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<blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 322649" data-attributes="member: 1704">I love it when my players impress me with creative uses of spells.&nbsp; One time when I was DMing an OD&amp;D campaign back in college (6+ years ago), one of the PCs had his Fly spell dispelled, sending him hurtling to the ground toward his death.&nbsp; The PC Elf cast a Web below to cushion the blow as much as possible.&nbsp; I was impressed by the unconventional use and would allow it except, as I told them, he was falling from so high up that that wouldn't be enough to save him.&nbsp; Just before he hit the ground and went splat, the PC Magic-User used a Wand of Polymorphing to polymorph him into a Troll so he would regenerate after hitting the ground.&nbsp; Because in OD&amp;D turning your friend into a Troll means he's now actually a nasty Troll who wants to kill you made this somewhat dangerous.&nbsp; The second function of the Web was to temporarily restrain the Troll.&nbsp; As soon as it was about to break free of the Web (and was partially regenerated), they cast Dispel Magic to turn it back into their friend.Incidentally, one of the ways I tried to regulate what the Magic-user could polymorph into was to tell him that he needed to have reasonable familiarity with the anatomy of a creature.&nbsp; It was kind of gruesome, but whenever the party would kill a new monster, he would claim the body and would dissect it on the spot if possible, or transport it home to do so later if necessary, so he could Polymorph into it in the future as desired.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus Coeruleus, post: 322649, member: 1704"] I love it when my players impress me with creative uses of spells. One time when I was DMing an OD&D campaign back in college (6+ years ago), one of the PCs had his Fly spell dispelled, sending him hurtling to the ground toward his death. The PC Elf cast a Web below to cushion the blow as much as possible. I was impressed by the unconventional use and would allow it except, as I told them, he was falling from so high up that that wouldn't be enough to save him. Just before he hit the ground and went splat, the PC Magic-User used a Wand of Polymorphing to polymorph him into a Troll so he would regenerate after hitting the ground. Because in OD&D turning your friend into a Troll means he's now actually a nasty Troll who wants to kill you made this somewhat dangerous. The second function of the Web was to temporarily restrain the Troll. As soon as it was about to break free of the Web (and was partially regenerated), they cast Dispel Magic to turn it back into their friend. Incidentally, one of the ways I tried to regulate what the Magic-user could polymorph into was to tell him that he needed to have reasonable familiarity with the anatomy of a creature. It was kind of gruesome, but whenever the party would kill a new monster, he would claim the body and would dissect it on the spot if possible, or transport it home to do so later if necessary, so he could Polymorph into it in the future as desired. [/QUOTE]

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