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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 806686" data-attributes="member: 1196">The party has:9th level Cleric of Orus (homebrew god) with Knowledge and Magic domains.  8th level Wizard 8th level Rogue 9th level Ranger (Alt-Ranger with no spells) -- Mostly an archer.8th level Barbarian -- Has a really big axe.7th level Rogue Not all of them are present every session.========================================I'll definately be trying some attrition.  A lot of their fighting lately has been fending off thieves and assassins.  (Long story short, they hold most of the keys to an ancient treasure that several people are trying to get AND they work for a powerful senator with equally powerful enemies who keep trying to kill him).  I've thought of sending in critters with spell resistance.  Is there a list I can check somewhere.  That would be handy.  I am aware of AoOs.  Getting folks in melee with the casters has helped when they can.  Unfortunatly, the wizard has a habit of flying around all the time.  That hinders things.  I wonder if monks can flying kick someone in midair?  I really need to take advantage of counterspells and dispels more.  Mostly I use dispels after the fact, as does the party.  The wizards current favorite tactic:  Find the enemy mage or nastiest opponent if no mage and polymorph other him into a snail, goldfish, turtle  or other basically helpless critter.  As a DM, this is getting really damn old.  I did it to him once, I admit, now he does it every time.  Even my nasty ogre fighter with the super-fort save failed and got turned into a jellyfish.  Now, he's found feeblemind in the PHB and is gleefully laughing over the havoc he will wreak on his enemies.  I've warned him that I have not been using this spell against them because its so nasty but I will use it if he does.  We'll see what happens.The Cleric's current favorite spell:  Cloak of Righteousness from Relics and Rituals.  Every enemy has to make a save or be blinded for the duration of the spell.  They still manage to be annoying with scrying even with the cost and the time limit.  Spell component costs are the only reason the wizard isn't walking around stoneskinned 24/7.  I suppose I'm going to have to start designing enemy parties specifically around neutralizing the casters so the melee / archery types can have it out.</blockquote>

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