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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 8966138" data-attributes="member: 9254"><p>Battle field control (various systems):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A weaponsmith (earthdawn artificer) with high defenses mocked a horror-dragon. No special taunt abilities, just made fun of how weak it hit. Character effectively made saves against dragon fire, Necromancy, and soaked/dodged many up claw strikes, reporting "Is that all?" With each attack. Dragon ignored everyone else for 4 rounds. (Weaponsmith lived, dragon fled)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shattered center span of a bridge over a chasm, cast an illusion of the intact bridge. A PC with "fly" was on the far side shooting arrows then "ran" across bridge with enemies in hot pursuit. Cue Wilhelm screams.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Underwater fight - someone had an octopus familiar that used its squid ink. Later we used "minor image" of a blobs of squid ink to hide inside & snipe (transparent to character, total obscurement for enemies and spears go through ink normally so... )</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Same underwater fight - Shape Water (ice) used freeze a door shut (125cu ft/4 tons of ice is a heck of a door-spike, and enemy casters had to hack through door to see ice to dispel it)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fight on a dock near ships. Rogue climbs a mast to snipe but sees a cargo net suspended from a yard arm. Makes acrobatic/climb/jump rolls to get to arm, then manages to fling the net across most of enemies.(7th sea, iirc)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Classic evil bbeg tower. Reinforcements are charging up circular staircase. Dwarf fighter pulls out 15lbs of ball bearing and cascades them down stairs, 5lbs a round. Then we start launching furniture down stairs across bearings. </li> </ul><p></p><p>Retake battlefield control: </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">enemy cast Wall of Ice. Cantrip Mold Earth was used to open a hole underneath it. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Phase spiders web a high level monk. Monk goes ethereal, takes web with it. ("This is mine now, right? Doesn’t belong to anyone else?") Flies ethereally over other enemies, rematerialized, dropping on them and trapping them in web. Cue monk grappling them to death</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fighter is eaten by purple worm. Worm gets confused look. Then fighter reappears, dripping slime, holding a rod of security, and grinning.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 8966138, member: 9254"] Battle field control (various systems): [LIST] [*]A weaponsmith (earthdawn artificer) with high defenses mocked a horror-dragon. No special taunt abilities, just made fun of how weak it hit. Character effectively made saves against dragon fire, Necromancy, and soaked/dodged many up claw strikes, reporting "Is that all?" With each attack. Dragon ignored everyone else for 4 rounds. (Weaponsmith lived, dragon fled) [*]Shattered center span of a bridge over a chasm, cast an illusion of the intact bridge. A PC with "fly" was on the far side shooting arrows then "ran" across bridge with enemies in hot pursuit. Cue Wilhelm screams. [*]Underwater fight - someone had an octopus familiar that used its squid ink. Later we used "minor image" of a blobs of squid ink to hide inside & snipe (transparent to character, total obscurement for enemies and spears go through ink normally so... ) [*]Same underwater fight - Shape Water (ice) used freeze a door shut (125cu ft/4 tons of ice is a heck of a door-spike, and enemy casters had to hack through door to see ice to dispel it) [*]Fight on a dock near ships. Rogue climbs a mast to snipe but sees a cargo net suspended from a yard arm. Makes acrobatic/climb/jump rolls to get to arm, then manages to fling the net across most of enemies.(7th sea, iirc) [*]Classic evil bbeg tower. Reinforcements are charging up circular staircase. Dwarf fighter pulls out 15lbs of ball bearing and cascades them down stairs, 5lbs a round. Then we start launching furniture down stairs across bearings. [/LIST] Retake battlefield control: [LIST] [*]enemy cast Wall of Ice. Cantrip Mold Earth was used to open a hole underneath it. [*]Phase spiders web a high level monk. Monk goes ethereal, takes web with it. ("This is mine now, right? Doesn’t belong to anyone else?") Flies ethereally over other enemies, rematerialized, dropping on them and trapping them in web. Cue monk grappling them to death [*]Fighter is eaten by purple worm. Worm gets confused look. Then fighter reappears, dripping slime, holding a rod of security, and grinning. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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