{"id":221,"date":"2009-07-23T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T18:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2009-07-23T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T18:59:04","slug":"you-want-to-do-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/you-want-to-do-what\/","title":{"rendered":"“You Want to Do What?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a D&D player, I’ve developed a reputation for making combat use of non-combat spells. Sure, dealing out massive amounts of damage with Fireball<\/cite> or Lightening Strike<\/cite> is a lot of fun — there’s no denying that — but I get even more enjoyment out of find ways to use other spells in a fight. Whether it’s casting Nystul’s Magic Aura<\/cite> on all the party’s weapons (great for intimidating opponents in low-level games) or using Animate Rope<\/cite> to trip an opponent, I love watching the DM’s face whenever I come up with an idea he’s never seen before.<\/p>\n

\"rpg<\/a>When I started playing 3.5 ed., I discovered that familiars can carry touch spells to a target and a whole new world opened up to me. My biggest success to date is the Touch of Idiocy<\/cite> spell. While our opponents were camping in the woods, I sent my weasel familiar to deliver Touch of Idiocy<\/cite> to the group’s sorcerer while he was tending to a “call of nature”. Since we were in a wooded area, I guessed he wouldn’t notice the presence of a normal woodland creature.<\/p>\n

He didn’t. After removing 4 pts (each) of intelligence and wisdom and 6 pts of charisma, our opponents were without their spellcaster for the entire combat, allowing us to defeat them more easily than we would otherwise. Unfortunately, this trick now only works once in awhile, as word got around and our opponents have started killing every small creature than came near them.<\/p>\n

Other “creative” spell uses I’ve come up with:<\/p>\n