Proof against Hold Person

[MrCow]

What we can do when we get stock in a room where the door close back of us and we don't have time to reach the caster before he cast Hold Person from the other side of the room?

• Pray you make your save.
• If failing the save, pray you survive the next two seconds so you can make your next save.
• Repeat until you are free from the effect to engage in combat or dead.
• Learn from the encounter and try to think of things to prevent the situation from reoccurring either later on in the quest or on repeat treks (entering the room in stealth or while invisible, entering the room with a summoned creature for a decoy, activating Paladin Saves Boost, entering with something that increases your movement speed to close the distance faster, recognizing environmental objects for cover in the future, etc.).

Yes, it is painful in gaming when luck can play such a pivotal factor to your success. However, there are so many options to consider that luck can be a minor factor depending on how you match your options with the given situations.