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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 1852431" data-attributes="member: 5656"><p>Illusions should be rather effective on mindless opponents, like vermin and golems, who don´t learn and will be fooled once and again by the same trick.</p><p></p><p>For more intelligent opponents, play illusions within illusions.</p><p></p><p>For example, you are invisible, then cast an illusion of yourself casting a illusion spell, then the real you appear (as if you were the figment) and cast something, perhaps a spell like transmute rock to mud or wall of fire. It´s likely that any enemy spellcaster think <em>you</em> and the real spell are the illusions, waste a round on the fake you, and walk like an idiot on the real spell. Or make the illusion of the party coming out of a translucent wall. Chances are that the enemies will think they are the real ones, doing the trick of hiding behind a illusory wall, and be fooled. While you are invisible, use the higher level illusion spells (like programmed image) to make a copy of yourself casting illusions, while the real you (invisible) cast Summon Monster N. Maybe they think they really are illusions, and ignore the monsters; if they learn from their errors, start casting illusions of summoned monsters.</p><p></p><p>Then you can start thinking on illusions within illusions within illusions...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Someone, post: 1852431, member: 5656"] Illusions should be rather effective on mindless opponents, like vermin and golems, who don´t learn and will be fooled once and again by the same trick. For more intelligent opponents, play illusions within illusions. For example, you are invisible, then cast an illusion of yourself casting a illusion spell, then the real you appear (as if you were the figment) and cast something, perhaps a spell like transmute rock to mud or wall of fire. It´s likely that any enemy spellcaster think [i]you[/i] and the real spell are the illusions, waste a round on the fake you, and walk like an idiot on the real spell. Or make the illusion of the party coming out of a translucent wall. Chances are that the enemies will think they are the real ones, doing the trick of hiding behind a illusory wall, and be fooled. While you are invisible, use the higher level illusion spells (like programmed image) to make a copy of yourself casting illusions, while the real you (invisible) cast Summon Monster N. Maybe they think they really are illusions, and ignore the monsters; if they learn from their errors, start casting illusions of summoned monsters. Then you can start thinking on illusions within illusions within illusions... [/QUOTE]
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