Re: Hapless NPC saves the day... but how?

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:26:27 -0800, Some Guy <someguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> scribed
into the ether:

>Waldo wrote:
>> With time, this will adjust... the NPC wizard will figure out how to be
>> a real adventurer. However, in the meantime, it occurs to me that it
>> might be fun to have his goofy spell selection win one.
>>
>> So: given a Wiz8, can you come up with a situation where a "useless"
>> spell ends up saving the day? Bonus points if it's vs. trolls, white
>> dragons, hags, fiends or undead (the monsters they'll be encountering).
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>
>You know, Tenser's Floating Disc seems like it would make a good
>emergency life raft. It can't move under its own power, but the caster
>can sit on it. If the lake should happen to un-freeze and there's no
>boat, that would provide an escape.

As it has no means of movement, and can only follow the wizard, the wizard
is just prolonging his death. And even presupposing that you could fit a
party on top of it, the disc created by an 8th level wizard could not
support their weight and would disintegrate.
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