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<blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 441598" data-attributes="member: 3087">Couldn't find anything on the FAQ or errata about this.I recently used a summon swarm spell on one of my PC spell casters. Oh ok, said my player who then moved 5 feet (and took the 1d4+1/3levels of caster damage) and cast his spell.'The spell can't move, you see&quot; he explained I have to admit that it says clearly that it can't move, unless you're a druid. Unless you already have the caster in a box it really doesn't do anything to prevent spell casting.Despite the title of this thread I can see a few uses for the spell.... laying down the spell to make it hard to follow someone down a tight corridor or using metamagic feats to increase the size of the area. But its basically useless against spellcasters because they can leave whenever they want.It would almost seem like the spell would make more sense if it gave a concentration check even a really high one(I mean if its an epic game and someone has Con +40 then they can probably cast a spell in the swarm. Does it prohibit quickened spells too? Why?).Bonus question:What would happen if you cast several summon swarms in a row on a corridor and someone ran through them. I'm tempted to say, from the text that they would take damage from each swarm they passed through. Am I wrong?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graf, post: 441598, member: 3087"] Couldn't find anything on the FAQ or errata about this. I recently used a summon swarm spell on one of my PC spell casters. Oh ok, said my player who then moved 5 feet (and took the 1d4+1/3levels of caster damage) and cast his spell. 'The spell can't move, you see" he explained I have to admit that it says clearly that it can't move, unless you're a druid. Unless you already have the caster in a box it really doesn't do anything to prevent spell casting. Despite the title of this thread I can see a few uses for the spell.... laying down the spell to make it hard to follow someone down a tight corridor or using metamagic feats to increase the size of the area. But its basically useless against spellcasters because they can leave whenever they want. It would almost seem like the spell would make more sense if it gave a concentration check even a really high one(I mean if its an epic game and someone has Con +40 then they can probably cast a spell in the swarm. Does it prohibit quickened spells too? Why?). Bonus question: What would happen if you cast several summon swarms in a row on a corridor and someone ran through them. I'm tempted to say, from the text that they would take damage from each swarm they passed through. Am I wrong? [/QUOTE]

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