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<blockquote data-quote="jaelis" data-source="post: 6736719" data-attributes="member: 60210"><p>Well if you really just want some ideas for these... some will be DM dependent.</p><p></p><p>Minor Illusion:</p><p>- Make an illusion of a closed door on top of a real closed door. Open the door and (from one side at least) it still looks closed.</p><p>- Make an illusion of an opaque box around a light source. You know it's an illusion and can still see the light, others are in the dark.</p><p>- Make an illusion of a crate and hide in it. You can see out.</p><p>- Create an illusion of sound coming from the BBEG telling his minions to fall back. Especially good when followed by a silence spell</p><p>- If you're stuck in melee and have been hit, fall down and create an illusion of a corpse on top of you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Mage Hand</p><p>- After the fighter disarms an opponent, take his weapon</p><p>- Set off traps from a safe distance</p><p>- Open doors from a safe distance</p><p>- Hold a torch while your hands are occupied</p><p>- Distract an opponent by holding something in front of their face</p><p>- Drop something deadly on an opponent (works even if you're invisible or under a sanctuary spell).</p><p>(This isn't getting into all the mischief an arcane trickster can get up to with his improved mage hand.)</p><p></p><p>Unseen servant can do a lot of the same stuff as mage hand. Using it as a domestic servant is pretty sweet though... nothing like kicking back and relaxing during a rest while your servant prepares a nice snack and washes the monster blood out of your clothes.</p><p></p><p>I think most people would let an unseen servant tie (or untie) knots, but probably not a mage hand. So it can do things like tie shoelaces together (for creatures with laced shoes, anyway) or loosen pack straps or the like.</p><p></p><p>If you have unseen servant going, you can direct it as a bonus action while controlling your mage hand as an action. That lets you do more complicated things, like have the servant distract a guard while the hand steals the keys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaelis, post: 6736719, member: 60210"] Well if you really just want some ideas for these... some will be DM dependent. Minor Illusion: - Make an illusion of a closed door on top of a real closed door. Open the door and (from one side at least) it still looks closed. - Make an illusion of an opaque box around a light source. You know it's an illusion and can still see the light, others are in the dark. - Make an illusion of a crate and hide in it. You can see out. - Create an illusion of sound coming from the BBEG telling his minions to fall back. Especially good when followed by a silence spell - If you're stuck in melee and have been hit, fall down and create an illusion of a corpse on top of you Mage Hand - After the fighter disarms an opponent, take his weapon - Set off traps from a safe distance - Open doors from a safe distance - Hold a torch while your hands are occupied - Distract an opponent by holding something in front of their face - Drop something deadly on an opponent (works even if you're invisible or under a sanctuary spell). (This isn't getting into all the mischief an arcane trickster can get up to with his improved mage hand.) Unseen servant can do a lot of the same stuff as mage hand. Using it as a domestic servant is pretty sweet though... nothing like kicking back and relaxing during a rest while your servant prepares a nice snack and washes the monster blood out of your clothes. I think most people would let an unseen servant tie (or untie) knots, but probably not a mage hand. So it can do things like tie shoelaces together (for creatures with laced shoes, anyway) or loosen pack straps or the like. If you have unseen servant going, you can direct it as a bonus action while controlling your mage hand as an action. That lets you do more complicated things, like have the servant distract a guard while the hand steals the keys. [/QUOTE]
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