Grasping Roots
Version 0.32: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Calls giant grasping roots from deep underground that hold and constrict their victim. The roots will retreat if the victim breaks free or if the caller moves out of view. |
Grasping Roots is monster-only spell which inflicts constriction to a smite-targeted foe. Constriction deals damage every turn, prevents movement or use of stairs, and gives blinks a chance to fail. You can break out by attempting to move. Targets flying above or swimming in deep water or lava are immune.
The following enemies cast Grasping Roots:
Players and monsters can get an analogous effect with a wand of roots. The wand constricts in a 3x3 area, but is not smite-targeted.
History
- Prior to 0.32, Grasping Roots duration was more variable, and its damage was higher. Also, constriction as a whole worked differently (see Constriction for more details).
- Prior to 0.23, this spell prevented flight, reduced EV (by the same amount as constriction), and increased movement delay by 0.3 decaAuts.
- Grasping Roots was added in 0.14.
