weapons so if there were any ranged weapons (like rocks), it could use them to attack across the pentagram since they're nonmagical. |
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