Bigby's Strangling Grip (Evocation)

Range: 10 yds/level

Components: V,S,M

Duration: 2 rounds

Casting Time: 5 segments

Area of Effect: One creature

Saving Throw: None

This spell creates a pair of disembodied hands that will seek out a creature's throat and strangle the creature with the same effect as an attack with a garrote. The hands must make a successful attack roll to grab the creature's throat. Attacking with +4 to hit on the mage's usual attacks roll, because of the speed and ferocity of the attack. The strangling grip will strangle its victim to death by the end of the next round unless the creature is freed of the hands. The victim can break the hands grip if he makes a successful roll to bend bars. The grip can also be released is the mage's concentration is broken. The limits on which creatures can be affected by the spell are the same as the restrictions on the use of a normal garrote. The material components are a pair of gloves sewn into a clutching grip around the neck of a bottle.

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