A little grease goes a long way. Don't spoil.

[SSJ4Sephiroth]

yes, i have found grease to be useful too. when i was down to 2 ppl w/ just a low lvl fighter and a bard, this spell became pretty useful at slowing down everything while i gathered up ranged weapons

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[Leafy]

grease is cool.. Web is cooler, in my opinion, because a webbed spellcaster gets his spells broken. I say throw down a quick web; maybe an entangle for good meaure, then set a grease spot on the edge of it so its impossible to escape.

I also try Chromatic Orb on everything. it doesn't always do anything; but can be important in stunning the wailing virigns and other nasties that sneak up and spell or special attack you.

[Axterix]

I've toyed with grease a bit. Works okay, but has a rather small area of effect. Still, decent when combined with web/entangle. More is better. Grease keeps them in the web/entangle area longer, meaning a made saving throw or two will still have them in the web/entangle area. (For real fun, do what my roommate does... web/entangle + party with rings of free action... you can pickpocket two of those pretty early on.)

[Hoggar]

Area effects rock! Especially if you use the HoF mode. I usually slow the enemies down with a nice entangle/grease/web or so, throw up a few bears between the mess and my party to stop anyone from escaping, and then clog the entangled area with a zillion spikey stones and such. Bombarding with fireballs helps as well, as would cloudkill if not every durn mob in this game were undead. The few that actually survives are always on almost dead.

[Wulfere]

Abu Dalzims Horrid Withering....mwahahahaha
A thoroughly nasty Necromancy spell. But you have to be very careful with it.
Lightning Bolt is useless since in bounces sooo much.
Summon Elemental and Summon Monster III works great as well.
Though Improved invisible is niffty it seems every monster knows where you are exactly after an attack. Even if you move. Seems rather odd.

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[Father Bronze]

Originally posted by Wulfere: [B]Though Improved invisible is niffty it seems every monster knows where you are exactly after an attack. Even if you move. Seems rather odd.

I agree. I only really use invisibility (improved or otherwise) to scout and to take a hurt character out of combat until I can heal him/her later.

Can you cast area of effect spells and still stay protected by Improved Invisibility? How about Sanctuary?



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[Wulfere]

I cast a fireball while improved invisible and was attacked and followed and attacked again.
I haven't tried sanctuary, but if you cast an offensive spell I am sure you break the enchantment.

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[Leafy]

Improved invisibility is a little misleading. think of it as the same effect as the alien in Predator. Enemies see a faint shimmering, but have a -4 to hit you so there is at least a nice AC bonus here. You can cast certain spells while invisible or sanctuaried whithout being attacked. those spells include anything centered on the caster. so chants and recitations can be done while invisibile or sanctuaried without fear of monsters. there are several more spells you can use too..

[Hudson Hawk]

These all are interesting strategies, but you have to give credit where credit is due... HASTE. You take a dwarf with grand mastery in say... battle axe, haste him, and watch out! He'll turn the rainforest into a parking lot before you can say Greenpeace.

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A coward dies a thousand deaths, and the brave may die just once... but a Master Thief simply chooses not to die.

[Lord of Alcohol]

LOL like the example Hudson