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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5486677" data-attributes="member: 61155">If by 'best' we mean 'most entertaining', than this might qualify... Our party is exploring an ancient castle that was claimed by vampires a hundred years ago, and now we are trying to cleanse it of their evil. We have descended into the catacombs beneath the castle and come across a massive underground lake. Countless forms - possibly bodies - float upon the waters surface.  Going on the assumption that getting close to the lake would be a bad thing, my druid decides to cast Lower Water - which essentially is a 'parting the red sea' style effect that makes a portion of the water temporarily vanish / get moved out of the way, allowing us to move forward and explore without having to go into the water.  So I cast the ritual, and a huge section of water vanishes... dropping dozens of bodies to the ground. All of which, having thus been disturbed... arise as undead and head towards us, while we also draw the attention of the Black Dragon that guards these waters.  Now, the DM's intent for the encounter was that we would encounter the dragon, and during the battle it would work to hurl PCs into the water, where a handful of these undead minions would animate in response and need to be dealt with. Instead, thanks to my genius, we had stirred up dozens of them that swarmed over us right at the start of the battle... ...and we managed to survive, if only barely. (Monster Vault black dragons are nasty!). And it may not have been the smartest use of a ritual, but it did make for a memorable scene, and that is, perhaps, what is most important. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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