Topic: Need some advice on creating a web spell

[Bruce]

One of my players created a cleric and a new god along with him. One of the aspects of the god is that of spiders, so he wanted a webbing spell of some kind that is sort of like a "hold person" spell.

I haven't noticed any spell like that in the core rules so I decided to make one. After looking through the aspects in CoM I'd like to get some opinions on what I have come up with so far.
Actions Aspects: Create and Stop
Object Aspects: Barrier, Force, and Resistance
Parameters: Normal Casting, Range 10', AOE 5', Duration of 2 rds per skill rank
Total base PP cost: 6
Description: Caster creates a small amount of sticky webbing. This webbing can be used to hold things in place with only a small amount of resistance. An easy (+40) strength resistance is required to break free of the webbing. 

Scaling options aside, is it good or are there some other aspects I might need to add?

[John Duffield]

Looking at how the other spells were created I would drop Stop (covered by Barrier), Force and Resistance (not relevant) as this is a simple web, leaving the rest the same you have a PP cost of 5 not 6.  If you look at spells like Fire Wall (PP 6), and Water Wall (PP 5) you are in the right ballpark.

[Bruce]

I was just trying to cover all the bases with the aspects. I do agree with what you suggest and it does not really drop the PP cost that much. So the changes were made. Thanks for your input!

Bruce

[NicholasHMCaldwell]

I would suggest:
Action Aspect: Create
Object Aspect: Barrier and Item

Best wishes,
Nicholas

[Zhaleskra]

If you have access to it, there is a Web spell in the previous version's Codex: you could analyze that version and go from there.

[Bruce]

Actually I do have a hard copy... In fact I had just started a thread on the druid in that book.
After looking at the Web Bolt it is a little different than what I had imagined though the grapple crit is definitely better than what I came up with. The problem with those spells (or any other spell for that matter is that they don't list the aspects.

[Zhaleskra]

I was referring to just Web, though Web Bolt is also in that book.

[John Duffield]

A lot of those spells weren't built using the com rules so they are a guide at best.  Given Nicholas wrote the rules in com his guidance is pretty good

Adding in Item gives a cost 95 and a PP of 5 still so still in the right ballpark.

[Zhaleskra]

I have to wonder, because I don't currently recall, did Codex come out before the older version of College of Magics?

[NicholasHMCaldwell]

Codex came out after College of Magics.

Best wishes,
Nicholas