The next one will be 57, then 59, etc etc. My aforementioned 42-61 will hit it a little under half the time.for the first spell. And the worst of all, buffing allies is tough (at that level, with those numbers, 14-20 first time) and will always be.

And since the encounter is that tough, it isn't going down with one success. Which, for example, would leave you at level 16, meaning you're rolling for 18, 19 and 20 the first time. However, it also makes the possible truename check much higher as a party can take on an opponent 4 CR higher than the party ECL. Anyways, that makes Tarrasque a mere 55, perfectly doable. Insane, I know, the only mechanical thing based on CR (and a great reason not to allow Truenamers - you can work much better without CR if you don't have to worry about the DCs) and such a crappy system too. What it frankly comes down to is that the Truenamer does a lot of rolling with no results.Īctually, Truename DCs are based on CR. He also still has to overcome SR, so even if he successfully pops that spell off, it may not even land. Our truenamer has no chance.įurthermore, even if he were more optimized (say, via a few levels in Exemplar or some such else or knowing the Tarrasque's truename), he's still subject to the Law of Resistance, so that DC will be raising by 2 each time. The DC for a 48 HD creature is 15 + (2*48) for a grand total of 111. Meanwhile the Tarrasque, at equal CR, has 48 HD. Our Truenamer is rolling 42 to 61 each time he casts.

A 20th level Truenamer will have a Truespeak check of 23 (ranks) + 3 (skill focus) + 10 (amulet of the silver tongue) + 5 (Int), for a total modifier of +41. I havent' done the math myself, but the formulas ARE clunky.Let's compare. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, DUNGEON MASTER, d20, d20 System, WIZARDS OF THE COAST, Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters Guide, Monster Manual, Tome of Magic. The way the DC of Truenaming scales with the HD of the monster.Īt low levels, it's merely difficult to successfully make a Truespeak check against a CR appropriate encounter. This book contains intuition and insight exercises, and its words are charged with magic.

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