Net - Mazitica (Wizard Spell)

A net spell creates a many-layered mass of strong, sticky strands similar to spider webs but far larger and tougher. These masses must be anchored to two or more solid and diametrically opposed points, floor and ceiling, opposite walls, etc., or the net collapses upon itself and disappears.
The net spell covers a maximum area of eight 10 x 10 x 10-foot cubes and the net must be at least 10 feet thick, so a mass 40 feet high, 20 feet wide, and 10 feet deep can be cast. Crea­tures caught within the strands, or simply touch­ing them, become stuck among the gluey fibers.
Anyone in the area when the spell is cast must roll a saving throw vs. spell with a -2 penalty. If the saving throw is successful, two things may have occurred. If the creature has room to escape the area, then it is assumed to have jumped free. If there is no room to escape, then the net is only half strength. Creatures with less than 13 Strength (7 if the webs are half strength) are stuck until freed by another or until the spell wears off. Missile fire is gener­ally ineffective against creatures trapped in the net.
Creatures with Strengths between 13 and 17 can break through one foot of net strands per round. Creatures with 18 or greater Strength can break through two feet of strands per round.
If the net is at half strength, these rates are doubled. (Great mass equates to great strength in this case, and creatures of large mass hardly notice strands.) Strong and huge creatures can break through 10 feet of netting per round.
Furthermore, the strands of a net spell are flammable. A magical flaming sword can slash them away as easily as a hand brushes away cobwebs. Any fire-torch, flaming oil, flaming sword, etc.-can set them alight and burn them away in a single round. All creatures within a flaming net suffer 2d4 points of damage from the flames, but those free of the strands are not harmed.
The material component of this spell is a bit of spider web.
Notes: Restricted to practitioners of hishna magic (the Maztica setting); common.
Category:Wizard Spells
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