CursedRhubarb
2016-08-01, 11:23 AM
Looking through the spell lists while trying to decide what to grab/swap for my level up (we've survived to lvl 4 somehow) I came across the Earthbind spell and realized that it doesn't inflict any status, (paralyzed, grappled, whatnot) it simply reduces flying speed to 0 and the target falls if the strength save is failed.
Now, I'm curious since there are some things like ghosts and specters if I remember right that have a flying speed but zero normal movement. They are immune to things like charm or paralysis but since Earthbind doesn't add any status it should still hit and render them completely immobile since they wind up with 0 flying or normal movement.
So if I hit a ghost with Earthbind then next turn, or our wizard after I bind it, uses Mold Earth to plop a block of earth in the ghosts square or to bury it in a hole, would that kill the ghost eventually since it can't move and it would be stuck inside an object so it would take the damage each turn due to:
"Incorporeal Movement. The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."
How would you rule it?
Now, I'm curious since there are some things like ghosts and specters if I remember right that have a flying speed but zero normal movement. They are immune to things like charm or paralysis but since Earthbind doesn't add any status it should still hit and render them completely immobile since they wind up with 0 flying or normal movement.
So if I hit a ghost with Earthbind then next turn, or our wizard after I bind it, uses Mold Earth to plop a block of earth in the ghosts square or to bury it in a hole, would that kill the ghost eventually since it can't move and it would be stuck inside an object so it would take the damage each turn due to:
"Incorporeal Movement. The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."
How would you rule it?