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<blockquote data-quote="Ruined" data-source="post: 3934224" data-attributes="member: 113">Anyone here worked with the spell Entangle?&nbsp; I'll admit, I DM most of the time and don't look at the specifics of some spells, trusting my players with some of the hard work.&nbsp; The tables turned recently, and now I'm handling a low-level druid.&nbsp; Of course, I broke out the Entanlge spell, and wow, it's really convoluted and overly complex in 3.5 (no idea if identical to 3.0).&nbsp;So, effectively if you're in the area, you save or you get the entangled status, which gives penalties to attacks, dexterity, casting, and you move at half.&nbsp; But if you save, you still move at half.&nbsp; Or you can make one of two checks and you still move at half...&nbsp; I imagine the reason is to prevent a first lvl spell from being overpowering to higher lvl monsters, but it seems like there's too many rolls and modifiers involved. I'm looking to create a house rule that's easier on the GM to adjudicate, even if it nerfs the spell a bit. To me, key elements of the spell are:Area of effect spell that halves movement (unavoidable) for non-flyers.A save, if failed gives the debuff effect while in AoE.I'm still working on the writeup, but advice/experience is greatly appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruined, post: 3934224, member: 113"] Anyone here worked with the spell Entangle? I'll admit, I DM most of the time and don't look at the specifics of some spells, trusting my players with some of the hard work. The tables turned recently, and now I'm handling a low-level druid. Of course, I broke out the Entanlge spell, and wow, it's really convoluted and overly complex in 3.5 (no idea if identical to 3.0). So, effectively if you're in the area, you save or you get the entangled status, which gives penalties to attacks, dexterity, casting, and you move at half. But if you save, you still move at half. Or you can make one of two checks and you still move at half... I imagine the reason is to prevent a first lvl spell from being overpowering to higher lvl monsters, but it seems like there's too many rolls and modifiers involved. I'm looking to create a house rule that's easier on the GM to adjudicate, even if it nerfs the spell a bit. To me, key elements of the spell are: Area of effect spell that halves movement (unavoidable) for non-flyers. A save, if failed gives the debuff effect while in AoE. I'm still working on the writeup, but advice/experience is greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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