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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 6578008" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>Indeed it is! That's why I define my success or failure as a DM, by measures other than "do I provide only non-trivial challenges".</p><p></p><p>Yes, I know that LTH is 3rd level. The PC in question had already expended all their 1st-4th level slots, keeping a 5th-level slot in last-resort reserve. It is possible to use a 5th-level slot to cast a 3rd-level spell such as LTH.</p><p></p><p>The death knights settle in for a wait, since THEY don't know how long the LTH will stay up. The wizard stays behind for an hour, setting up caltrops and flammable oil, while the rest of the party trudges up the tunnel. The wizard drops a torch, waits a moment for the oil to ignite, and does a dash, collapsing the LTH... and leaving, in its place, flame, smoke, and caltrops. Assuming the death knights have been maintaining a Prepared Action steadily for the last hour, they are either firing a ranged attack through smoke at a fleeing target; or they have a prepared Dash action, which then passes through caltrops and oil (which, while burning, is still slippery). Meanwhile, the wizard has both Dash and base speed, and starts on the "closer to the exit" side of the caltrops and oil. It's still risky, but it's not necessarily a sacrifice play.</p><p></p><p>Of course, alternate plan, the wizard stays in the LTH for a short rest or a long rest, and does all the same things, plus Expeditious Retreat, Flight, etc. One might wonder what the death knights are up to, during that rest... but one doesn't have to wonder, with one's familiar occasionally peeking out of the LTH to observe them directly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 6578008, member: 6786839"] Indeed it is! That's why I define my success or failure as a DM, by measures other than "do I provide only non-trivial challenges". Yes, I know that LTH is 3rd level. The PC in question had already expended all their 1st-4th level slots, keeping a 5th-level slot in last-resort reserve. It is possible to use a 5th-level slot to cast a 3rd-level spell such as LTH. The death knights settle in for a wait, since THEY don't know how long the LTH will stay up. The wizard stays behind for an hour, setting up caltrops and flammable oil, while the rest of the party trudges up the tunnel. The wizard drops a torch, waits a moment for the oil to ignite, and does a dash, collapsing the LTH... and leaving, in its place, flame, smoke, and caltrops. Assuming the death knights have been maintaining a Prepared Action steadily for the last hour, they are either firing a ranged attack through smoke at a fleeing target; or they have a prepared Dash action, which then passes through caltrops and oil (which, while burning, is still slippery). Meanwhile, the wizard has both Dash and base speed, and starts on the "closer to the exit" side of the caltrops and oil. It's still risky, but it's not necessarily a sacrifice play. Of course, alternate plan, the wizard stays in the LTH for a short rest or a long rest, and does all the same things, plus Expeditious Retreat, Flight, etc. One might wonder what the death knights are up to, during that rest... but one doesn't have to wonder, with one's familiar occasionally peeking out of the LTH to observe them directly. [/QUOTE]
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