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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6514500" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya!  I don't know about your experience, but in mine...when encountering a creature that was immune or highly resistant to my magic-users spells, I'd counter that by not casting spells at it. Use Wall of Stone to bottleneck it or provide protection/cover for other party members. Use Rock to Mud on the ceiling above it so hurt, slow or blind it. Use Gust of Wind to stir up dust/debris to give us some cover. Use Enchanted Weapon, Bless, or Protection from Normal Missiles on party members to boost their capabilities. There were/are nigh endless ways a MU can be very useful to the success of a combat without casting any spells directly on an opponent.I have had inexperienced players get upset and frustrated when their spellcaster couldn't "do anything". After the encounter or game I'd go over the encounter and point out suggestions on all the things he actually could have done. This either (A) turns a light on over their head as they realize they've basically been thinking in "2-dimensions" (re: only seeing the obvious), and they then start to really shine ...or... (B) they conclude that spellcasters "suck" and "can't do anything in this game", leading them to play nothing but the same old "fighter" character over and over and over, always looking for in-game numbers to crunch to get the most bonuses so that they can "do something in combat". Seems to be about a 50/50 chance of either, really.Anyway...coming from Basic D&D (the B before there was an X), MU/Elf and Cleric were always the default "heavy hitters" as far as overall capabilities. All the other classes were "consistently useful", so they get a lot of play, but when a MU/Elf/Cleric (re: spellcaster) has an opportunity to use his magic...watch out, sit back, and prepare to be impressed (or at least, entertained!). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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