I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience.

Sorry, go behind enemy lines and cast it so there are no friendlies in range. The bad guys can't gangpile you because they don't have any actions to do it with. Since they have no actions they are helpless and can't defend against CDG attacks from the rest of the party.

It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

Rather than reinforce rooftops at great expense, Mankiewicz decided that the only way around this problem was to invent a superlightweight soil.