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<blockquote data-quote="Wycen" data-source="post: 4756307" data-attributes="member: 13732">One of the reasons I love DnD and playing a spellcaster specifically is to try to find something to do when there is nothing you can do.Typically, if I'm standing around doing nothing it is because of various elements which I may have no control over:1.&nbsp; we have too many people in the party and I'm redundant2.&nbsp; the battle is dragging too long and I've exhausted supplies3.&nbsp; the battle is dragging and I'm too low on hit points or in a bad position (ex. the gargoyle attack in Here There Be Monsters - I had single digit HP, was prone, with a gargoyle over my body who was fighting the last standing party member - though you might consider this self preservation, since I was playing dead)4.&nbsp; I've lost interest in what is going on (ex. the final battle with Kalarel)5.&nbsp; I'm waiting for just &quot;the perfect moment&quot; to use an area effect spell or something similar6.&nbsp; The most dispicable of reasons, is I'm plotting against the rest of the group7.&nbsp; But getting back to the first thing I said, if I'm finding I can't influence the battle without limited risk of harm, then I might try to find a use for that scroll of Grease I've been saving.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wycen, post: 4756307, member: 13732"] One of the reasons I love DnD and playing a spellcaster specifically is to try to find something to do when there is nothing you can do. Typically, if I'm standing around doing nothing it is because of various elements which I may have no control over: 1. we have too many people in the party and I'm redundant 2. the battle is dragging too long and I've exhausted supplies 3. the battle is dragging and I'm too low on hit points or in a bad position (ex. the gargoyle attack in Here There Be Monsters - I had single digit HP, was prone, with a gargoyle over my body who was fighting the last standing party member - though you might consider this self preservation, since I was playing dead) 4. I've lost interest in what is going on (ex. the final battle with Kalarel) 5. I'm waiting for just "the perfect moment" to use an area effect spell or something similar 6. The most dispicable of reasons, is I'm plotting against the rest of the group 7. But getting back to the first thing I said, if I'm finding I can't influence the battle without limited risk of harm, then I might try to find a use for that scroll of Grease I've been saving. [/QUOTE]

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