Elminster of Shadowdale
Bubbleboy
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Ok, so what's up with this guy? I just read The making of a mage.
If i remember correctly the BG1 handbook it described him as a level 27 mage.
But from the book i read he's more a multiclass of fighter/thief/cleric/mage and is much higher level than that if he managed to defeat Edwin after the end of ToB.
Also it would appear he is completely immune to magic or any kind of spell locking effects that prevent spellcasting.
I know he's the chosen of Mystra but does this actually make him a walking demigod?
Do you think that if Elminster did decide to intervene in your affairs when you meet him in ToB, that you would be able to defeat him with a full party of level 40 characters?
Is there anyone that can actually match him when he's at full power?
If i remember correctly the BG1 handbook it described him as a level 27 mage.
But from the book i read he's more a multiclass of fighter/thief/cleric/mage and is much higher level than that if he managed to defeat Edwin after the end of ToB.
Also it would appear he is completely immune to magic or any kind of spell locking effects that prevent spellcasting.
I know he's the chosen of Mystra but does this actually make him a walking demigod?
Do you think that if Elminster did decide to intervene in your affairs when you meet him in ToB, that you would be able to defeat him with a full party of level 40 characters?
Is there anyone that can actually match him when he's at full power?
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Does he have a weakness, beside losing Mystras powers over and over again?
Honestly, when reading the novels the only character I have ever seen giving Elminster a run for his money (when at full power) was the Simbul (I think that in one of the editions she's actually one level higher than Elminster).
Elminster is obviously a cannonical mary sue however.
I read an article somewhere which I can't find now where it was heavily implied that a lot of the great powerful mages in forgotten realms and greyhawk are actually slightly if not completely insane.
The series is called the Sage of Shadowdale.
I've never read 1/2/3/4th edition rule sets. Are there stories in there or does it just give a general explanation of what happens, like:"Wisdom now increases saving throws, oh and by the way, Cyric kills Mystra."
Elminster is actually severely depowered post-spellplague. I think the only Chosen power he still retains is that he still doesn't age (or continues to age very slowly). If I'm not mistaken he can't even cast a spell without going mad, he needs to consume a magic item to be able to use a spell safely.
Though in the latest novels he is currently stuck as magic ash that he uses to possess people. There's actually a new novel being released today. I wonder if he'll go back to having his own body at the end of it.
That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I don't have the rule book at hand currently so couldn't look it up.
26th level human mage, 96 hit points. He also has psionics, and his stats are all 18 except for Strength (13), Constitution (14) and Charisma (17).
The Heroes' Lorebook Upped his level to 29, and added the following information: Elminster is immune to Magic Missile, ESP, Fireball, Evard's Black Tentacles, Feeblemind, Death Spell, Finger of Death, Power Word, Blind, and Imprisonment.
He can cast the following spells once a day without having to memorize them: Spider Climb, Vocalize, Dispel Magic, Whisper Blade, Irongard, Ghostgrail, The Symbul's Synostodweomer, The Symbul's Skeletal Deliquesence, and Elminster's Effulgen Eppuration. He also needs no spell components to cast these spells.
And he's Chaotic Good.
FR Wikia has his stats from 3ed FR: Campaign Setting http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Elminster_Aumar