While magic is certainly quite powerful, there are a number of combinations that are... not to be recommended. This book catalogs these combos, which are not always deadly, but are always unpleasant. This book also catalogues "treatments" to overcome the effects of these combinations.
1) Spells: "Black tentacles"+ "grease" (several times); Treatment: liberal application of "modify memory" to all observers & participants (if still living).
2) Spells: "detonate" vs any enemy with spell resistance & energy resistance; Treatment: "Ressurection", "True ressurection", depending on the state of the ashes/goo left of the user; Preventative measure: "fox's cunning";
3) Blood Money+Simulacrum of a Djinni Price+Wish from Simulacrum for more Simulacrum+???=Profit!!!
Treatment: A smite to thy face from +20 magazine wielding GM...
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4) Create pit + vomit swarm
A very unpleasant place to be.
Treatment... Fire, and lots of it
I'm trying to stick to "weird" stuff, not just very powerful/possibly broken combos. This is stuff that must be unpleasant to the character, not the player/GM.
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Grease (the ground under the target) + Irresistible Dance
Sleep + Undine's Curse
Aqueous Orb + Hideous Laughter
Create Pit + Mad Monkeys
Web + Spark
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Rain of Frogs + Blade Barrier
That's….visual.
Ad 2) After ressurection: Touch Injection + Detonate vs. same enemy with resistance. Treatment: Ressurection, again. Preemptive measure: Fox's Cunning + Owl's Wisdom, OR don't ressurect.
For the vanilla Wizard: Blood Money + Wish. Treatment: Raise dead, erase either spell from his spell book.
Rain of Frogs + Blade Barrier
If you allow 3.5 spells, Vortex of Teeth + Wall of Force works similarly. "The Blender", as it was known in my group, is pretty brutal.
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Disintegrate + Gust of Wind to scatter the dusty remains. Bonus points if used at sea or over a large body of water.
"Now can we please get back to saving the world?"
I always used to love Flesh to Stone plus Transmute Rock to Mud. Treatment: good luck with that. For added aggravation, follow with Transmute Mud to Rock and Disintegrate and Gust of Wind. At that point, True Resurrection/Miracle/Wish after withholding snacks to the offending caster is needed :)
Hold Person + Stinking Cloud + an industrial size can of Lysol.
I always used to love Flesh to Stone plus Transmute Rock to Mud. Treatment: good luck with that. For added aggravation, follow with Transmute Mud to Rock and Disintegrate and Gust of Wind. At that point, True Resurrection/Miracle/Wish after withholding snacks to the offending caster is needed :)
I preferred Flesh to Stone + Stone Shape + Stone to Flesh.
Black tentacles and stinking cloud
Reduce Person and Wind Wall? You're smaller now... blow away!
Reduce Person and Wind Wall? You're smaller now... blow away!
Great example of just not thinking. Works even better with mythic reduce person (which makes you TINY)
Fly and treasure stitching. 10' by 10' is a lot of space, you can fit a lot of things into a tapestry if you think about it. A lot of bombs, for instance. Fly overhead, order the spell to end, drop the whole collection of bombs down in two turns.
Prestidigation (to turn their armor pink) + chill metal. Makes them utterly miserable. Treatment: Do something to recover the lost dignity. Like kill the caster slowly.
Disintegrate + Gust of Wind to scatter the dusty remains. Bonus points if used at sea or over a large body of water.
"Now can we please get back to saving the world?"
Love this strip! For those poor, deprived souls who have yet to be introduced to true gaming comic strip mastery, I give you OOTS!
Create Pit + Mad Monkeys
Plus a sanity check afterwards.
