If someone cast Grease on an enemy spell caster's spell component pouch, would it be effective? It seems like it would hinder any spell they wanted to cast with a material component. A pretty nasty trick if it's a legit tactic. Thoughts?
How would Grease on a component pouch affect items in the component pouch? The items in the pouch are what is necessary for spell casting, IMHO of course.
While a neat idea, most casters do not actually hold their spell component pouch. Instead they just pull out what they need while the pouch itself it tied to their belt or something.
In my mind I see the pouch covered in grease and quite the mess. Trying to open it without getting gunk on your hands in itself would be a challenge let alone handling delicate spell components afterwards. It is a sneaky trick, I admit.
Yeah I could see an argument for that. But I also like to keep in mind that grease is already a god-tier level 1 spell without being able to shut down spellcasters.
Dunno , guess a point could be made for this working , just like for it not working at all since unlike weapons , the bag would likely be tied to the PC , which means it wouldnt fall.
If it is legit or not will vary from GM to GM for sure.
But remember , whatever works for the PCs works for the NPCs and vice versa.
PS: Grease dont make anything other than what you cast it on "dirty" , which is why you dont keep falling because your feet are slippery after you leave the grease area , so your hands would be quite clean to me at all points , same for every other item in said bag , even if grabbing the bag itself was hard.
Normally casting grease on an item would call it to fall out of the target's hands. But most of the time casters aren't holding their pouch, it's attached to their clothing, belt, or something else. So they wont drop it.
What happens after that is unclear.
I may give the a check to successfully option the pouch, it's probably going to be a relatively simple check that they're likely to make. As all they have to do is get the pouch open. I imagine it's not buckled shut or anything as that would likely require a move action to manipulate, which isn't ever mentioned as being required.
I just can't see this being a very effective tactic.
I'd probably just run it like the disarm/held item version of the spell, though maybe without dropping it and instead mishandling it.
I tend strongly towards enabling player creativity though.
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It might cause a concentration check for any spell needing material components, for the duration of the grease.
Affected by a non-damaging spell while casting: DC of the spell + spell level
That way it enables player creativity, posing a real threat for a spellcaster, without completely shutting them down. A low-level wizard might have around a 50% chance of losing their spell, while a higher-level wizard, or one with just the right feats & traits will have a far lower (but still non-negligible) chance of seeing their next couple spells foiled.
It wouldn't do anything. A spell only tends to do what it says it does. Since grease is already good I would leave it as is.
