I had a PC last session become affected by the spell Power Word Pain which has the following effects "While the target is affected by crippling pain, any speed it has can be no higher than 10 feet. The target also has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, other than Constitution saving throws. Finally, if the target tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the casting fails and the spell is wasted."
The PC cast Freedom of Movement on himself which reads "You touch a willing creature. For the duration, the target's movement is unaffected by difficult terrain, and spells and other magical effects can neither reduce the target's speed nor cause the target to be paralyzed or restrained."
Is making it so "speed can be no higher than 10 feet" the same as "reducing a speed" and thus can Freedom of Movement be used to get out of the movement effect of Power Word Pain?
My gut instinct was no as thematically, the limitation to movement is due to crippling pain, not any sort of magical restraint/reduction.
I would rule that no, it does not prevent the speed "reduction." Power Word Pain's wording suggests that it sets a new movement speed, rather than reducing it.
The order of casting matters too...power word pain has an instantaneous duration, so the magical “spell” is over as soon as it is cast, with the pain being a lingering, but non-magical effect of the spell. So if the order was PWP, then FoM, I would rule that the effect causing the reduction (the pain) is not magical, and unaffected by the later casting of FoM....but that said, I also agree that thematically PWPshouldnt be affected.
Well there is no sage advice even remotely close to answering this, so I will tell you what I think, but it will be up to DM.
I think that mechanically power word pain does count as reducing the character's speed and that freedom of movement would prevent the reduction (at least as long as they are concentrating on FoM). Though narrative (flavor/logic/realistic/etc) wise it doesnt make much sense, I believe that is the RAW interaction.
I agree with DxJxC. I think that RAW, Power Word Pain is reducing your speed, and so "Fredom of movement" cancels that, because removing restrictions to speed is the whole point of FoM. Maybe FoM makes movement so easy and effortless that the player can go their normal distance despite pain.
It's a little weird thematically, sure, but I really don't like trying to split hairs between "Reduces a speed to 10" and "makes any speed it has be no higher than 10". Words in D&D have normal English meanings...
All the other effects of Power Word Pain still apply, of course.
While creatures that are immune to the Charmed condition are unaffected by the spell Power Word Pain, it does not actually cause the Charmed condition. As such there is no Charmed condition for Purity of Mind to end.
I had a PC last session become affected by the spell Power Word Pain which has the following effects "While the target is affected by crippling pain, any speed it has can be no higher than 10 feet. The target also has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, other than Constitution saving throws. Finally, if the target tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the casting fails and the spell is wasted."
The PC cast Freedom of Movement on himself which reads "You touch a willing creature. For the duration, the target's movement is unaffected by difficult terrain, and spells and other magical effects can neither reduce the target's speed nor cause the target to be paralyzed or restrained."
Is making it so "speed can be no higher than 10 feet" the same as "reducing a speed" and thus can Freedom of Movement be used to get out of the movement effect of Power Word Pain?
My gut instinct was no as thematically, the limitation to movement is due to crippling pain, not any sort of magical restraint/reduction.
I would rule that no, it does not prevent the speed "reduction." Power Word Pain's wording suggests that it sets a new movement speed, rather than reducing it.
The order of casting matters too...power word pain has an instantaneous duration, so the magical “spell” is over as soon as it is cast, with the pain being a lingering, but non-magical effect of the spell. So if the order was PWP, then FoM, I would rule that the effect causing the reduction (the pain) is not magical, and unaffected by the later casting of FoM....but that said, I also agree that thematically PWPshouldnt be affected.
Well there is no sage advice even remotely close to answering this, so I will tell you what I think, but it will be up to DM.
I think that mechanically power word pain does count as reducing the character's speed and that freedom of movement would prevent the reduction (at least as long as they are concentrating on FoM). Though narrative (flavor/logic/realistic/etc) wise it doesnt make much sense, I believe that is the RAW interaction.
I agree with DxJxC. I think that RAW, Power Word Pain is reducing your speed, and so "Fredom of movement" cancels that, because removing restrictions to speed is the whole point of FoM. Maybe FoM makes movement so easy and effortless that the player can go their normal distance despite pain.
It's a little weird thematically, sure, but I really don't like trying to split hairs between "Reduces a speed to 10" and "makes any speed it has be no higher than 10". Words in D&D have normal English meanings...
All the other effects of Power Word Pain still apply, of course.
Can you end the effect of power word pain with purity of mind since it's a charmed effect?
While creatures that are immune to the Charmed condition are unaffected by the spell Power Word Pain, it does not actually cause the Charmed condition. As such there is no Charmed condition for Purity of Mind to end.
Power Word: Pain checks for Charm immunity as a limit on the spell's power, since there's no chance to save prior to suffering the effects for a turn.