An interesting situation occured with the telekinesis spell, and I was seeking a little advice.
A player used the telekinesis spell to prevent an opponent from escaping. Said opponent had used gaseous form to escape into a porous cave wall. The PC had darkvision, and a greater arcane sight spell in effect. He immediately went to the wall (prior to gaseous creature's next action) and declared he was going to look into the larger cracks in the wall, trying to find his enemy. After a DC 20 search check, I ruled he could see his enemy. He then declared he was using telekinesis to pull his opponent out (opponent failed his Will save). I could not quite find a way to stop the character, though I could not decide if this was the right thing to do.
1. The spell states that it must affect an object. A gaseous creature is a coherent mass, but not quite an object. I allowed it with a DC 35 Spellcraft check.
2. Mass of creature when solid would likely be too high for the character to move based on spell weight limit (ogre mage, w/insectile template).
I allowed it due to the creativity of the character, who planned on capturing an opponent alive. There are other points to the story, but I was wondering, was this an arguably justifiable use of the spell?
A player used the telekinesis spell to prevent an opponent from escaping. Said opponent had used gaseous form to escape into a porous cave wall. The PC had darkvision, and a greater arcane sight spell in effect. He immediately went to the wall (prior to gaseous creature's next action) and declared he was going to look into the larger cracks in the wall, trying to find his enemy. After a DC 20 search check, I ruled he could see his enemy. He then declared he was using telekinesis to pull his opponent out (opponent failed his Will save). I could not quite find a way to stop the character, though I could not decide if this was the right thing to do.
1. The spell states that it must affect an object. A gaseous creature is a coherent mass, but not quite an object. I allowed it with a DC 35 Spellcraft check.
2. Mass of creature when solid would likely be too high for the character to move based on spell weight limit (ogre mage, w/insectile template).
I allowed it due to the creativity of the character, who planned on capturing an opponent alive. There are other points to the story, but I was wondering, was this an arguably justifiable use of the spell?
