well if you are a “spirit” entity that doesn’t really need the current body to survive, who says you fight real hard to keep it. particularly when can take over the new younger stronger one in front of you?
May be more helpful to think of it in terms of “defeat” rather than “destroy”. Vampires (in this setting) are immune to permanent death via the “bat cloud”, but not immune to harm or destruction of their physical form. They’re forces of nature: they can be quelled, but never erased.
Reminds me if the Worm that Walks in D&D. They are a really nasty breed of undead that takes the form of a mass of worms and stuff. When they are defeated or need to make a timely retreat, they burst into a shower of worms and unless you kill every last one, they’ll be able to survive and come back.
Advice for any players who encounter it. It’s armor class is ridiculous high, like in the 30s or 40s. The best way to try and damage it is to use attacks that focus on stats instead of armor class.
I feel as if that is what plagues and diseases are made for. Create a creature specific disease that spreads on contact (when the worms mass together), that kills them off. D&D isn’t set up for that though. That and also the desire to just purge with fire.
So a mass of scavenging decomposers is very resistant to physical damage, how does that make sense? I’m guessing it has to do with a mass of creatures or a slime not being able to bleed to death or have major organs. But it’s still not a very good comparison.
Makes total sense. If you hit it, congrats! You’ve killed a handful of worms! Only about several hundred thousand or so to go! In other words, swords, fists, and arrows are all but useless against it.
It can also, judging by the description, split apart of its own volition. Not that hard to imagine it can do partial splits to avoid damage, something the ridiculously high AC is meant to signify.
so basically magnolia got vamped because she was WAY too cocky, all brawn and very little brain – as if no one ever tried to contain the spirit before! the sheer fact that its well-known what happens after they die prooves that killing them isn´t (too) hard…..but since they are 13 still, its obvious that no one ever managed to prevent the spirit moving on to a new host
So she was powerful enough to destroy vampires even before turning into one?
well if you are a “spirit” entity that doesn’t really need the current body to survive, who says you fight real hard to keep it. particularly when can take over the new younger stronger one in front of you?
May be more helpful to think of it in terms of “defeat” rather than “destroy”. Vampires (in this setting) are immune to permanent death via the “bat cloud”, but not immune to harm or destruction of their physical form. They’re forces of nature: they can be quelled, but never erased.
Reminds me if the Worm that Walks in D&D. They are a really nasty breed of undead that takes the form of a mass of worms and stuff. When they are defeated or need to make a timely retreat, they burst into a shower of worms and unless you kill every last one, they’ll be able to survive and come back.
Advice for any players who encounter it. It’s armor class is ridiculous high, like in the 30s or 40s. The best way to try and damage it is to use attacks that focus on stats instead of armor class.
I feel as if that is what plagues and diseases are made for. Create a creature specific disease that spreads on contact (when the worms mass together), that kills them off. D&D isn’t set up for that though. That and also the desire to just purge with fire.
So a mass of scavenging decomposers is very resistant to physical damage, how does that make sense? I’m guessing it has to do with a mass of creatures or a slime not being able to bleed to death or have major organs. But it’s still not a very good comparison.
Makes total sense. If you hit it, congrats! You’ve killed a handful of worms! Only about several hundred thousand or so to go! In other words, swords, fists, and arrows are all but useless against it.
It can also, judging by the description, split apart of its own volition. Not that hard to imagine it can do partial splits to avoid damage, something the ridiculously high AC is meant to signify.
so basically magnolia got vamped because she was WAY too cocky, all brawn and very little brain – as if no one ever tried to contain the spirit before! the sheer fact that its well-known what happens after they die prooves that killing them isn´t (too) hard…..but since they are 13 still, its obvious that no one ever managed to prevent the spirit moving on to a new host