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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 2102244" data-attributes="member: 2795">Does seem a bit silly. A target with at least 20 feet of web between it and caster has total cover and couldn't even be targeted since they'd be effectively invisible. This isn't likely to be constant problem, but it is worth remembering.Recently my 10 STR gnome rogue/cleric was accidentally webbed by the party's wizard. Without aid of magic or a checks, he freed himself from the web. Of course, the high STR undead crocodile also caught in the web helped a little. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />A DC 15 STR check isn't that hard to make. Many monsters - especially Large or larger ones - have high STR and can easily score a 20, 25, or even higher on a STR check. A 5th-level character, such as a rogue or monk, with ranks in Escape Artist can easily have a +10 bonus to his check, thus getting up to a 30 on his check for 15 feet of movement. Web is, at best, a one to three round delaying tactic against these. It is, of course, complete ineffective against incorporeal creatures and next to useless against burrowers.Let's also not forget that web must be anchored &quot;to two or more solid and diametrically opposed points or else the web collapses upon itself and disappears.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Chance, post: 2102244, member: 2795"] Does seem a bit silly. A target with at least 20 feet of web between it and caster has total cover and couldn't even be targeted since they'd be effectively invisible. This isn't likely to be constant problem, but it is worth remembering. Recently my 10 STR gnome rogue/cleric was accidentally webbed by the party's wizard. Without aid of magic or a checks, he freed himself from the web. Of course, the high STR undead crocodile also caught in the web helped a little. :D A DC 15 STR check isn't that hard to make. Many monsters - especially Large or larger ones - have high STR and can easily score a 20, 25, or even higher on a STR check. A 5th-level character, such as a rogue or monk, with ranks in Escape Artist can easily have a +10 bonus to his check, thus getting up to a 30 on his check for 15 feet of movement. Web is, at best, a one to three round delaying tactic against these. It is, of course, complete ineffective against incorporeal creatures and next to useless against burrowers. Let's also not forget that web must be anchored "to two or more solid and diametrically opposed points or else the web collapses upon itself and disappears." [/QUOTE]

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