Narrated D&D Story: The Veteran Necromancer Teaches The Greedy Party A Valuable Lesson (Part 1)
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The spells you cast would have cost a bunch and I think you cast more spells then you should have been able to. If this is the case and you were playing fast and loose with rules. Then a party assassination would be warranted.
Lucky the DM let u do all that stuff and all that setup. Good story though.
i would hate and love to see what the gray necromancer and this guy would do if they ever met
3.5 was called "Caster Edition" for a reason.
@@TheTechiemoses No, totally possible under 3.5 rules. You could stack buffs and metamagic feats to ridiculous heights. Not possible in later editions, for good reasons.
Wow that audible ad lasted longer than most campaigns
"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien
"Fuck subtle."
-Jim Butcher
@@MarcellusGrey I was about to post that....
If you think you killed a high level necromancer, you’re wrong.
Anone Amose he’s probably in a secret dungeon plotting your inevitable demise. Oh hey! It’s everyone from your home town but zombies.
Or upstairs buffing up to god-killer status making ready to ruin breakfast
Heh I get the reference
Once a Necromancer is past level 5, you're kinda screwed if you go picking a fight with one. This team is about to get wiped; it's just a matter of what flavor of death he intends to use.
Well for example if u are a necromancer with the death stone, which gives u 20 free lvls of necromancer. D&D 3.5
Party: *Kills Necromancer*
Party: wait, why do I hear boss music?
(Megalovania at 2x speed intensifies)
Korryn the Jackal finally somebody had the will to reply! I’ve waited the past six hours. Well, I’m gonna get to building another class for a campaign I’m launching in a few weeks.
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 have fun
Never try to kill a necromancer kill them or leave them alone if it goes wrong toast
"Fools, this isn't even my final form!"
Necromancy lesson one: raising a family is not that hard; as long as they're buried close to each other.
@Rick_Harper -- Bravo to you sir, well done! :D
Johnny Sizemore
[Tips hat]
Raising a hand is easier.
@@TerrariaGolem Raising your paycheck is hardest.
XD
They really thought that killing a necromancer will be that simple? That's cute.
Narcomancer. That is surprisinly accurate...^^
never played one but I have a feeling your right
kinda the name of the game destroy is the only way
@@heydoeradio7298 just be methodical and make sure its the real thing before you celebrate.
Or a warfogred there so hard to kill
Party: Murders necromancer in sleep and celebrates following morning
Actual necromancer: DM, hold my beer
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Was gonna make the same joke 😂😂😂😂
Disengaging decoy
Springing ambush
Party: gimme your stuff
Necromancer: no
Party: *murdering time*
Necromancer: I see that you have chosen death.. so be it.
Party: I thought we kill- I thought you died.
Necromancer: Well Yes But Actually- *Power Word: Kill*
Party: Suprised Pikachu Face
"I am become death."
Takes over the party's nuke role.
Who got that pun?
@@FlyingDominion sounds familiar... An ancient meme
Dammit Joker
“Come, drink my friends! This cup is as your blood!”
*Assassins impale the cup in annoyance.*
“As I said, this cup is as your blood...
If you should insist on spilling it...”
Better of "I see that you have chosen death.. so be it." So you have chosen... Death
Anyone else remember what Zee Bashew said “if it’s easy to kill a high level necromancer you didn’t kill him” it’s why I always have one rule when I play a backstabber in Dnd. Make a deal with the Wizard, they have few hit points but that doesn’t matter when they can teleport you to the fire plane
because more than likely that guy trhat did that is a metagaming minmaxing munchkin that is gonna use the chapeast strategies possible. and or the necromancer is made by an asshole piece of shit Dm.
honestly there is no reason they cna't take him down anyway even at a low level. the action economy is in their favor.
I play a LN paladin (relationship status with deity: it's complicated) and always make a point of not getting into the wizard/necro bad side, unless they are being evil.
Yeah, this is why at least 3 campaigns have had their parties turn into Sole Survivor campaigns.
