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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Dragon" data-source="post: 303720" data-attributes="member: 1115">Good point, as it wouldn't do a quite &quot;static&quot; damage. Valmur, I can't agree that the spell should do only 1d10 damage. After all, it's a level 5 spell, Flame Strike or Call Lightning do in an area 14d6 or 10d10 damage, respectively (if cast by a level 14 druid), and are of lower level. The affected area for Claws of the Earth is one square per caster level. Each square has a side length of 15 ft. The thorns can provide cover, of course (and a capable DM will use this for his NPCs <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=";)" /> ). The spell gives no save because it creates objects which make normal melee attacks on their own (see Summon Monster ...). Yap (sometimes the simple ways don't get into my mind <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=";)" /> ).&nbsp;Good to mention that. I'll try to answer your questions one by one.1st: No, they are made of lifeless stone, and completely nonmagical (as is a summoned normal orc).2nd: No, see answer 1.3rd: Obviously, I forgot that option. Of course, the thorns can be destroyed as any normal stone building can be. Plus the option stated in the spell's description.4th: Yes, but I don't have the books at work, so I don't know the hit points and hardness of a stone &quot;pillar&quot; of that size. 5th: No. They are lifeless objects and so have no ability scores.6th: No, see answer 5.Thanx for the comments!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Dragon, post: 303720, member: 1115"] Good point, as it wouldn't do a quite "static" damage. Valmur, I can't agree that the spell should do only 1d10 damage. After all, it's a level 5 spell, [I]Flame Strike[/I] or [I]Call Lightning[/I] do in an area 14d6 or 10d10 damage, respectively (if cast by a level 14 druid), and are of lower level. The affected area for [I]Claws of the Earth[/I] is one square per caster level. Each square has a side length of 15 ft. The thorns can provide cover, of course (and a capable DM will use this for his NPCs ;) ). The spell gives no save because it creates objects which make normal melee attacks on their own (see [I]Summon Monster ...[/I]). Yap (sometimes the simple ways don't get into my mind ;) ). Good to mention that. I'll try to answer your questions one by one. 1st: No, they are made of lifeless stone, and completely nonmagical (as is a summoned normal orc). 2nd: No, see answer 1. 3rd: Obviously, I forgot that option. Of course, the thorns can be destroyed as any normal stone building can be. Plus the option stated in the spell's description. 4th: Yes, but I don't have the books at work, so I don't know the hit points and hardness of a stone "pillar" of that size. 5th: No. They are lifeless objects and so have no ability scores. 6th: No, see answer 5. Thanx for the comments! [/QUOTE]

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