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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 78358" data-attributes="member: 99">I am running a campaign that includes a druid and has mostly taken place outdoors.&nbsp; I would agree that Entangle is among the most powerful 1st level spells in the game.&nbsp; It has been used often and to great effect in my campaign.But it has also allowed me to throw large groups of monsters (mostly Gnolls and Orcs) at the party and have them survive (often barely) which has been a lot of fun.&nbsp; I too have seen nights when the battlemat was dominated by big circles (drawn with a green wet-erase pen).As to the issue of &quot;perfect placement&quot; of the entangles, we made up some templates for various spell radii from mylar.&nbsp; The Entangle template is easily the biggest (16 inches across).&nbsp; When the Druid's turn comes up in the initiative and he says, &quot;I cast Entangle.&quot;, I immediately say, &quot;Centered where?&quot;&nbsp; If he can't give me a location in about 2 seconds, I delay his action (going on with the turns of the other players and monsters) until he tells me.&nbsp; Once he points to the center, we just lay the template down and draw the circle.&nbsp; If it catches any &quot;friendlies&quot; in the radius, too bad.I will say that this player is pretty good at guessing the distances in question, so the spell usually doesn't catch anybody he doesn't want caught.&nbsp; But wouldn't a Druid who casts the spell frequently be able to say the same thing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 78358, member: 99"] I am running a campaign that includes a druid and has mostly taken place outdoors. I would agree that Entangle is among the most powerful 1st level spells in the game. It has been used often and to great effect in my campaign. But it has also allowed me to throw large groups of monsters (mostly Gnolls and Orcs) at the party and have them survive (often barely) which has been a lot of fun. I too have seen nights when the battlemat was dominated by big circles (drawn with a green wet-erase pen). As to the issue of "perfect placement" of the entangles, we made up some templates for various spell radii from mylar. The Entangle template is easily the biggest (16 inches across). When the Druid's turn comes up in the initiative and he says, "I cast Entangle.", I immediately say, "Centered where?" If he can't give me a location in about 2 seconds, I delay his action (going on with the turns of the other players and monsters) until he tells me. Once he points to the center, we just lay the template down and draw the circle. If it catches any "friendlies" in the radius, too bad. I will say that this player is pretty good at guessing the distances in question, so the spell usually doesn't catch anybody he doesn't want caught. But wouldn't a Druid who casts the spell frequently be able to say the same thing? [/QUOTE]

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