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<blockquote data-quote="TarionzCousin" data-source="post: 6679397" data-attributes="member: 31304">One thing I've done effectively with illusions as a DM is use them for traps. Example: put &quot;secret&quot; warning signs in a language the PC's can read but not Common that say to be prepared for poison in this area.Next, when the PC's trigger something like a door/chest, have a cloud of dark yellow gas expand very slowly toward them. Inside the cloud, they can see a few small flying insects plummet to the ground, apparently dead. They will ask what it smells like. Ask them &quot;Do you inhale the gas?&quot; Nobody has ever said yes. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The illusory poison cloud moves slowly enough that it is easy to avoid--and PC's will definitely avoid touching it. However, a Gust of Wind or some such spell which should blow the cloud away has no effect. Now they get a saving throw.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TarionzCousin, post: 6679397, member: 31304"] One thing I've done effectively with illusions as a DM is use them for traps. Example: put "secret" warning signs in a language the PC's can read but not Common that say to be prepared for poison in this area. Next, when the PC's trigger something like a door/chest, have a cloud of dark yellow gas expand very slowly toward them. Inside the cloud, they can see a few small flying insects plummet to the ground, apparently dead. They will ask what it smells like. Ask them "Do you inhale the gas?" Nobody has ever said yes. :) The illusory poison cloud moves slowly enough that it is easy to avoid--and PC's will definitely avoid touching it. However, a Gust of Wind or some such spell which should blow the cloud away has no effect. Now they get a saving throw. [/QUOTE]

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