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<blockquote data-quote="MidnightLightning" data-source="post: 5426222" data-attributes="member: 86482">So, I'm DMing a group of high level PCs, one of which is a 12th level Warlock who has chilling tentacles (effectively <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/blackTentacles.htm" target="_blank">black tentacles</a> as an at-will ability). Since those tentacles have a grapple check of +20, they're pretty darn effective against non-fighter types, especially spellcasters (12th level wizard only has a BAB of +6, plus whatever abysmal Strength modifier he has, as a grapple check). Especially since once grappled, they can't cast spells (unless they're still spells), so can't even cast dispel magic on the tentacles.Now, I know of freedom of movement that can give spellcasters a chance to resist grapple checks (or rather, always succeed at them). But that spell rather conveniently cannot be cast by a Sorcerer/Wizard. Plus, that spell just eliminates the checks all together, and if all the BBEGs and minions have that spell, it penalizes the Warlock completely.So, I'm looking for a spell or other trick that a high level Wizard or Evoker/Eldritch Knight can use that would increase their grapple check (they'd need something like a +10 to have a fighting chance), or cause the tentacles to potentially miss grappling them (mirror images don't fool the tentacles). That would make the magic users able to not get overwhelmed immediately and have a more impressive fight for the PCs, without having the Warlock's ability be completely neutralized.Does any such spell exist? I haven't plumbed the depths of the Spell Compendium yet, but thought I'd ask here and see if anyone else has had the need for spellcasters to get a little grappling help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MidnightLightning, post: 5426222, member: 86482"] So, I'm DMing a group of high level PCs, one of which is a 12th level Warlock who has [I]chilling tentacles[/I] (effectively [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/blackTentacles.htm"][I]black tentacles[/I][/URL] as an at-will ability). Since those tentacles have a grapple check of +20, they're pretty darn effective against non-fighter types, especially spellcasters (12th level wizard only has a BAB of +6, plus whatever abysmal Strength modifier he has, as a grapple check). Especially since once grappled, they can't cast spells (unless they're still spells), so can't even cast [I]dispel magic[/I] on the tentacles. Now, I know of [I]freedom of movement[/I] that can give spellcasters a chance to resist grapple checks (or rather, always succeed at them). But that spell rather conveniently cannot be cast by a Sorcerer/Wizard. Plus, that spell just eliminates the checks all together, and if all the BBEGs and minions have that spell, it penalizes the Warlock completely. So, I'm looking for a spell or other trick that a high level Wizard or Evoker/Eldritch Knight can use that would increase their grapple check (they'd need something like a +10 to have a fighting chance), or cause the tentacles to potentially miss grappling them ([I]mirror images[/I] don't fool the tentacles). That would make the magic users able to not get overwhelmed immediately and have a more impressive fight for the PCs, without having the Warlock's ability be completely neutralized. Does any such spell exist? I haven't plumbed the depths of the Spell Compendium yet, but thought I'd ask here and see if anyone else has had the need for spellcasters to get a little grappling help. [/QUOTE]

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