Plant Shackles

Plant Shackles
Skill: alteration/plant 15
Backlash: 15
Difficulty: 13
Effect Value: 18
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: 8 (40 meters)
Duration: 13 (6.5 minutes)
Cast Time: 4 (6 seconds)
Manipulation: control
To put this incantation to use, the caster takes five
blades of grass (or whatever plants are nearby) and drapes one across both
wrists, both ankles, and his neck. When he mutters the correct words and specifies the target with a hand gesture, the plants within range will begin to writhe and wrap themselves about the opponent. The casting total must exceed the target's Dexterity or dodge. They will hold the target in their leafy embrace for up to one hour, with a strength equal to the effect value of the spell. Characters held within the leafy embrace may not move from their square unless they succeed at a strength check. A strength check is the only action the target can make without penalty, any other action requiring any kind of movement, incurs a penalty equal to the success levels of the spell.