New Posts For Thread: 3.5e Frustrating and Annoying Wizard for the PCs to fighthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fightHowdy All!Title says it all. What are some of your favorite tricks for making a wizard just friggin' frustrating to battle? He'll be a level 17-19 wizard, evil, and have the appropriate amount of gold too. And these tricks can include spells, itemOr in stead of making him a lich you could make him use “Magic Jar”.He could have his choice of bodies to posses in several secret dungeons (perhaps clones of other adventurers). Give him a familiar that follows him around invisibly withihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fight?post_id=527711871#527711871Or in stead of making him a lich you could make him use “Magic Jar”.He could have his choice of bodies to posses in several secret dungeons (perhaps clones of other adventurers). Give him a familiar that follows him around invisibly withiThu, 03 Jan 2013 10:06:44 -0600Which leads to a LOT of room for super-cool ways that the wizard could hide/disguise his phylactery :)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fight?post_id=527697357#527697357Which leads to a LOT of room for super-cool ways that the wizard could hide/disguise his phylactery :)Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:20:40 -0600Make the wizard a lich.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fight?post_id=527692765#527692765Make the wizard a lich.Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:36:53 -0600Which is pretty much what I was trying to suggest: Don't make their standard modus operandi completely worthless, just set things up so the players have to think about how and where to use their abilities, while also considering options they may havehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fight?post_id=527657513#527657513Which is pretty much what I was trying to suggest: Don't make their standard modus operandi completely worthless, just set things up so the players have to think about how and where to use their abilities, while also considering options they may haveTue, 01 Jan 2013 12:36:14 -0600Actually, the dervish and the ghost are pretty easy to deter since they're one-trick ponies... Now, since the BBEG knows the party, and is expecting them to show up at some point, he should be well-prepared for their standard operating procedures. Mahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29607679/3.5e_Frustrating_and_Annoying_Wizard_for_the_PCs_to_fight?post_id=527656099#527656099Actually, the dervish and the ghost are pretty easy to deter since they're one-trick ponies... Now, since the BBEG knows the party, and is expecting them to show up at some point, he should be well-prepared for their standard operating procedures. MaTue, 01 Jan 2013 11:44:14 -0600