Personally I think Morty said it better. “If you think he’s dead, he’s not. And if you think your safe, he’s coming for you!”
Wizard are the one class I don’t mess with in character. They are the one class I can’t easily exploit weaknesses with in combat. Fighter monk barbarians, yes they have some ranged but it’s not their main strength and I’ve never met a wizard that hasn’t gotten fly at some point. Warlock, bard, cleric, Druid, Ranger, they’ve got spells and range but nothing a level 20 wizard can’t counter spell or block with some abjuration or simply just smite with some ninth level spells before they get close. In conclusion if you think there’s going to be one party member left after your betrayal it’s gonna be the wizard unless you knock him out in a back alley before he suspects anything
Newbie players: spit in the face of caring, more knowledgeable player and betray him
Veteran necromancer: proceeds to elegantly stike back
Newbie players: surprised electrical dire rat face
suddenly bewildered would have been more suitable for your strike at humor
E L E C T R I C A L
D I R E
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nice :)
HAHA that is funny!
@@ludvigwatte4924 Seriously. Electrical Dire Rats are going to be a level 1 encounter for my next campaign. Already added to campaign notes.
Pikachu
Party: Haha we killed him
Necromancer: *teleports behind them
Necromancer: omae wa mo SHinDirU
Necromancer: *Ear piercing screech.*
Me: wow spoilers
Party: nani!
I think (personally) it’d be funny if a time stop occurred with our lovely necromancer pulling a Dio, killing the party off in a way similar to Kakyoin. Just me tho
@@lukebriones8630 bro yes just yes
"I like this tower. I think I'll keep it, and all of its contents."
Powerword: Kill.
My poor lungs
"I like our tower. Let me rephrase that, I like *my* tower."
"That's awful big talk for somebody who is in fireball distance!"
HAHAHAHA!!!!
He sadly forgoed the use of fire ball... Time to cast summon undead 6+ debuff them down while his vampire lord or mummy lord spank them
He locked the Evocaton School though...
I dont need fireball
"I have been the voice of reason and moderation this entire campaign" tbh, if someone like that joined my game, and i demanded their loot, i wouldnt expect anything less. Anyone else get the feeling of that video where the player poisoned the dm and his entire group, killing them all? I feel like something like that is going to happen. Only, the poison would be a quicker way to go, then what this necromancer will put them through. Again, and again, and again, and again... you see where that goes.
Finger of death... now your corpse attacks your friend. finger off death, now there's 2 of my minions attacking the last... And finger of death.
Now the undead fight each other and fireball.
I had something like that nearly happen to me. Three of my fellow party members tried to intimidate my character out of a scroll she had acquired before two of them joined. But for the intervention of the party rogue it would have gotten real ugly. She basically threatened a beat down on the next person who tried to take my character's stuff
Wonder how many times he will crush the pixie like a bug underfoot before using her as a replacement for a source of light... One that can be safely and readily targeted while the necromancer lingers in the shadows behind...
As an Ancestor once told: "Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer."
"They CAN be beaten. They CAN be killed."
Overconfidence precipitates a dizzying fall.
@@1Maklak that's "triumphant pride precipitates..."
Success is clearly in view, or is it merely a trick of the light?
"Arrogance destroys the foothold of victory"
Reminds me of how I tricked my parťy as a necromancer. When they inevitably turned on me due to in character confusion and misunderstanding.
Long story short. I ran down a city street screaming for my life and turned my whole party of clerics and paladins into wanted heretics for attacking an innocent "farm boy"
Illusion is your best friend
never screw witha pc wizard they dont need to pull punches like a DM might.
"Illusion is your best friend"
Well, that and the real farm boy's dead dog... But that's because you raised him from a pup.
@@sebastiansilverfox6912 xD
@@sebastiansilverfox6912 That pun both hurt and inspired.
It's gonna be a slaughter
You can't spell slaughter without laughter
DGHavoc907 hahahahha! I saw a fanfiction called that once!
