Make Evards +1 damage not +2

V-Rage

This would help it be a little more survivable allowing things like lesser premonition from a specialist diviner block some of it

Stoneskin would still be a better blocker but not the only one as it is currently

Zool

Agree with this.

Mr.Moloch

@Zool And rework the way the DC saving throw is set up to just use a typical fort save calculation.

Coldburn

Or make it +0, in addtion to damage per single tentacle instead of grouped -
that way Blur soaks up a lot.

Mr.Moloch

@Coldburn We are disinclined to make Blur better.

LeastWeasel

You can change this by editing nw_s0_evardsa and nw_s0_evardsc.

As it is now:

nw_s0_evardsa
122 |                    eDam = EffectDamage(nDieDam, DAMAGE_TYPE_BLUDGEONING, DAMAGE_POWER_PLUS_TWO);
nw_s0_evardsc
122 |                            eDam = EffectDamage(nDieDam, DAMAGE_TYPE_BLUDGEONING, DAMAGE_POWER_PLUS_TWO);

For +1 instead:

nw_s0_evardsa
122 |                    eDam = EffectDamage(nDieDam, DAMAGE_TYPE_BLUDGEONING, DAMAGE_POWER_PLUS_ONE);
nw_s0_evardsc
122 |                            eDam = EffectDamage(nDieDam, DAMAGE_TYPE_BLUDGEONING, DAMAGE_POWER_PLUS_ONE);

The grapple logic preceeds the paralysis check. Grapple determines how many of the tentacles aimed at the target succeed. Since it compares

nTentacleGrappleCheck = d20() + nCasterLevel + 8; vs nOpposedGrappleCheck = d20() + nOppossedGrappleCheckModifiers;

where

nOppossedGrappleCheckModifiers = GetBaseAttackBonus(oTarget) + GetAbilityModifier(ABILITY_STRENGTH, oTarget); (and +4, or +8 if large or huge)

i.e. if a level 10 wizard casts evards vs a level 10 human fighter, up to seven tentacles will try to grapple the target with an opposed check of d20 + 18 vs d20 + 14 or so highly likely 4-6 tentacles will hit the target per round. If a target is hit in a round, it rolls fort against paralysis (duration of paralysis is one round)