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Game Forum / Board Games / Dungeons and Dragons / August 2007Huge Air Elemental Dance of Doom?
With it's perfect fly speed of 100', is there anything stopping a Huge Air Elemental in Whirlwind form that starts adjacent to you from doing a little Hokey-Pokey Dance of Doom were it moves back and forth across you 10 times for a potential 2d8 each time? That's assuming it can choose not to pick you up. If it can't, assume its Whirlwind is full. Does this seem to good to anyone? Seems fine to me for a 6th level spell. Good, but OK. ~P. > With it's perfect fly speed of 100', is there > anything stopping a Huge Air Elemental in > Whirlwind form that starts adjacent to you from > doing a little Hokey-Pokey Dance of Doom > were it moves back and forth across you 10 > times for a potential 2d8 each time? I wouldn't think so, as you only take the damage once a round if you are picked up by the whirlwind. - Justisaur > With it's perfect fly speed of 100', is there > anything stopping a Huge Air Elemental in > Whirlwind form that starts adjacent to you from > doing a little Hokey-Pokey Dance of Doom > were it moves back and forth across you 10 > times for a potential 2d8 each time? Justisaur is right. >From the Whirlwind description: "..., automatically taking the indicated damage each round." This indicates that a picked-up creature takes the normal amount of damage (2d8) each round, and only once per round. A picked-up creature doesn't receive 2d8 points of damage per square moved. But it should, if your assumption would be correct. Do you really think, that a CR3 - medium air elemental would be the utter doom of a gnome hero of level 10? A huge air elemental whirlwind deals only 2d8 points of damage per round, if it touches a creature that is one or more size categories smaller and that creature fails its saving throw. -- LB > A huge air elemental whirlwind deals only 2d8 points of damage per > round, if it touches a creature that is one or more size categories > smaller and that creature fails its saving throw. But if at the same time it's zoom climbing each round to maximum altitude and the riders don't have a way to avoid falling, it's not a bad tool, especially since those inside aren't casting spells at full capability/ease. Glenn D. > <lbeulm...@aol.com> wrote in message > But if at the same time it's zoom climbing each round to maximum altitude > and the riders don't have a way to avoid falling, it's not a bad tool, > especially since those inside aren't casting spells at full capability/ease. Right. __ LB >> With it's perfect fly speed of 100', is there >> anything stopping a Huge Air Elemental in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> times for a potential 2d8 each time? >Justisaur is right. >>From the Whirlwind description: "..., automatically taking the >indicated damage each round." This indicates that a picked-up creature [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >you really think, that a CR3 - medium air elemental would be the utter >doom of a gnome hero of level 10? >A huge air elemental whirlwind deals only 2d8 points of damage per >round, if it touches a creature that is one or more size categories >smaller and that creature fails its saving throw. From www.d20srd.com "Creatures one or more size categories smaller than the elemental might take damage when caught in the whirlwind (see table for details) and may be lifted into the air. An affected creature must succeed on a Reflex save when it comes into contact with the whirlwind or take the indicated damage. It must also succeed on a second Reflex save or be picked up bodily and held suspended in the powerful winds, automatically taking the indicated damage each round. A creature that can fly is allowed a Reflex save each round to escape the whirlwind. The creature still takes damage but can leave if the save is successful. The DC for saves against the whirlwind.s effects varies with the elemental.s size (see the table). The save DC is Strength based." I know that a picked up creature doesn't take damage per square moved. However, elemental can have only as many creatures trapped inside the whirlwind at one time as will fit inside the whirlwind's volume. So, elemental shows up, spends a round sucking up enough creatures to fill it's volume, stopping next to you. Next round, it moves over you. You make 2 saves, one to see if you take damage, one to see if you get picked up. Even if you fail the second save, it can't suck you in, as it's full. The elmental uses a move action to move it's full move back and forth between you and adjacent to you, causing you to make 2 Reflex saves each time it moves over you. Every time you fail the first save, 2d8 damage for you. Every time you fail the second, nothing happens as the whirlwind is full. Thus, the Hokey-Pokey Dance of Doom. ~P. |
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