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I wanted to make a list of spell combinations. I thought maybe we could do a poll. (I know) So the rules are:
1. Only 2 spell combos are allowed
2. Please copy and past the former list and edit/add our own vote.
If you have a new option as being the best most useful spell combo,
add it, if you agree with one of the other combo's already listed,
then add an X to the right of it.
3. For This Tread only arcane spells
Pretty easy. Keep the list clean, add your reasoning for your addition under the list and we will be set. If it gets to be a popular thread and we get to 100 posts, then we will perhaps close it and determine a top 10 cool/useful combos list. Which brings us to the fourth and final rule
Please do not post/vote more than 3 times.
I will begin with one just for show, I'll count it as a vote.
Web/Cloudkill
Myself I prefer Black Tentacles/Stinking Cloud.
For the high levels, prismatic sphere/reverse gravity.
Haste + Rage
Higher level: Maze + anything else really
Edit: After reading the rules: First combo is nice because it keeps you out of the fray while signifigantly upping your party's damage output. Cast Haste first then spend the rest of the fight concentrating on rage while using your move action to tactically stay out of range of the bad guys.
Second combo is just fun to screw up the bad guys. Send the biggest baddest one away then get to work cleaning up any mooks before they get back.
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Aqueas Orb + Hideous Laughter
Aqueas Orb + Hideous Laughter
Ouch. That's delightfully dirty.
What's the orb thingie? Couldn't find it :-/
APG.
Aren't the APG spells included in the PRD?
Coz that's where I looked, and found ziltsh :(
Enemy Hammer + any Create Pit spell.
They can save to keep their actions, but you still get to fling them thirty feet. Oh look a handy extra-dimensional pit with acid at the bottom. Good luck climbing back out.
Aren't the APG spells included in the PRD?
Coz that's where I looked, and found ziltsh :(
Aqueas Orb + Hideous Laughter+1. Very clever.
Agreed.. This could get interesting!
I'm a big fan of
Quickened Ill Omen / Hold Monster
Taking the lower of two saves each round is particularly devastating since they can never take the move action to get rid of the ill omen (which itself doesn't allow a save).
Of course, you can do this with any other highly "save-dependent" spells like Phantasmal Killer or Suffocation.
At low levels (before you can quicken it), you may have to team up with other spellcasters in your party and delay until just before your ally to cast Ill Omen and they can follow it up with something like Grease or Colour Spray.
Glitterdust + Fog Cloud.
The will save for glitterdust is for blindness, not the sticky glitter.
AoE "I can see you but you can't see me!"Aqueas Orb + Hideous LaughterCould someone be so kind to explain how this combo is particularly devastating?
If you are in a pool of water and sucking in water to your lungs cause you care compelled to laugh, than you are going to start drowning immediately.
Set your enemy on fire with any spell of your choice, than a they begin to roll about to put themselves out, cast spike stones or spike growth. They won't just shred their feet, but their entire body.
Pit spell + illusory wall = Nobody saw it coming
Blindness/Deafness (blind) + Blindness/Deafness (deafen) + bestow curse (make mute) = Poor sap
Set your enemy on fire with any spell of your choice, than a they begin to roll about to put themselves out, cast spike stones or spike growth. They won't just shred their feet, but their entire body.
Pit spell + illusory wall = Nobody saw it coming
Illusory wall can be done with Silent Image too. 1st level spell.
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For the high levels, prismatic sphere/reverse gravity.I am not sure I understand this. Would you fly above the target and then cast this? Or would it assume you are next to the target when you cast the orb?
The idea is to conjure the sphere above them so the whole sphere is there. Then, reverse gravity is there to make sure they pass through the top and bottom twice each, for four prismatic wall effects in quick succession since reverse gravity is dismissible and doesn't allow a save for itself most of the time. Of course this doesn't work on flying creatures so the target is fairly specific at those levels, but I thought it was fun nonetheless.
Oh, and the Aqueous Orb + Hideous Laughter combo is awesome. +1
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This one is obvious, but very useful:
Spark + Pyrotechnics
Doesn't work, at least not directly. You need a flammable, unattended item that's more or less where you want Pyrotechnics to go off.
Flaming Sphere, on the other hand, synergizes perfectly. Cast sphere, direct it as move, party members know what's coming; next round Pyrotechnics. The sphere doesn't even go out, so you can run over the poor blind victims.
Wall of Stone + Meld into Stone.
2 spell invincibility.
Edit: Just realized this is a divine caster only combo. My bad.
What about flesh to stone followed up by a transmute rock to mud? T'would depend on whether the statue created by the former would be considered "magical stone" or not. If not - it could make for one gooey badguy.
Invisibility + Summon Monster may not be as clever as some of the ones here, but it's still a classic.
A low-level classic is web + burning hands. The web holds them in place, caster moves into position, then adds 2d4 fire damage on top of the base burning hands damage.
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Mirror Image + displacement. Each image gains a 50% miss chance.
It's not much of a combo, but rainbow pattern + acid pit. You can potentially lead many bad guys into a pit all at once. . .
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It's not much of a combo, but rainbow pattern + acid pit. You can potentially lead many bad guys into a pit all at once. . .
Only if they have long hair and tie-dyed clothes...
It's not much of a combo, but rainbow pattern + acid pit. You can potentially lead many bad guys into a pit all at once. . .Only if they have long hair and tie-dyed clothes...
+1
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A level 1 spell (hydraulic push) plus a level 2 spell (create pit), that can be upgraded to spiked pit, acid pit, or hungry pit at higher levels. They key phrase that makes it a good combo is, "Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect."
