Quote Originally Posted by MrCow View Post
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How many rangers utilize the spell Snare? Do you experience any success with it? Have you ever cast it more than 3 times in your career as a ranger? Do you have a good WIS?
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Many caster type monsters in DDO have 10-16 STR and being purely an STR check it would only take a DC around 20 to lock them down (older rangers back when it was popular to take a WIS of 14 can probably hit a DC around 18). Also, in places like Shavarath this spell is not impacted, it is neither based on the 3 prime saves nor is a mental effect. Lastly, the uses of STR damage directly help this spell land.

I'm just wondering if as a populous we have a tool in our disposal that, while situational, isn't getting the attention it probably deserves and may be quite usable in various places.
The pnp version of snare would be an acceptable substitute for the one we have implemented. For some reason our version of snare as a DC based off of the casting stat vs the actual DC check to break free from a snare trap or make an escape artist check. The SRD version of the spell places the DC at 23 (slightly harder then breaking free of a web based on the SRD version of web).

With a DC of 19 (I have a decent wis score and a redunculus amount of SP as pointed out), the long casting time, and amazingly small area that the snare dot covers the spell is pretty useless.

It does have some interesting uses when you can get it to land. You have shown air elementals getting snagged and the spell will allow almost anything to get snagged.

If I were to change the spell to be a bit more interesting I would use the medium casting time of a cure spell, change the DC to 23 (face it, the spell is single target and only works once), and allow it to cover a wider area (similar to half the area covered by a web spell).