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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tzarevitch" data-source="post: 3983351" data-attributes="member: 1792">Alarm is the one and only low level spell useful for defending a lair and even then it is hardly something a dragon couldn't do without. Physical alarms work just as well and can actually harder to find and disarm and a dragon can certainly put one in itself. They also do not require re-casting. Minions work even better than alarms. Silent image requires the dragon to concentrate on the image AND maintain line of sight AND not itself be seen by the adventurers. All this while it could be doing something more useful.The spells you are looking for to cover a pit with an illusion are hallucinatory terrain (4th level) or Permanent Image (which is 6th). If the dragon wants a pit it can dig one and conceal it ahead of time with a false floor. Animals do this, a dragon can certainly do it too. Before this argument goes further I should tell you I have heard it before. Low level dragon spells are NOT terribly useful for the dragon to defend its lair against a creature or group of adventurers powerful enough to challenge it in the first place. When people argue for those low-level spells they are almost always exaggerating what the spell actually does.But enough on this, let's get back to getting more info on Worlds and Monsters. Tzarevitch</blockquote>