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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 2097784" data-attributes="member: 224">Hits the dust?&nbsp; Not at all.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It's true the Cocoon can be damaged....but only by those not caught in its effect.&nbsp; It seems to me friends on the outside could help you out of a Forcecage too, given magic.&nbsp; And that comment up there about an Epic monster being trapped....oh come on: no dimension door, teleport, or plane shift-like power handy?&nbsp; Those tend to be the very same ones that are too big to fit in the spell effect.&nbsp; Moot point.Moreover, as I've pointed out above, those in the 'Cocoon are helpless -- completely unable to use spells that have V, S, or M components, completely unable to use magic items with command word or use activation, completely unable to free themselves in any way other than &quot;purely mental action&quot;.&nbsp; IIRC, that even rules out a quickened Dimension Door, although I'd be happy to be mistaken on that.Finally, let's not forget the material component cost of the psionic power....oh wait, you mean the psionic power doesn't have a 1,500gp per casting material component cost?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nail, post: 2097784, member: 224"] Hits the dust? Not at all. ;) It's true the [i]Cocoon[/i] can be damaged....but only by those not caught in its effect. It seems to me friends on the outside could help you out of a [i]Forcecage[/i] too, given magic. And that comment up there about an [i]Epic[/i] monster being trapped....oh come on: no dimension door, teleport, or plane shift-like power handy? Those tend to be the very same ones that are too big to fit in the spell effect. Moot point. Moreover, as I've pointed out above, those in the 'Cocoon are [i]helpless[/i] -- completely unable to use spells that have V, S, or M components, completely unable to use magic items with command word or use activation, completely unable to free themselves in any way other than "purely mental action". IIRC, that even rules out a [i]quickened Dimension Door[/i], although I'd be happy to be mistaken on that. Finally, let's not forget the material component cost of the psionic power....oh wait, you mean the psionic power [u]doesn't[/u] have a 1,500gp per casting material component cost? ;) [/QUOTE]

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