- Cast a pit spell, possibly dumping enemies in a hole.
- Follow that up with hydraulic push, which shoves them into the hole with no save.
- Profit.
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Beast Shape I and Geas/Quest.
"A talking bird just told me that I'm the chosen one!"
Fear + Crushing Despair. Fear makes everything shaken, even if they make the save. That is -2 to the save against crushing despair, which will leave everyone with -4 to successive spells. A killer combo.
For the high levels, prismatic sphere/reverse gravity.I am not sure I understand this. Would you fly above the target and then cast this? Or would it assume you are next to the target when you cast the orb?The idea is to conjure the sphere above them so the whole sphere is there. Then, reverse gravity is there to make sure they pass through the top and bottom twice each, for four prismatic wall effects in quick succession since reverse gravity is dismissible and doesn't allow a save for itself most of the time. Of course this doesn't work on flying creatures so the target is fairly specific at those levels, but I thought it was fun nonetheless.
Oh, and the Aqueous Orb + Hideous Laughter combo is awesome. +1
Doesn't work. Prismatic Sphere is always centered on the caster. At best, it's a 3 round set-up.
Round 1: Cast Reverse Gravity. Non-flying creature falls up and is suspended at the edge of the spellRound 2: Move under creature, cast Prismatic Sphere
Round 3: Dismiss Reverse Gravity.
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The Prismatic Sphere does not move with the caster...
So the setup could be:
You are flying and directly above your target. You cast prismatic sphere.
The next round, if the target is still below you, you move out of the sphere and cast reverse gravity.
The real question is if the Prismatic Sphere allows the Reverse Gravity to function through it.
...the sphere blocks any attempt to project something through the sphere (including spells).
If you allow it, that is two trips through the sphere on the way up... and two more on the next round when you dismiss it.
Even if you don't, you could rule that you slam the target against the sphere repeatedly as the Reverse Gravity continues to "fall" the target against the underside of the sphere.
Admittedly this is a tough one to adjudicate. YMMV
Of course as a level 9 and level 7 spell combo...
Cheers
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Create pit + Summon swarm.
Look at me. I'm a wizard.
Look at you. You are in a pit.
Now look at me. Now back to you,
the pit is full of spiders.
It's not much of a combo, but rainbow pattern + acid pit. You can potentially lead many bad guys into a pit all at once. . .Only if they have long hair and tie-dyed clothes...
Sounds like a hippie *erm* I mean druid killer. . .
But in that case wouldn't the acid pit lead the druid to a rainbow pattern?
Mirror Image + displacement. Each image gains a 50% miss chance.
Each of the images is not enchanted with displacement, so this won't work. It's an offshoot of the invisible/caster is blind effect. The spell basically ignores concealment.
Also, the prismatic sphere/reverse Gravity trick doesn't work. The sphere stops all magic and all living matter. The Reverse Gravity will end where it hits the sphere, and unless the person is trying to pass through, he'll just hit the outside of the sphere and stay there, taking no damage. You can't FORCE him to pass through it...he can let himself be kept out.
==Aelryinth
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Breath Mince: Use Gust of Wind to blow tiny critters into Blade Barrier.
Playing Catch: Use Telekinesis to toss enemies into Black Tentacles' area.
Break Dance: Irresistible Dance on a target within a greased area.
Amazing Flight: Use Telekinesis to toss enemies into Prismatic Wall.
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Also, the prismatic sphere/reverse Gravity trick doesn't work. The sphere stops all magic and all living matter. The Reverse Gravity will end where it hits the sphere, and unless the person is trying to pass through, he'll just hit the outside of the sphere and stay there, taking no damage. You can't FORCE him to pass through it...he can let himself be kept out.
Bolding is mine. I don't follow you. Where are you getting this from? Spell description for Prismatic Sphere and Prismatic Wall say nothing about this. The violet color effect makes the sphere pretty deadly, but it is conceivable that someone could make the will save. They could make all their saves in fact, not to mention SR applies.
It also states nothing about the those passing through the sphere need to be "willing". If that was the case, then someone could leap down from above onto the top of a Prismatic Sphere and use it as a stepping stone, as long as they weren't "willing" to pass through.
Again, a tough spell to adjudicate. No doubt.
Cheers
PS This sounds familiar... ;)
Amazing Flight: Use Telekinesis to toss enemies into Prismatic Wall.
Mage's Magnificent Mansion + Fabricate = Infinitely shapeable dungeon of doom in which to lure your enemies.
What would you fill your dungeon with?
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A level 1 spell (hydraulic push) plus a level 2 spell (create pit), that can be upgraded to spiked pit, acid pit, or hungry pit at higher levels. They key phrase that makes it a good combo is, "Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect."
- Cast a pit spell, possibly dumping enemies in a hole.
- Follow that up with hydraulic push, which shoves them into the hole with no save.
- Profit.
+1 dude, nice
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Shrink Item + Mage Hand. Use Shrink Item to shrink a massive object, like an anvil, bouler, treasure chest, or other very heavy object, turning it into a nearly weightless cloth. Then, use Mage hand to lift the cloth above an enemy, and utter the command word to turn the object back to normal. Splat.
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On a similar note: Shrink Item + Telekinesis. Find or purchase a boulder or ball or iron that is the maximum weight you can hurl with telekinesis. Permanency shrink item on it. You then have a very high damage weapon that you can use over and over again, and can easily carry around and hide on your person, even as a puny wizard. This is particularly fun with a ring of telekinesis. You can have a 9d6 damage attack effectively at-will.