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<blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 1381023" data-attributes="member: 15651">One of my most memorable uses of illusion and conjuration was during a game I played using pre-made characters.&nbsp; It was AD&amp;D and the characters were around 20th level.&nbsp; Our goal was to find a demon in the heart of a dungeon and get rid of him.&nbsp; We would have no opportunity to rest and regain HP and spells, and we had a time limit, so we were not interested in killing everything that came our way.In one encounter there was a big baddie, can't remember what exactly it was, but we were concerned it would take a lot to kill it.&nbsp; The door to enter the room was on the same wall as the door to exit the room.&nbsp; So under after our thief scouted the room and found the beastie was on the far side of the room, I simply sealed him behind a wall of force and we continued on our way.&nbsp; Down the next corridor we found that at a U-turn, the floor was gone and a pool of lava was in its place.&nbsp; The thief just scaled the wall and went around the corner, but the rest of us were stuck.&nbsp; So I conjured a wall of stone to replace the floor and we walked around (the DM was sure he was going to make us burn some time trying to figure out a way around).&nbsp; Once the wall of stone was dissipated, we didn't worry about the beastie behind us following.By the time we found the room with the fire demon, we were all pretty wasted.&nbsp; HP were way down, spells were running out.&nbsp; We tried our best hitting it with every offensive spell and weapon we had, but the fighter and the thief were killed in the fight.&nbsp; The cleric had only a couple of first level spells left and I had some illusion stuff.&nbsp; In a last ditch effort, the cleric and I worked together.&nbsp; I created an illusion of a massive tidal wave coming out of the corridor into the room.&nbsp; A huge wall of water loomed over the demon.&nbsp; At the moment the wave struck the demon, the cleric used one of his last spells, create water, to add realism to the illusion, dumping water over its head.&nbsp; It turns out that the demon made his saves and was not directly affected by the spell, but the DM, laughing at our insane attempt, ruled that it freaked out the demon enough, he returned to his own plane, allowing us to succeed in our quest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thornir Alekeg, post: 1381023, member: 15651"] One of my most memorable uses of illusion and conjuration was during a game I played using pre-made characters. It was AD&D and the characters were around 20th level. Our goal was to find a demon in the heart of a dungeon and get rid of him. We would have no opportunity to rest and regain HP and spells, and we had a time limit, so we were not interested in killing everything that came our way. In one encounter there was a big baddie, can't remember what exactly it was, but we were concerned it would take a lot to kill it. The door to enter the room was on the same wall as the door to exit the room. So under after our thief scouted the room and found the beastie was on the far side of the room, I simply sealed him behind a wall of force and we continued on our way. Down the next corridor we found that at a U-turn, the floor was gone and a pool of lava was in its place. The thief just scaled the wall and went around the corner, but the rest of us were stuck. So I conjured a wall of stone to replace the floor and we walked around (the DM was sure he was going to make us burn some time trying to figure out a way around). Once the wall of stone was dissipated, we didn't worry about the beastie behind us following. By the time we found the room with the fire demon, we were all pretty wasted. HP were way down, spells were running out. We tried our best hitting it with every offensive spell and weapon we had, but the fighter and the thief were killed in the fight. The cleric had only a couple of first level spells left and I had some illusion stuff. In a last ditch effort, the cleric and I worked together. I created an illusion of a massive tidal wave coming out of the corridor into the room. A huge wall of water loomed over the demon. At the moment the wave struck the demon, the cleric used one of his last spells, create water, to add realism to the illusion, dumping water over its head. It turns out that the demon made his saves and was not directly affected by the spell, but the DM, laughing at our insane attempt, ruled that it freaked out the demon enough, he returned to his own plane, allowing us to succeed in our quest. [/QUOTE]

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