Bigby's grasping hand

Bigby's hands
5: Bigby's interposing hand 6: Bigby's forceful hand 7: Bigby's grasping hand 8: Bigby's clenched fist 9: Bigby's crushing hand

Spell level: sorcerer/wizard 7

Innate level: 7
School: evocation
Components: verbal, somatic
Range: long (40 meters)
Area of effect: single
Duration: 1 round / level
Save: none
Spell resistance: yes

Description: A giant hand appears and attacks the target. If the hand hits and succeeds in a grapple check, the opponent will be held for the duration of the spell.

Notes

• Added in the expansion packs.
• To hit the target, the hand makes a specialized attack roll:

1d20 + caster level + (casting ability modifier + 10) - 1 vs.
target's armor class

• To successfully grapple the target after hitting it, the hand must pass a grapple check, with a tie being successful:

1d20 + caster level + (casting ability modifier + 10) + 4 vs.
1d20 + target's BAB + target's strength modifier + target's grapple size modifier.

• For these checks, casters with wizard levels use their intelligence modifier, and all other characters use charisma.
• If the target is immune to either paralysis or mind-affecting spells, the target will be immobilized instead of paralyzed. This allows the target to perform actions while held stationary, but provides fewer options for removing this spell.
  • The "normal" version of this spell can be removed with remove paralysis, freedom of movement, or restoration, but there are no special ways to remove the immobilization version.
  • The immobilization, if immune to mind-affecting spells or paralysis, can be removed with dispel.

Custom content notes

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