Quasi-Class: Demon Consort

[DragonChyld]

The old saying goes if you fall off a horse, get back up and try again.

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REQUIRMENTS
12 levels of specalist Wizard (Enchantment)
10 Levels of Barbarian both by 24
Charisma of 16
Gender Specific (Female)
Alignment: Any Evil

~FEATS~
Greater Spell Focus Enchantment

~Sample Class Background~
Born to a Barbarian tribe you have always used your charms to get what you want out of life. It was no suprise to you when you were picked at a young age to learn to commune with the Spirit Elders. You were both Facinated and bored... You wanted something more. When your Barbarian Tribe encounted a Lone Wizard on the road and overtook him they broke his hands... But not his spirit. Intrigued you learned how to read and all you could from him before he died.. Then you set out on a deeper journey..

Becoming a Demon Consort means exactly that, you have used you knowledge, charm and toughness to summon and consort with a Balor. You are granted several special abilitys upon doing this.

Benefits:
-Spell DCs for all spells are equal to 10 + spell level + (CON modifierx9/10)
-For all spells, casterlevels and Spell penetration are equal to Wizard level + (Barbarian level/3)
-Gains the Hellstone item.

~ The Hellstone ~
A Demon Consort may cast any summon creature spell of level 4 or higher into her Hellstone. This will trigger the Hellstone's power and open a gate to hell which a demon, responding to the consorts call, will come through, and aid the Consort for the duration of the spell. However using the Hellstone and enchanting the Demon that is summoned is VERY draining upon the Caster. the demon summoned and the physical effects upon the caster vary by level of Summon spell cast into the Spell Stone. The physical Effects are not restorable by ANY means other than the demon returning from where it came.

~ Summon Creature IV
Summons a Real Shadow Demon to serve the caster/ -4 CON -1 STR while Demon is Summoned

~ Summon Creature V
Summons a Real Vrock to serve the caster/ -5 Con -1 STR

~ Summon Creature VI
Summons a Real Hezrou to serve the caster/ -6 Con -1 STR -1 DEX

~ Summon Creature VII
Summons a Real Nabassu to serve the caster/ -7 Con -2 STR

~ Summon Creature VIII
Summons a Real Babau to serve the caster/ -8 Con -2 STR -1 DEX

~ Summon Creature IX
Summons a Real Glabrezu to serve the caster/ -9 Con -2 STR -2 DEX

~ Special ~
The Epic Spell Ensnare True Denizen Works Differently for Consorts. The Duration of the spell is doubled, BUT the Consort takes a -10 CON -3 STR for the Duration.


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Balance Rationale
Changing the Spell Ability to con may at first seem overpowered, However as you summon a more powerful Demon to serve you it takes a much harder toll on your body. Your offensive spellcasting capabilitys become weakened the more you depend on your servant as your Might. As you gain even more powerful allies your other physical attributes can become affected as the strain of controling the beast overwhelms you. Your movement may decresase as your STR drops, your AC may be negativly affected, and your HP total will suffer. Your goal is to simply stay alive while your Servant provides the power your party is missing from you.

~ DC

[jillybean]

I don't know much about scripting in NWN but I can tell you that this quasi-class sounds complicated.

That being said, if there was a way to make this one work I would play it in an instant. I think it sounds like a great idea and a ton of fun. It is one of the few quasi-class posts that got me really interested. You have some really great ideas here!

Hopefully, you can get some good feedback on this one - I would love to see it in game!

[DragonChyld]

I actually tried to make it not so complicated. There is no spell overhead I.E. no spells actually have to be changed. The summon spells are not changed, they are simply cast into the item you possess. If you do not cast them in the Hellstone then they function as normal.

The Hellstone item is the only thing that would require scripting, Not having an Emmense working Knowledge of NWN scripting I caould not tell you how complicated it would be, BUT it should be pretty simple (if spell A is cast then summon creature A for X Hours) The only real tough part I could see is the Penalties, and making them not be affected by Resororations ect.

Thanks alot for your praise, I too would like to play this as a Pure Summoner type has always been a cool thought for me.

~ DC

[whodat1]

Yes, this is great quasiclass idea, and I would totally try it. Off the cuff, Id say greater penalties for summoning, or something interesting, like movement speed decreased. The summoned monsters follow a somewhat logical order but I am curious how each one will rate to another when their on your side. I.e. the shadow deamons got a pretty powerful dominate, but those Glabrezus I always thought were pretty weak damage wise. Meanwhile the Babau have that powerful kickback ability.

[lala]

Hmm, isnt Palemaster a summoning class as well?
Just wondering if your idea would be better suited for more decent summons for the Palemaster.
As it stands this quasi-class would outperform Palemaster summons by a large amount.

Would be nice if both are possibly integrated.

[FunkySwerve]

Though this'd be a pain in the neck to create, it wouldn't add much to script overhead, at least. One major downfall is that ability penalties are easily prevented by wearing level/ability drain immunity items.
Funky

[basalocke]

I always thought it would be interesting if soemthing really bad happens if a summon from hell was summoned. Something like..if its out for to long, a gate would open from the abyss, and maybe creatures would come out and specifically target you to kill you. Fun!

[DragonChyld]

O, after a week of leaving this be and letting the whole 10 peeps per party fuss die down... Is there ANY way to script it where PC's who might take this would not be able to be immune to ability decrease?

~ DC

[FunkySwerve]

dragonchyld said:

O, after a week of leaving this be and letting the whole 10 peeps per party fuss die down... Is there ANY way to script it where PC's who might take this would not be able to be immune to ability decrease?

~ DC

Nope, thats why its a major drawback.
Funky