Uses of Major Image

[Kershek]

I would like to hear from people about good general uses of the spell Major Image. I just picked it up and am looking for good ideas, since it's such a wide open spell.

 

[Bagpuss]

There was a debate about illusions in this topic

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37300

Its worth checking that out.

 

[Altin]

Well, this is somewhat better at lower levels where spells which actually create physical barriers are hard to come by but any Image spell can, it seems to me, be used to replicate wall spells (or to create chasms or other obstacles) as a way to divide the opposition which will not also inconvenience the party (which knows the obstacle is an illusion).

For instance, the party encounters 10 Orcs in an in-doors enviroment, five of which are close and the other five of which are farther back. The party mage casts a Major Image of a wall rising out of the ground between the orcs so that the ones farther back are tricked into not being able to aid the ones in front. This is also good for trying to obstruct archers or to trap people by creating the image of a circular barrier around them.

Altin

 

[Mark]

This is also good for trying to obstruct archers or to trap people by creating the image of a circular barrier around them.

Great for fixing up real estate before you sell it off and skip town, too!

Truly, if you ever wish to avoid a fight, rather than participate, moving off to the side of the road when some potential adversaries are going by, and creating a small encampment behind you, can often get the thugs to just keep moving along.