Haha
@@DHTheAlaskan You can with the poor spelling some people have nowadays.
Example: "it's gonna be a slahter"
@@williamfalls Slaghter
the guy was ready to protect them but they got gready. they will die
Pixie: gimme your share
Necromancer: no
Pixie: so, you have chosen death.
Necromancer: yes.
Pixie: gimme your share
Necromancer: no
Pixie: so, you have chosen death
Necromancer: I specialize in it
>:)
Cough undeath
Pixie: then come embrace your death
Necromancer: who said it was mine?
"oh i'm sorry im a bit hard of hearing i thought you meant "WE chose death" "
Thay have chosen death
That face when they realize they don goofed.
surprised pikachu face hahaha
Party: *murders necromancer*
Party: That was easy.
Necromancer: *rises*
Party: Why do I hear boss music
Necromancer: Boss... You may want to move back the first few rows are a splash zonep
*Dark soul activated*
Party: Kill the necromancer
Necromancer: "*dies*"
Party: yaay
Party: why do I hear boss music
Necromancer: *dark souls activated*
Party:
YOU DIED
Peter Stamerra Megalovania starts playing lmao
*The green Demon of like has arrived*
Note to self and others reading this: Don´t piss off the necromancer or you are gonna have a bad time. (Play megalovania on max volume)
*Astoshan default dancing*
XD not to say sans is weaker, but this necromancer is a hell alot more scarier with all those spells..
@@darlek_0017
True but I really just wanted to do the "bad time meme" Sans was just a +.
*Huh Huh Huh*
*Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh*
@@darlek_0017 "not to say Sans is weaker..."
He kind of is tho.
oh those guys are so gonna regret that.
Necromancer: “Omae wa moe shindieru”
Party: “Nani?!”
*(everything fucking dies)*
Then they come back from death
"YOU DIED," cried the three in unison. "I got better," said the necromancer with a shit-eating grin. All I am curious about is does he resort to torture.
seriously why mess with a wizard? a necromancer makes it so much worse
The torture will be their repeated revival from death
if it was easy to kill the necromancer... you didn't kill the necromancer
or you just out metagamed, munchkined him.
Party: (kills necromancer)
Necromancer: “I’m about end this mans whole career.”
7:49 - "Prepping with all the usual goodies".
I got a really strong flashbacks of Ainz Ooal Gown buffing before fighting Shalltear...
Yeah, except this is about to be even MORE one-sided.
Party: Necromancer, you suck and haven't done anything.
Necromancer: Sweet child, let me introduce you to the horror of debuff rays.
Assassinating another player character is such an incredibly evil act, I hope the GM took their professed alignments into account. The Cleric may have some atonement to do.
RedwoodTheElf I don’t think he lived long enough for that
Never give a wizard time to think.
I'm imagining once the portal opened and the necromancer stepped out, you could just feel the magic power radiating off of him, even to non-magic users could feel it, and him just going, "who's first?"
How very like an anime.
this is a turn done right. great execution. as if im hearing the next story plot episode of overlord.
Right? Some very quality, very well thought out plan.
Personally, I thought the execution was a bit substandard ...I mean, usually when you execute someone you expect them to actually die.
(Yeah, I know what you meant but couldn't resist)
UA-cam Notification: Narrated D&D Story: The Veteran *_Necromancer_*
o_O
Dont underestimate a more skilled player - my study has proved that dnd improves your brain so if someone is better than you at dnd it most likely means that they are smarter
i fully trust your study
Yes you seem incredibly smart and I can fully trust you
@@Milchtsunami2012 and @Dank boi - indeed, this study is super trustworthy and has a colossal sample size of 5 people! Can you imagine that!?
ChaoticMouseMan
I’m my ample size of 8 I had the most dangerous character but all my friends did better in school. It’s a matter of dedication
the size of your study doesnt matter if you crit on your persuasion roll.
