Ballog

[kluu]

I do nto bellieve any living thing would be immune or have any protection form damage by the essense of chaos. Undead with any physical body at all would be effected.

It may be possible that wholy spiritual or non physical entities may be immune, their matter having passed beyond the entropic effects of Ballog and into the realm of Daidria. What do you think?

[DarkRayden]

Heh, since you ask...

I think I encountered 'something' that the essence had no effect on at all .... It has a body... it speaks, moves, casts spells... but for some reason it is not affected by chaos

Thought those who wrote this power would know, for my DM didnt.

[Suleidan]

maybe the entity was protected by a protection from Chaos spell or something

[Feff]

The power would effect anything I would think that can be effected by chaos. Material bodies and normal, living things would easily fall into that category. Dead/undead things might be protected by Diadria but that would be the only reason they wouldn't be effected as undead should still be effected by chaos.

[DarkRayden]

Ok... here is what I really thought about this essence -

I think the chaotic force would affect already Chaotic creatures (Alignment and religion wise) some less than it would affect the Order aligned creature.
Since it is not merely means to deal some physical damage, but also causes some mental damage, I think those who would suffer the most from it are those that oppose chaotic nature.
Thus maybe a factor should be added depending on whom the essence was cast upon, whom it affects more and for how long. So 1d4-1 for chaotic aligned and 1d4+1 order aligned, would seem more proper. the Neutrals can stay the same.

About effecting the target at all -
I too agree that when the target has a body , it is more subject to this power. However, I cant see how mentally created images wouldnt suffer at least its minor influence. Chaos disarrays what is normally built/created... so even Diadria would not have a say in this.
Rather what would withstand this energy would be the entropy itself, as you cant make entropy more chaotic than it is ((maybe in thermodynamics you could ))

[Feff]

(In thermodynamics, entropy is always gaining size and heat, nothing takes away from entropy :wink:)

[DarkRayden]

(yep, we (ppl) assign it certain values so we could somehow refer to it in formulas, as if measuring its amount . Heat (thus energy) causes entropy to rise, while as cold does the opposite. All is based on the basic principles of the universe striving to maximum entropy and minimum energy - and this class I didnt miss )

[kluu]

Phantasms and illusoinary creatures would be uneffected as they are designs of another's mind and not effected by any chaos but what that beeing designs in them.

I would not liek it to be modified by another's leanings. as this is a pure force of nature or at least close to it, granted by one of the gods of one of the balancing forces of creation.  ANy being that lives in creaton and is effected by it should be effected equally. Since some things are created of matrial not of the natural creatoin but the fringes of it,(I.E. [hantasms, spirit only undead, etc...) they would not be effected at all, but everything else that can be effected should be effected equally.

I don't believe an individuals ideals or way of thinking or living, which may make them more lawful or more chaotic, should have any effect over the very essence of chaos itself.