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|author_name=Sulacu
|date_created=May 17, 2015
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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Spell
|name=Black Chains of Durance
|school=Conjuration
|subschool=Teleportation
|desc=
|lvl=Blackguard 4, Cleric 6, Sorcerer/Wizard 6
|comp=V, S
|casttime=1 [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]
|range=Touch
|dur=1 minute/level {{D}}
|tsea=t
|subj=Creature touched
|save=None
|sr=Yes
|summary=Chains of shadowstuff ensnare the target, preventing it from fleeing.
}}

When casting this spell, black chains of solidified shadowstuff wrap around the creature you touch, seemingly sinking themselves deeply within its flesh. The chains are burdensome and inflict the effect of the ''[[Burden (3.5e Spell)|burden]]'' spell upon the target, but otherwise don't directly impede its mobility. However, while the ''black chains of durance'' imprison their target, it will be unable to leave the area, becoming magically tethered to the place where the spell was cast on him. At the end of each of the creature's turns, it is automatically [[SRD:Teleportation Effect|teleported]] back to the place of casting. If the creature attempts to move more than 30 feet from the place of casting or is helped to do so, it is also immediately teleported back even if its turn is still ongoing. The chains act as a ''[[SRD:Dimensional Anchor|dimensional anchor]]'' that bars any sort of dimensional or planar travel apart from itself.

A trapped creature can break out of the chains with a successful [[SRD:Strength|Strength]] check, or a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] or [[SRD:Escape Artist Skill|Escape Artist]] check. The chains' break DC is 26 + half your [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] (rounded down) and they counter-grapple at a modifier equal to your [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] +16. Either way, all of these methods of escape cause the otherwise harmless chain spikes to drive themselves into the target's flesh, dealing 1d6 points of magical [[SRD:Piercing Weapon|piercing]] damage per 2 [[SRD:Caster Level|caster levels]]. The chains counter ''[[SRD:Freedom of Movement|freedom of movement]]''; a creature with this effect active merely gets a +8 circumstance bonus to any check meant to free himself from the chains.

You may choose to [[SRD:Concentration Skill|concentrate]] on the spell as a [[SRD:Standard Action|standard action]] to force the chains to make a [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] check against its target that, if successful, constricts it for 1d6 points of magical [[SRD:Piercing Weapon|piercing]] damage per 2 [[SRD:Caster Level|caster levels]].

The chains can be [[SRD:Dispel Magic|dispelled]], but at +5 to the dispel DC. The chains have 10 hit points per [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]], an effective Armor Class of 15 + your [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]], [[SRD:Damage Reduction|DR]] 10/[[SRD:Adamantine|adamantine]] and 75% [[Hinder Energy (3.5e Creature Ability)|hindrance]] to all five types of energy.

''[[SRD:Freedom|Freedom]]'' counters and removes the chains, as does a successful ''[[SRD:Break Enchantment|break enchantment]]'' or a ''[[SRD:Limited Wish|limited wish]]''.
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Article Balance	High +
Author	Sulacu +
Component	V + and S +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Sorcerer/Wizard 6 +, Cleric 6 + and Blackguard 4 +
Range	Touch +
Rating	Undiscussed +
School	Conjuration +
Subschool	Teleportation +
Summary	Chains of shadowstuff ensnare the target, preventing it from fleeing. +
Title	Black Chains of Durance +