Crushing Hand and other "hand" spells

[Grumpus]

Anyone have any creative or out of the box uses for all the "hands" spells.
I will be running a boss fight soon where one of the enemy casters has all those spells.

[Melkiador]

I don't have much experience with these. It sounds like interposing hand can make a pretty powerful tracking "divination" though, always facing in the direction of the declared opponent.

[Azothath]

they have been discussed for years. As they are Force effects they can be handy and tough to harm BUT they are generally high level with less damage than other spells. So essentially there are more effective spells to choose from.
When it comes to high level creatures that are maulers with moderate SR it is an effective tool to delay their attacks and keep them in a serial attack formation than ganging up on one of the party (Battlefield/Tactical Control). Creative shaping with Wall of Force can be as effective AND it ignores SR. Creatures with teleportation can bypass the wall BUT the hand follows.
Personally I'd change out the BBEG memorized spells for less thematic but more effective spells especially if facing competent magic item rich opponents...
IF your are stuck with using them then you might want to get some huge cestus, gloves, or wraps to increase the hands damage potentials. You could always use a thimble/finger puppets & ventriloquism when you give them a finger. Two hands might make a protective enclosure BUT there are easier ways to go. Lastly the clenched fist could be a good way to take out pesky animal companions and familiars BUT the bad guy needs that info and a reason...

[Andostre]

I'll just say this: A firm handshake while making eye contact confers respect, confidence, and strength.

[Davor Firetusk]

Foreceful and crushing hand do let you make combat maneuvers (bull rush and grapple) with good chances of success, and they can be cast in a Time Stop. So they might not be super powerful for the level in a number of cases they can combine well tactically.

[Niemand]

Grumpus wrote:

Anyone have any creative or out of the box uses for all the "hands" spells.

I will be running a boss fight soon where one of the enemy casters has all those spells.

I think it's gonna be a hands down win for the Party!