Party: Oh I thought you were dead
Necromancer: My death was, greatly exaggerated
_Party kills Necromancer_
*Giorno theme starts playing at piano*
Party: is that a piano?
**Bazelgeus theme**
I don't know why but "Is that a piano?" is so much funnier to me than "Is that boss music?"
I think that would be a great moment to have in a game. Like a wild Magic moment. Someone trying to summon or conjure a rock or something and instead a piano falls from the sky landing on an enemy with a loud clang.
Party member: "Is... is that a piano?"
necro: "im gonna stay back and let you new guys be in the spotlight and you can always come to me if you need help"
players: "ok"
*near the end*
players: "you have done nothing to help us so you get nothing and were gonna kill u"
necro: "wtf.bmp"
Yesssss I can’t wait for the 2nd part!!!! I LOVE NECROMANCERS
does anyone else think the narrator of this channel sounds like Casey Casem? that old skool radio DJ :D
Either he is a very busy guy or it´s a new speech program, because it´s the same voice of the "i don´t work here" videos.
I've actually always felt like he should be doing one of the "white voices" from Sorry to Bother You :P
No. Not even close.
Like, wow, Scoob!
I read this one and it's pretty lit levels of keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer
He teleports in.
It was at this point that they knew they f'd up.
Saw necromancer and clicked right away
That party is about to get wrecked.
You're literally the only channel in all of UA-cam wich I have the bell on for notification. You are an amazing narrator, thank you for entertaining my weeks!!
“If it was easy to kill a necromancer, he’s not dead” -Zee Bashew
have a good day all who read this. :)
thank you good sir/ madam
Korryn the Jackal sir is correct and your welcome good jackal.
So how did you manage to tell the DM about your contingency plans without the murderhobo players knowing about it?
oh but alas, if only killing a necromancer were so easy... tsk tsk.. these poor fools.
"Oh boy. Here I go killing again." -This necromancer, probably.
Pixie: Gimme your loot!
Necro: Oh? You're Approaching Me?
When you plot to kill a necromancer and you only end up destroying one body, alarm bells should be going off immediately.
Sounds more like a DM NPC story... The lack of humility as seen in other stories makes this one highly suspect. That, or a secret Co-DM plot character player.
The way this dude talks about “friends” that he plays these games with is really off putting. Like he has a small contempt for anyone who isn’t well versed in the game.
I know the UA-camd didn’t write the story btw. Well narrated.
Necromancer in a relationship
S/O: *joking* would you Miss me if I died?
Necromancer: it’s cute that you think death can get you out of this relationship.
S/O *sweatdrop*
*Hears "Arcane Thesis" * Hoo boy this gonna be good
Was there ever a continuation of the "Grey Nechromancer" Story? Has to be one of the most awesome stories ever told.
Player:
Being a generally helpful guy
Party: He's got the shiny things lets kill him
Also Party: Kills him
Player: Fake surprise Pikachu face
Next morning
Il Vento D'oro starts playing
Party: Why can we hear boss music?
Player: Yous thought you could KILL a Necromancer? That's cute now who's ready for Bone Daddy's belt
But how did you set up the pocked dimension thing withouth them knowing it out of character? Since if they knew that was a clone why were they suprised?
If I learned anything from all these stories, its be kind to the necromancer
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In other words he went Ainz on their @$$
Notes from a NG human Idiot;
As a long time player of a Necromancer(that's still thinks he's better looking than you'll ever be ;D), it's nice to hear that someone beside myself still uses the classics. I wonder though: if he Raised Dead on all of them(after he killed them for the betrayal, of course!), would he get Improved Undead(as they were all PC Classes in life) or just the Cannon Fodder?
May your pantheon ever favor you
Baron Trevelyan Of Restenford
Brizzt eh? I wonder if he travels with a lion companion with a group of other companions like Beary the Barbarian, Dreunor the Dwarf fighter and Maddie the Human.
