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<blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 1110010" data-attributes="member: 2486">There are three basic defensive spells which are imperative to defending any castle:Unhallow A must.&nbsp; Even the basic version provides a useful bolstering of your evil minions with better AC and saves against those pesky do-gooders; prevents them from summoning and stops your grunts from being dominated.&nbsp; Keying a spell to it makes it even more useful- silence is probably the best bet, disrupting communication and spellcasting, though dispel magic is also useful: dispelling all the pre-buffs of the attacking adventuring party AND potentially messing up spellcasting.&nbsp; If the caster is two levels higher than the party (as indicated) it reduces their spellcasting ability by 60%.Dimensional Lock The no. 1 defensive spell at high level.&nbsp; Enemies teleporting in and killing you is hugely detrimental, and they can strike at any time, fully pre-buffed.&nbsp; As a useful side-effect, it prevents summoning and some combat buffs (e.g. blink).&nbsp; The only down-side is that if you are trapped, it can prove to be a double-edged sword.&nbsp; Your best bet is to have a 'teleportation' room which is not dimensionally locked, but is heavily guarded and warded with traps, or possibly an escape tunnel outside the castle.Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum Intelligence is the key to any strategy.&nbsp; Why let those pesky do-gooders poke their noses into the precise defenses when a simple spell can short-circuit their snooping?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al, post: 1110010, member: 2486"] There are three basic defensive spells which are imperative to defending any castle: [B]Unhallow[/B] A must. Even the basic version provides a useful bolstering of your evil minions with better AC and saves against those pesky do-gooders; prevents them from summoning and stops your grunts from being dominated. Keying a spell to it makes it even more useful- silence is probably the best bet, disrupting communication and spellcasting, though dispel magic is also useful: dispelling all the pre-buffs of the attacking adventuring party AND potentially messing up spellcasting. If the caster is two levels higher than the party (as indicated) it reduces their spellcasting ability by 60%. [B]Dimensional Lock[/B] The no. 1 defensive spell at high level. Enemies teleporting in and killing you is hugely detrimental, and they can strike at any time, fully pre-buffed. As a useful side-effect, it prevents summoning and some combat buffs (e.g. blink). The only down-side is that if you are trapped, it can prove to be a double-edged sword. Your best bet is to have a 'teleportation' room which is not dimensionally locked, but is heavily guarded and warded with traps, or possibly an escape tunnel outside the castle. [B]Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum[/B] Intelligence is the key to any strategy. Why let those pesky do-gooders poke their noses into the precise defenses when a simple spell can short-circuit their snooping? [/QUOTE]

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