I have read the druid spell entangle, but I'm not sure about the number of creatures it can affect. It says "A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends." Instantly I would think this means "one" creature in the area, and the others would not be affected except by the rough terrain. But thinking logically, shouldn't it affect all creatures in the 20ft square. It makes more sense realistically. If anyone has any insight on this please feel free to comment. Thank you.
I have read the druid spell entangle, but I'm not sure about the number of creatures it can affect. It says "A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends." Instantly I would think this means "one" creature in the area, and the others would not be affected except by the rough terrain. But thinking logically, shouldn't it affect all creatures in the 20ft square. It makes more sense realistically. If anyone has any insight on this please feel free to comment. Thank you.
One way to think about this: roots, leaves, grass, vines, whatever are all targeting one creature in the zone of the spell. They come from all across the zone, which is why it becomes difficult terrain for anyone (think about a walking through knee high grass or down a trail with lots of roots popping up) but they're only "aim" at the singular target.
If you want, talk it out with your DM and maybe they'd be willing to let you burn higher level spell slots to restrain multiple targets in the square (2nd level slot gets you 2, etc).
Yes it would. And yes it does. If entangle only affected 1 creature it would be a shitty shit spell tbh. "A creature" means when someone is in the area I think ^^
I reread the spell: I never cast entangle so I've never thought about it, but it should affect everything in the area.
Read the wording on Fireball. Does it make sense that only one of the creatures being engulfed in flame takes the damage? No. Apply the same logic to this wording: The roots grapple everything in their area. This is an AoE area control spell.
This DM's opinion: It entangles everything in the radius of the spell.
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I have read the druid spell entangle, but I'm not sure about the number of creatures it can affect. It says "A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends." Instantly I would think this means "one" creature in the area, and the others would not be affected except by the rough terrain. But thinking logically, shouldn't it affect all creatures in the 20ft square. It makes more sense realistically. If anyone has any insight on this please feel free to comment. Thank you.
Yes, the spell description says "A creature in the area...", so that means that any creature in the area of effect is subject to the spell's effects.
If you want, talk it out with your DM and maybe they'd be willing to let you burn higher level spell slots to restrain multiple targets in the square (2nd level slot gets you 2, etc).
Thank you for the help. It makes little more sense now.
Yes it would. And yes it does. If entangle only affected 1 creature it would be a shitty shit spell tbh. "A creature" means when someone is in the area I think ^^
I reread the spell: I never cast entangle so I've never thought about it, but it should affect everything in the area.
Read the wording on Fireball. Does it make sense that only one of the creatures being engulfed in flame takes the damage? No. Apply the same logic to this wording: The roots grapple everything in their area. This is an AoE area control spell.
This DM's opinion: It entangles everything in the radius of the spell.
Please Ignore my last comment.