I need a DM like you listening to your content make me want to play DND
Ngl, I have no clue why I watched this, I've never given this game a thought in my life but for some reason I kinda wanna try it
Who are these people? I would have left this group really quickly
I never get tired of hearing this story his revenge is so masterfully done
Necromancer doing Necromancer things... it's always fun to listen to these tales.
Honestly, this comes off as so pretentious and cringey.
I have actually read this story before and the ending is glorious! No spoilers, however: the story teller is doing a fantastic job. Can't wait for the next installment.😉
Yet another story that makes you think beyond expectations. I really like that you told what addition and what feats and levels you used to make your character. It helps me look at the game a little more clearly on how things can add up to monster levels of antagonism.
Fooking cleric I get a purple necro stone and he magics me so I take it back then they start threatening so I shatter it then the barbarian attacks me
Can’t wait to see the part two of this one I always like it when greedy characters are teamed up on by the good gym and pc
Me in every RPG I play in: Is there a Necromancer in the party? If yes, I befriend and protect him. If no, I want to try and hire one.
Rest of the party: Why?
Me: This guy raises stuff from the dead as a career! What...you don't think you won't die? At least once? Ever?
Rest of the party: We'll chip in on that NPC...
That is smart, good idea there
This just hit my number 2 favorite so far. Number 1 being what I call "The Sword and the Troll." And number 3 is "The False Hydra"
The grey necromancer had to by my first but hydra really freaked me out.
@@FireLover7004 I loved the grey necromancer too but it didnt hit my top 3 since I generally play the "do anything, no matter how evil, for the greater good" character type so it didnt feel too unique to me.
@@UlrichUlrichson true most my characters yolotasic. "I dont care I do what I want" Not quite ce but Cn
What is it with D&D groups always being so selfish?
Damnnnn... I woulda said "This is the price of your greed, prepare to pay it."
Nah, don't be cliche.
Also, self realization (of why you've been punished with cunning) hurts more than any obvious statement.
just wait till he upends the bag of holding filled with skeletons.
At his lvl? Mummies or shadows are more likely ;D maybe even a morgue, or vampire.....
I get that the other players are newbs, but still, do they not understand what necromancy even means?
I do feel like his reaction was justified, but it's also harder to take him seriously when he calls the newbies Mary Sue snowflakes. A lot of players become cut throat murder hobos or greedy bastards because that's the stereotypical way people think D&D is played and because nobody really tells them otherwise. If a veteran player is playing and doesn't tell people this isn't how it should go down, they then don't have the right to talk about the new players with such contempt. I can't deny his way of teaching them a lesson is brilliant but at the same time not all that helpful. It's just gonna have the chance to encourage their cut throat behavior in future games, possibly with hurt feelings.
As a Player of a Necromancer, i find it mildly Offensive that they though it would be That easy to kill one...[raises 29,999,991 Rune-Etched Skeletal Warriors] Let me teach you the PROPER way to do this....>D
Aside: i had a player in a 3.5 game actually try to backstab Orpheus one time. Now i wasn't as...showy as our OP here. I waited 'till he was in the middle of a bunch of enemy redshirts and the Lair Boss, made certain he was down to a one hand count on life, then threw a fireball into the crowd. As his PC laid there dying, Orpheus went over to him and said quietly
"First rule of Betrayal: Never talk about betraying a caster when their familiars around...Oh, don't worry about burial rites. I have a Different plan in mind...." he then turned the PC into a Skeletal Warrior and sent it to check for Traps in the rest of the area.
Question.
How does one cast multiple concentration spells? I heard him list haste and blur under the things he had cast. Isnt casting another concentration spell supposed to cancel others?
I was wondering about that too since casting one ends the other, if you ask me this whole story sounds more like what the person wanted to happen rather than what actually happened
@@Grubbie_Mubbie or it happened in an edition before concentration was a thing. I forgot about that.
I’m a little late, but older editions didn’t have concentration. You could buff yourself as many times as you can. This was 3.5 edition, I believe. Fifth edition probably has concentration in order to stop casters from being overpowered with prep time. 5e takes away a lot of the other preparation based advantages that were in 3.5 and the like.
