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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 3737902" data-attributes="member: 2209">My best use was in a situation where we knew a bunch of monstrous bad guys who outclassed us would be trying to get to a portal we were guarding with a bunch of paladins.My wizard (or maybe it was the paladin sorcerer) set up alarm wards down the tunnel we knew they'd be coming down. When it was tripped we moved over to one wall of the tunnel and my wizard cast illusory wall, giving us a false wall between us and the creatures as they came down. I placed it a foot or two in front of the real wall so even if they had glanced over looking for possible enemies and ambushes they only saw the wall they expected to see (just a little closer). All of us knew it was an illusion, interacted with it and were able to see it as translucent, allowing us to view the empty chamber and the monsters as they came in. We buffed up an waited.We were able to get a coordinated surprise round ambush for our whole party and target their mind flayer and ogre mage leaders with every paladin smiting (some with reach weapons so we could concentrate melee fire on this surprise round), taking them out before they could psychic blast, go invisible, or use movement/escape powers. The rest were tough, but just beasties and warriors we were able to mop up on.The flayer alone could probably have taken out at least half our assault group (including PCs) in one round.I was quite proud of my planning and execution on that ambush.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 3737902, member: 2209"] My best use was in a situation where we knew a bunch of monstrous bad guys who outclassed us would be trying to get to a portal we were guarding with a bunch of paladins. My wizard (or maybe it was the paladin sorcerer) set up alarm wards down the tunnel we knew they'd be coming down. When it was tripped we moved over to one wall of the tunnel and my wizard cast illusory wall, giving us a false wall between us and the creatures as they came down. I placed it a foot or two in front of the real wall so even if they had glanced over looking for possible enemies and ambushes they only saw the wall they expected to see (just a little closer). All of us knew it was an illusion, interacted with it and were able to see it as translucent, allowing us to view the empty chamber and the monsters as they came in. We buffed up an waited. We were able to get a coordinated surprise round ambush for our whole party and target their mind flayer and ogre mage leaders with every paladin smiting (some with reach weapons so we could concentrate melee fire on this surprise round), taking them out before they could psychic blast, go invisible, or use movement/escape powers. The rest were tough, but just beasties and warriors we were able to mop up on. The flayer alone could probably have taken out at least half our assault group (including PCs) in one round. I was quite proud of my planning and execution on that ambush. [/QUOTE]

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