Re: session re****t

In article <ep5lka$pvk$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Mary K. Kuhner <mkkuhner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>I had one PC party which was fond of using Polymorph as an area-effect
>weapon.  They would Polymorph something very big, like a whale, into
>a mouse and keep it in a little bamboo cage.  Then they'd use Dispel
>(nowadays I think you could just Dismiss) to turn it back inside a
>tight space.  It's hard to argue that a blue whale appearing in a
>10' square room will be anything less than catastrophe for the
>occupants; if it's upstairs, it will probably destroy the whole
>building.
>
>I got very tired of this strategy after a while. 

LOL, sorry for the campaign, Mary, but that's hysterical.  It
reminds me of the early days of my AD&D1 campaign, when players
wanted to get back at enemy wizard by flying over his mansion
with a mouse and polymorphing it into a whale.

There's nothing in the system to prevent this kind of thing,
and truth be told, I think that in a non-script protected
universe, people would make "creative" use of spells like this
all the time.  (Collapse a cathedral roof through judicious use
of Stone to Flesh, anyone?)  Sucks for trying to run a serious
minded campaign, though.

-- 
"I know I promised, Lord, never again. But I also know
   that YOU know what a weak-willed person I am."