WAIT WHAT!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!! i NEED to find out what happened next! I mean...I expect a whoop assery, but dang!!!
I do like comeuppance.
I like the word comeuppance.
Word of the wise.... If you plan to betray anybody.... Don't betray a spellcaster of about equal level unless you're a better caster.... That is all
Huh Neet
Sounds like what a Dorkly Viewer would say.
Killing a Necromancer... harder to do than it seems, kill them in a battle. And you MIGHT be lucky to actually do it. Kill them in their sleep? Now your just aggravating them... betray them and get the other newbies of your party to kill them? You're just asking to get destroyed by them
Man these things are so made up it hurts. How do u say oh I cast all this shit in my room with out the other players and dm hearing. Or the party wanting to kill another player with out the dm doing anything. Smh
There are games where this all happens via note passing. Sounds strange but if you've interacted with some of the old guard of DnD you'll here about this sort of thing. Also Vampire the Masquerade and many other heavy RP games run on secrets between the PCs and a GM who keeps his mouth shut and lets things play out.
I've read/listened to (with Audible) a collection of stories that are about the minds behind dungeons ("Dungeon Cores") and have begun to work on a game where you play as a Dungeon Core. It could also act as a supplement for D&D or Pathfinder, the way I'm trying to write it, so it might pop up on those subreddits when I've gotten the document to where I feel it's ready for playtesting. Might make for some interesting stories once play has started.
As for reading/listening choices I suggest you start with The Crafter's Dungeon, it's a newer story and is more family-friendly. The Dark Dungeon series is a Mature-rated series, so if you want to experience the more adult side of things with dungeon cores you could head there. Both series are on Audible.
Also, on my Reading/Listening list are stories that take place in Fantasy setting worlds where the main character is a monster, for the more family-friendly version the Chronicles of a Royal Pet (Royal Ooze Chronicles) series is the one I've read most of, it has 5 books in the series so far (but last I checked, only 2 or 3 of the books are Audible); and for the M-Rated stuff, the Everybody Loves Large Chests series, all 3 of its current books are on audible, is a good place to start, in that series the main protagonist is a Mimic, a very young mimic.
Ok. I Never played real life RPG and DnD. (Chat and forum based only, and a postapo larps) So please someone enlighten me how do you do something like that. I mean. If they are whiny newbies, i imagine they would not resist meta-gaming, so you couldn't just say that you use all these spells and illusions out loud, did he actually pass some notes about to do DM? Or had side-talk with him? I am curious how do you execute "secret" things like that if you cannot trust other players to act as if they didn't know about it.
This is why I say never go against a wizard's words or Doom will befall you no matter what level of wizard they are they can still cast magic they could probably trap your soul in a random Rock so that they can torture you forever ♾️...
You can tell these guys were new to the game because you don't kill high level wizards. They're practically immortal, what with the many magical tricks they can bring to the table.
Instead, you need to focus on capturing their souls. This ensures that they can't be brought back from the dead, they can't use magic to escape, and you have full control over where their soul is goes.
the obvious route is a slaughter. then again, we are talking about a support necromancer. 3 routes i see: 1) kill and be done with it, but might be a bit too hash, especially to continue the campaign. 2) kill and raise them as loyal undead, unable to pull their shenanigans again, and potentially give some new perks to the noobs (if there is homebrew potential). 3) scare the full loot off the party. (boring, but at least the campaign could continue)
though i feel a bit low balled with the video... there are 15+ minute stories on this channel, yet you cut out after about 8, with a good bit of that time being a paid promotion? i question if it was truly worth being a 2 part video...
I love this channel and overall the quality of the content and videos is awesome. But these 'how I was better than the rest of my party and/or GM' just don't do it for me. Firstly, this is only one persons side of a story and I doubt its really went down that way given he makes himself sound like the most benevolent player to grace a D&D table, and secondly, at the end of the day in these PvP showdowns that largely boil down to a breakdown in communication out of character, nobody wins.
