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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7015603" data-attributes="member: 6777737">You could have the phantasm appear as lava chains that lash to the target such that the target would perceive the chains as trying to pull him or her down, but the chains themselves would not trip him.&nbsp; He would likely interpret it as him successfully resisting the chains' attempting to pull him down.&nbsp; He would twist and contort believing he was held, but he wouldn't actually be held because nothing was there.&nbsp; He would likely interpret that as the chains somehow bending or allowing him to move and then instantly re-tightening.You'd be much further along to have a red-hot iron cage appear around the target, with a spiked roof of the cage lowering down onto him.&nbsp; This would encourage the target to get down on the ground of his own free will, and he would shy away from the bars so as not to take more damage than necessary, remaining in one place.Or, you could have the target think the floor dropped out from under him for 10 feet, and then have acid or burning alcohol pour into the small prison from the top.&nbsp; The target would try to scramble up the walls, but since they aren't actually there he would fall over.&nbsp; He'd interpret that as the acid or burning alcohol covered walls being too difficult to climb.Or, you could have the target believe you've thrown an opaque black cloth at their head, which wraps around it and squeezes them.&nbsp; They wouldn't be able to see, would believe they have a hard time breathing, and would be clawing at their own face to get this cloth off their head that they can feel but that doesn't actually exist.Phantasmal force is a nightmarish spell.&nbsp; Use it to channel your nightmares.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 7015603, member: 6777737"] You could have the phantasm appear as lava chains that lash to the target such that the target would perceive the chains as trying to pull him or her down, but the chains themselves would not trip him. He would likely interpret it as him successfully resisting the chains' attempting to pull him down. He would twist and contort believing he was held, but he wouldn't actually be held because nothing was there. He would likely interpret that as the chains somehow bending or allowing him to move and then instantly re-tightening. You'd be much further along to have a red-hot iron cage appear around the target, with a spiked roof of the cage lowering down onto him. This would encourage the target to get down on the ground of his own free will, and he would shy away from the bars so as not to take more damage than necessary, remaining in one place. Or, you could have the target think the floor dropped out from under him for 10 feet, and then have acid or burning alcohol pour into the small prison from the top. The target would try to scramble up the walls, but since they aren't actually there he would fall over. He'd interpret that as the acid or burning alcohol covered walls being too difficult to climb. Or, you could have the target believe you've thrown an opaque black cloth at their head, which wraps around it and squeezes them. They wouldn't be able to see, would believe they have a hard time breathing, and would be clawing at their own face to get this cloth off their head that they can feel but that doesn't actually exist. [I]Phantasmal force[/I] is a nightmarish spell. Use it to channel your nightmares. [/QUOTE]

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