Any spells inherently castable while Paralyzed?


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Paralysis sucks for sure. You can do purely mental stuff.
So if you had Still and/or Silent Spell (as applicable), you're good.

But what I'm curious about...
Are there any spells that can be cast, as-is, while Paralyzed? (Other than Psychic spells obviously)

I know there are several rare and situational things. Was curious if there were any for this.

Show me what you got!
(Though honestly I'm expecting nothing)

Thanks!

Sovereign Court

Bone Flense doesn't have verbal or somatic components, so if you had the material/focus in hand already when you were paralyzed... I think you could cast it.

I mean, its very situational and probably not something you'd prioritize casting while paralyzed, but sure?


There's several meditative spells - visualization of the mind etc. - which are effectively cast while you prepare spells. You can later 'discharge' them for some effect without any components.

Minor/greater reversion and akashic form behave similarly.

Contingency, contingent scroll, spite, spell storing armor and similar can store a spell and cast it when some later condition is met.


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Nearly all spells can be cast while paralyzed if you are an occult/psychic caster (Medium, Mesmerist, Psychic, or Spiritualist). Material components would still need to be handled, and I left out the Occultist because of Implements.

Of course, I may have overlooked something here.

Sovereign Court

David knott 242 wrote:
Of course, I may have overlooked something here.

Probably the OP saying: "(Other than Psychic spells obviously)".

Silver Crusade

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You can explicitly cast Primal Scream while paralyzed.

Grand Lodge

A little of topic, but all spells cast in advance. Ex. Contingency spell for the carefull arcane caster.
There are even the Rod of Contingent Spell (Metamagic) to prepare healing, breath of life, restoration spells or remove disease a head of combat. This should include remove paralysis (single target).


Psychic casters don't suffer the normal component restrictions on casting (as mentioned).

There are a few spells & mental-only spells that can be cast, usually beforehand...
Usually save boosting items are used to avoid or get out of sticky situations. A few items and such grant retries and save boosts for ongoing conditions. Talismans, Aegis, Ring

The Exchange

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*Khan* wrote:
There are even the Rod of Contingent Spell (Metamagic) to prepare healing, breath of life, restoration spells or remove disease a head of combat. This should include remove paralysis (single target).

Contingent Spell is one of the metamagic feats that did not explicitly get a Rod version published. It doesn't mean a Rod of Contingent Spell can't exist, just that you should check with your GM.

Other than primal scream the only spells I can think of are cast ahead of time and come into effect when certain conditions are met. My high-level alchemist likes to hand out infused extracts of delayed consumption tied to freedom of movement.

Spell slot intensive:
Very expensive in terms of 4th-level slots since the freedom of movements count against your limit until they are brought into effect. The delayed consumptions are expended when you drink them and last several days. So you can also stagger out the days you give them to your party to limit the 5th-level slots used.

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