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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MidnightLightning" data-source="post: 5426363" data-attributes="member: 86482">Oh, that's right, there's two ways out of a grapple; a boost to Escape Artist checks would do the trick too!So now I at least have a few different tricks to use; I could use freedom of movement for all the magical encounters in this particular dungeon, but I'd like to keep it interesting for the PCs and keep them guessing, rather than keep it all the same.Core options:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wand of freedom of movement (carried by one of a group of wizards, for buffing at beginning of combat, since none of them can memorize that spell), giving 70 minutes of grapple protection.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Still Spell feat (or rod of... oh wait, there's no rod of metamagic, lesser still...) plus memorized dispel magic (dispel the tentacles once in it).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">grease, for 1 round/lvl bonus to escape grapple.</li> </ul>Non-Core options:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Panic Button (Complete Scoundrel); swift action teleport</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">benign/baleful transposition spells (Spell Compendium); both are still spells, so can be cast while grappled.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Boots of Big Stepping (Magic Item Compendium)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">dimension step/dimension hop spells (PHB II) for when you don't need to teleport very far</li> </ul>Other note from the thread on black tentacles in general:Good to know, though with a Warlock, he can dismiss and re-cast the spell to cause it to re-grapple people in the area.</blockquote>

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