Stinking Cloud
Stinking Cloud
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Magic-user 2
Range. 3”
Duration. 1r per CL
Area of Effect. 2" x 2" x 2" cloud
Evocation
Components. V, S, M
Casting Time. 2s
Saving Throw. Special
When a stinking cloud is cast, the magic-user causes a billowing mass of nauseous vapors to come into being up to 3" distant from his or her position.
Any creature caught within the cloud must save versus poison or be helpless due to nausea from 2 to 5 rounds (d4 + 1). Those which make successful saving throws are helpless only for as long as they remain within the cloud, and for the round after they emerge, because of its irritating effects on visual and olfactory organs.
The material components of the spell is a rotten egg or several skunk cabbage leaves.
A gust of wind spell will blow this away in 1 round after after contact. If it is cast in a place where there is considerable air movement, the stinking cloud will move in the direction of the air current at from 1" to 6" per round, depending on air speed. For each 1" of such movement, shorten its duration by 1 round.
Campaign Rule. Affected creatures are nauseated (treat as stunned but can move), not totally helpless.
Dragon #154, Sage Advice: Q: "How do you handle the effects of a stinking cloud spell? How can any creature move out of the cloud if it is rendered helpless?" A: A successful save vs. poison indicates that the creature moves out of the cloud immediately and is helpless for a full round afterward. A failed save indicates that the creature is helpless for 2-5 rounds before leaving the cloud, remaining helpless for one round after it emerges.
Dragon #33, Welcome to Leomund's Tiny Hut: Stinking Cloud: A person is not absolutely “helpless,” either in the cloud or if he/she/it fails a normal saving throw. The figure cannot cast spells, but can defend his or her person with a weapon at -2 to hit and -3 from effective armor class (all Dexterity bonuses are lost in addition). A figure emerging from such a cloud is more easily surprised. [...] Thus, a figure in the cloud or one who fails the saving throw cannot attack while suffering from the cloud’s effects. -Lenard Lakofka
Dragon #33, Welcome to Leomund's Tiny Hut: Stinking Cloud: A person is not absolutely “helpless,” either in the cloud or if he/she/it fails a normal saving throw. The figure cannot cast spells, but can defend his or her person with a weapon at -2 to hit and -3 from effective armor class (all Dexterity bonuses are lost in addition). A figure emerging from such a cloud is more easily surprised. [...] Thus, a figure in the cloud or one who fails the saving throw cannot attack while suffering from the cloud’s effects. -Lenard Lakofka
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