In a very high level game, a middle-level illusionist convinced the party that he was a hyper-intelligent shade of the color blue and had them doing his will and living in terror for a fair while. They were not happy when they found out it was an illusion...
Fake your own death with an illusion. Then come back and tell them the gods sent you back in order to deliver a message to them of dire importance... You just can't remember what it was.
You Could use Ghost Sound to tell the funniest Joke in the World... so funny that it actually kills anyone that hears it... including the speaker... just make sure to recite the joke in a language you can not comprehend..
Be sure about the illusion rules when you do it. The last thing you want is for the players, when they find out it's an illusion, give you a weird look and say some of those things couldn't have happened.
For example, above, the suggestion of using illusions to put the dwarf's beard on the elf requires tactile alteration. The dwarf can still feel the beard. The elf can't. The illusion fails. If you rule that it does not, then the party may think that something far more powerful is messing with them.
My famous one is to do 3 illusion fireballs, followed by a real one when players stop bothering to get out of the way.
You still let them have reflex saves, right?
I prefer a different spin on the fireball illusion.
Throw them quite a bit away from your ennemies, but let the heat expand up to the ennemy so that they think the flame must have been burning hot where it landed, altough it was the same high temperature even in the middle of the fireball.
Same functions very well for firewalls, nobody gets near a fire if the temperature is close to unbearable 50 feet away.
Get up early and use Mirage Arcana to change your surroundings, and some Images in order to bring monsters too.
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In a dungeon crawl, I had a Programmed Image appear when the party opened a small closet... The image was a colossal white dragon in a huge room. And as the dragon slowly turns his head and inhales to breathe on the party, the wizard and sorcerer (odd party makeup) both blasted fireballs into the "huge" room. Unfortunately the room was only 10' deep and they toasted the entire party... except the rogue. That caused the barbarian character to throw down his sword and wander off mumbling about stupid magic users. (Very memorable even though the guy retired his character over that!) It certainly wasn't what I figured would happen...
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Okay, 17th level wizards shouldn't be this juvenile, but...
- Get a crate full of bunnies. Or dead fish. Something silly. Bananas are nice too.
- Grab some of the party's archer's arrows when he isn't looking.
- Cast the Shades vesion of Trap the Soul on the bunnies. Shades doesn't have a material component, so instead of sapphires you trap the bunnies inside the arrows.
- Return the arrows unnoticed.
Since ammunition breaks when used, each time the archer now hits something... a bunny appears!
Get up early and use Mirage Arcana to change your surroundings, and some Images in order to bring monsters too.Can you elaborate on what your stating ? Do you mean real monsters or illusion ones making party flip. If real ones this sounds like a Look for Trouble call lol
Illusionary monsters or else I would be cooked too. Something like: "Guys I think we are badly screwed. How can we be here? And I think I saw a troll lurking there…"
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If you do item crafting:
Use magic aura to change the aura of your ally's items. Do so in a way they won't notice. Then start making off hand comments about building self destruct commands into some of the items you made. If you have someone else in the party who can at least use detect magic and Spellcraft, their paranoia will confirm they favorite items could explode with the correct command word. You get to stand back and watch the conflict of them trying to decide if they should sell the item or trust you won't use it on you.
If you have the leadership feat:
Have your cohort and followers impersonate you and vice versa. Eventually your party will pick up that something is wrong and hopefully make the skill checks to realize something is off. At some point they will have no idea who is who.
Bonus if you somehow work out how to have your cohort and followers always look like you.
The Veil spell: You can make the subjects appear to be anything you wish. The subjects look, feel, and smell just like the creatures the spell makes them resemble.
Cast Veil on a flock of sheep. Make the animals resemble wanton wenches and/or studly stableboys, then wait to see how long it takes the rest of your party to perceive the true nature of their new companions...
A wanton wench only saying "Baaah!" and eating grass?
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A wanton wench only saying "Baaah!" and eating grass?
A wanton wench on all fours, and a Barbarian who hasn't as much as seen a woman in weeks...
He might not even care enough to try his will save.
In that case you probably don't even need a spell, let alone a 6th level one. ;)
Why is my character tolerating the presence of this illusionist again ?
Say this "I will not annoy the people I rely on in combat." Repeat until it sinks in.
(although, if the bunny arrows still do full damage before becoming bunnies, that one's harmless enough)
Prestiditation can be very usefull for pranking. If you've got last watch, just before you wake everyone up use it to make things cold/warm as appropriate. Don't you hate putting on cold boots on a chilly morning ?
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Ghost Sound is probably one of the best spells for pranks. Since it is only 0 level you can cast it all day and don't have to waste a real spell. Bellow are just some ideas.
Making it seem like someone farted. (Works well in court)
Putting words in someone's moth (Changing vows in a wedding).
Making an animal seem to talk. (Best played on gullible barbarians)
Spreading rumors (Wander around town and cast to create a conversation for people to overhear)
Ghost Sound is probably one of the best spells for pranks. Since it is only 0 level you can cast it all day and don't have to waste a real spell. Bellow are just some ideas.
Making it seem like someone farted. (Works well in court)
Putting words in someone's moth (Changing vows in a wedding).
Making an animal seem to talk. (Best played on gullible barbarians)
Spreading rumors (Wander around town and cast to create a conversation for people to overhear)
My character is so going to use at least one of these.
I once prestidigitationed the barbarians hard earned trophy giant skunk pelt to not smell like skunk... then proceeded to use illusions to make it neon pink with purple polka-dots, as he was a color blind barbarian this took awhile for him to figure out, and as the player wasn't the fastest on the uptake, an hour later he finally realized the whole group was laughing at his character, and so I let him in on the joke.
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Real pits covered by illusions. Illusions that would show people continueing to walk across the pit.
Hallucinatory terrain to make a forest look like plains.
Seeming to make all the bad guys look like party members.
Project Image on top of a pit with the illusion of solid ground.
Persistent Image a Prismatic Sphere.
Invisibility on a bear trap. The goblins with the barrel of oil and crossbows were real though.
I like the bunny idea!
You can't mimic voice sounds which can be understood with Ghost Sound I think. Only noise such as, roaring, screeching, fart, etc.
That's what Ventriloquism is for.
The volume of sound created depends on your level. You can produce as much noise as four normal humans per caster level (maximum 40 humans). Thus, talking, singing, shouting, walking, marching, or running sounds can be created. The noise a ghost sound spell produces can be virtually any type of sound within the volume limit. A horde of rats running and squeaking is about the same volume as eight humans running and shouting. A roaring lion is equal to the noise from 16 humans, while a roaring dragon is equal to the noise from 32 humans. Anyone who hears a ghost sound receives a Will save to disbelieve.
The duration is 1 round per level instead of 1 min. per level. From the way I read the spell Ventriloquism allows you to change the sound so could be used to carry on a conversation, or otherwise be changed while it lasts. With Ghost Sound you pretty much set up the sound when you cast it. If you want to change anything you have to cast it again. Considering Ventriloquism is only a 1st level spell that seems reasonable to me.
Good thread DrkmagusX!