Briar Web

Spell Compendium (Sc)Updated Supplementals (3.5)

Briar Web is a D&D 3.5 spell (Transmutation) from Sc. On class lists for Druid (Level 2), Ranger (Level 2), Consecrated Harrier (Level 2), and others. Range or area: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level); Saving throw: None; Duration: 1 minute/level; Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Transmutation
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, DF
Range
Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Area
40 ft. radius spread
Duration
1 minute/level
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
No

With a sound like a thousand knives being unsheathed, the plants in the area grow sharp thorns and warp into a thick briar patch.

This spell causes grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees to grow thorns and wrap and twist around creatures in or entering the area. The spell’s area becomes difficult terrain, and creatures move at half speed within the affected area. Any creature moving through the area also takes 1 point of nonmagical piercing damage for each 5 feet moved.

A creature with freedom of movement or the woodland stride ability is unaffected by this spell.