Today I did something worthy of praise. I play a kenku wizard lvl 1, warlock lvl 4, another party sees him as the week link even though he deals impressive damage for a level 5. You see thanks to my kenku's expert Forgery and mimicry the town has a new mayor after the tragic heart attack (caused by poison) of the previous mayor. This happened shortly after we destroyed a totem causing a curse on the town to be lifted (obviously making us heros), so when my kenku asked for a duel with our monk in front of the new mayor you bet the mayor offered to make it an event at the local arena. Two heros battling in the arena means money is definitely going to be moving around (bets, concessions, etc.) My character saw it as a friendly duel so he didnt dare to bet, and knowing his monk friend had a few eldritch blast scrolls from a previous deal for him to spot me some coin, he even offered to replenish any scrolls that was used if the monk won. Our fighter was in the crowd and called upon a mysterious man (who happens to be a god that loves eating food) to watch with him. As the battle went on the mysterious man ate some turkey legs and the fighter used them to interfere with the fight, hoping to earn a profit from my loss. These bones landed on pressure plates that released animals into the arena and one bone was to try a break my concentration on phantasmal force. First to be released was a Bear, then a Dire wolf. The bear missed me with a charge and tripped (nat 1) putting it between me and the wolf as the wolf entered combat. The wolf and the bear ended up battling, but meanwhile the monk who had already broke out of my phantasmal force was trying to fight me while a giant eagle was released at this point (I would like to note at the beginning of the fight I casted armor of agathys at 2nd level so the monk would take 10 cold damage everytime he landed a melee attack for the next hour). I mad the mistake of trying to communicate with the eagle as a fellow bird, which focused his attention to me (the animals never actually targeted the monk which actually helped my goal of proving my strength to the team because I had a bear, and an eagle try to kill me while the monk had time to run and play a lute (terribly I might add with a 6 for performance) when the bear was heading towards me after I fired an eldritch blast at it. With the help of the eagle he got me down to 4 hp but do to my hellish rebuke that he rolled a nat 1 against (our dm considers this a critical damage) I dealt over 20 fire damage to him and won the fight. It lasted an hour in total because he has an estus flask magical item that heals for an insane amount that he used twice before I decided that was enough and used chill touch to stop his healing capabilities.
It was at this moment that they knew... they F**ked up!
In all seriousness though, that's kinda a dick move from the rest of the party, the Necromancer is the one keeping them alive with debuffs on the enemy's and being a useful 2nd line fighter.
Really forgiving DM to allow 2d4 months in a well equipped laboratory in just one night. Allowing the necromancer to have all that ready to be able to cast seems a bit outside plausibility as well.
Hey, good story out of PvP, omg, don't tell people who ban PvP or evil alignment in their games, their heads will explode at the possibility of something they wouldn't comprehend
That was an awesome story leading up to the end unfortunately that was nasty Cliffhanger cuz I was so waiting to find out what you did to them after the fact. You kind of left the good part out. Secondly I'm not really a well versed D&D player so could someone explain to me how one could effectively do what he did without the rest of the party being aware that he did these things
3.0, 3.5 and pathfinder rule of thumb. Don't anger the high level full caster. They're deadlier then you might think...
I hope the whole thinking he didn't do anything and trying to take his stuff was an in character choice, and not the actual players being dicks. The former can lead to good roleplay (if done correctly and believably), the latter would lead to a seriously toxic game.
Is it really this kind of campaign really that common? Where there's infighting among party members? I just call that a dysfunctional group.
I'm a complete role playing newbie. How do you cast all those traps and plans without the whole table knowing? I mean, if I was in my playgroup and tried to do this, they'd totally change their characters to discuss between them "oh wait, he's a wise necromancer, he wouldn't allow us to easily kill him"
Omg. Wth is happening here. I started out in audible with the homeland trilogy and just finished Malazan: Book of the Fallen.