The top thing on my mind would be something that happened a few months ago in my 1st edition D&D game. My character is a wizard and had used most of my prepared spells throughout the course of the adventure. The only one I had left was a single casting of detect magic. There were a couple of scrolls in my pack, including one of darkness.
At the end of the session, the party all falls down a sliding ramp into a round platform in the middle of a large circular chamber. A squad of orcs and a couple of humans (the bosses of the dungeon) were on the perimeter of the chamber. We were basically in the middle of a circular shooting gallery.
The DM ended the session at that moment, giving us a week to think about our options and make plans. And so I came up with something.
The next week, we got together and as soon as my turn came around, I used my darkness scroll to cover the party in darkness. On the upside, that meant that the enemies couldn't see us to attack us, so it was less of a turkey shoot than it was a second ago. The downside was that we couldn't see anything either, and had to be very careful moving around.
Then came Phase 2 of my brilliant plan. I then cast detect magic. Which meant that, even though I couldn't see, I could detect magical auras like the ones radiating from any magic items that a boss might have on hand which could be enough to let me target them. It was an unorthodox plan, so I had to get the DM on board. Thankfully, he accepted my argument and allowed me to attack. Unfortunately, all I had to weapons were daggers and as a wizard, my attack rolls were terrible, so I missed my shot.
The darkness spell is probably what saved our bacon that session, but I'm most proud of being allowed to target someone using detect magic.
At the end of the session, the party all falls down a sliding ramp into a round platform in the middle of a large circular chamber. A squad of orcs and a couple of humans (the bosses of the dungeon) were on the perimeter of the chamber. We were basically in the middle of a circular shooting gallery.
The DM ended the session at that moment, giving us a week to think about our options and make plans. And so I came up with something.
The next week, we got together and as soon as my turn came around, I used my darkness scroll to cover the party in darkness. On the upside, that meant that the enemies couldn't see us to attack us, so it was less of a turkey shoot than it was a second ago. The downside was that we couldn't see anything either, and had to be very careful moving around.
Then came Phase 2 of my brilliant plan. I then cast detect magic. Which meant that, even though I couldn't see, I could detect magical auras like the ones radiating from any magic items that a boss might have on hand which could be enough to let me target them. It was an unorthodox plan, so I had to get the DM on board. Thankfully, he accepted my argument and allowed me to attack. Unfortunately, all I had to weapons were daggers and as a wizard, my attack rolls were terrible, so I missed my shot.
The darkness spell is probably what saved our bacon that session, but I'm most proud of being allowed to target someone using detect magic.
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This is more a tactical experience than an RP one, but clever nonetheless.
Good thinking.
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