[Hank Parsons]

Good review and strategy, SixOfSpades. To discuss...

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: [QB] Immune to False Dawn. Say what? Immune to Sunray. Like I said, ALL creatures except the caster take damage from Sunray.

• She can't be hurt by any anti-undead tactic. That is acceptable to me. She is a ruler of undeads. You can use such spells on her minions but not on her. Is your objection to that, or to her not taking fire damage?
  
  

  Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Can see right through Invisibility, Non-Detection, Sanctuary and Protection from Undead. Oh yeah, this makes loads of sense.

  You cannot be unseen inside her lair. This is acceptable to me. When's the last time an enemy invaded your Planar Sphere, Ranger's Cabin, or other stronghold and waltzed around invisible? You don't have to put up with it, and neither does she. By way of explanation, perhaps she can see all living things, much the way infravision works. Yes, I realize perma-anti-invis is not in effect in player strongholds (and infravision does not see all invisibles), but in practice, all this ability means is Bodhi can see any living being who is in her lair. That seems perfectly fine to me for a major boss on her home turf. The lair could confer a lot of extra protections, such has been true throughout fantasy literature and D&D. If not for players then certainly for adversaries.
  
  

  Originally posted by SixOfSpades: She's dead. Dead people are cold (well, actually, room temperature). Somehow, this justifies a permanent, undispellable Fireshield: Blue that does something like 2D6 damage per hit?

  It's shockingly cold and bone-chilling to touch Bodhi. Nothing odd about that. Perfectly acceptable. All this does is make toe-to-toe melee dangerous and limited (which is too bad, since it's practically the only way to damage her.) The only thing annoying about this is the FS:Blue animation. The damage effect makes sense for a cold-arse vampire boss-witch. To counter this, you'll need lots of hit points, regeneration, healing potions, clerics behind you healing, and additional ranks to step in when you must flee.
  
  

  Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Casts spell-like abilities that cannot be defended against. Now where's that spell that lets me cast Rapture of the Father in combat.....

  Where's the rule that players should have access to every ability that adversaries have? Can Iraq invoke that rule right now on USA? It's not supposed to be "fair." Fighting vampire leaders is never fair. This game was dumb when Bodhi was fair, as that was unrealistic for a vamp of her stature.
  
  

  Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Has the same old trick of always knowing exactly where the PC is, and can Dimension Door right to him, at will.

See my take on invisibles. If you have a living heart beating blood, Bodhi can sense it anywhere inside her deepest lair. This is acceptable to me, in fact, it was silly when she couldn't.

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