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Bigby’s Icy Grasp Question - Can I sustain, release, attack?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pyrrhus of Epirus" data-source="post: 4542043" data-attributes="member: 62715"><p><strong>Bigby’s Icy Grasp Question - Can I sustain, release, attack?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ffffff">Bigby’s Icy Grasp </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #ffffff">Wizard Attack 5</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><em><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'"><span style="font-size: 9px">You conjure a giant floating hand made of chiseled ice that</span></span></em></p><p style="text-align: left"><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'">clutches foes and freezes them.</span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Daily </span></span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'ZapfDingbats'"><span style="font-size: 9px">✦ </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Arcane, Cold, Conjuration, Implement</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'">Standard Action Ranged </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">20</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Effect: </span></span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">You conjure a 5-foot-tall hand of ice in an unoccupied</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">square within range, and the hand attacks. As a move</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">action, you can move the hand up to 6 squares.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Target: </span></span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">One creature adjacent to the hand</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Attack: </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Intelligence vs. Reflex</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Hit: </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">2d8 + Intelligence modifier cold damage, and the hand</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">grabs the target. If the target attempts to escape, the hand</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">uses your Fortitude or Reflex defense.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Bold'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Sustain Minor: </span></span></strong></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'"><span style="font-size: 9px">A target grabbed by the hand takes 1d8 +</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">Intelligence modifier cold damage when you sustain this</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">power. As a standard action, you can attack another target</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">with the hand, but it must release a target it has grabbed.</span></span></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">On the turn after I cast Bigby’s Icy Grasp, and on subsequent turns, can I </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">1) Minor action - sustain - causing 1b8+int dmg</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">2) Free action - release grabbed target</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">3) Strandard Action - attack target for 2d8+int</span></span></p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">The placing of the "another" word confuses me. It seems to state that I can sustain minor on a currently grabbed target, let go and attack another. But does "another" in this case prohibit me from attacking the released target? If that is there intention someone explain why the hand can release a target, move, attack another target, but could not simple release and attack? </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">I think the intention is that if the wizards wants to spend his minor and standard action doing dmg with the hand he may, but he must at least risk losing the grab if he misses. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd'">Your thoughts?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pyrrhus of Epirus, post: 4542043, member: 62715"] [b]Bigby’s Icy Grasp Question - Can I sustain, release, attack?[/b] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ffffff]Bigby’s Icy Grasp [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1][COLOR=#ffffff]Wizard Attack 5[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=MentorStd-Italic][SIZE=1]You conjure a giant floating hand made of chiseled ice that[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [LEFT][I][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorStd-Italic]clutches foes and freezes them.[/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Daily [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=ZapfDingbats][SIZE=1]✦ [/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Arcane, Cold, Conjuration, Implement[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold]Standard Action Ranged [/FONT][/SIZE][/B][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]20[/SIZE][/FONT] [LEFT][B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Effect: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]You conjure a 5-foot-tall hand of ice in an unoccupied[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]square within range, and the hand attacks. As a move[/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]action, you can move the hand up to 6 squares.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Target: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]One creature adjacent to the hand[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Attack: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]Intelligence vs. Reflex[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Hit: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]2d8 + Intelligence modifier cold damage, and the hand[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]grabs the target. If the target attempts to escape, the hand[/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]uses your Fortitude or Reflex defense.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=MentorSansStd-Bold][SIZE=1]Sustain Minor: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=MentorSansStd][SIZE=1]A target grabbed by the hand takes 1d8 +[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]Intelligence modifier cold damage when you sustain this[/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]power. As a standard action, you can attack another target[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]with the hand, but it must release a target it has grabbed.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]On the turn after I cast Bigby’s Icy Grasp, and on subsequent turns, can I [/FONT][/SIZE] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]1) Minor action - sustain - causing 1b8+int dmg[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]2) Free action - release grabbed target[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]3) Strandard Action - attack target for 2d8+int[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]The placing of the "another" word confuses me. It seems to state that I can sustain minor on a currently grabbed target, let go and attack another. But does "another" in this case prohibit me from attacking the released target? If that is there intention someone explain why the hand can release a target, move, attack another target, but could not simple release and attack? [/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]I think the intention is that if the wizards wants to spend his minor and standard action doing dmg with the hand he may, but he must at least risk losing the grab if he misses. [/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=1][FONT=MentorSansStd]Your thoughts?[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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