Spike Growth area?

[Legildur]

From the 3.5E SRD:

Spike Growth (Drd 3, Rgr 2)
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Area: One 20-ft. square/level

What sort of flexibility do you have in positioning this spell?

Do the 20ft squares have to be joined to at least one other square? Or can you throw them down anywhere?

My elf Druid just used this spell to nice effect in a game to slow down (and stop in some cases) charging dire wolves and bugbears. Especially funny when I superimposed Entangle on them. Tactic not so effective against the 2 demons with the Teleport at will ability :-(

 

[shilsen]

The area needs to be contiguous, so each square must be in contact with one other square, but otherwise you can put it in any shape you want.

Spike Growth (and Stones) is nice for creating an elongated U shape or even a rectangle around a column or group of the enemy, esp. during an ambush, so that they have to move across it when moving.