Grease vs Web
Cheap level-1 control vs. denser level-2 control.
Grease
- Level
- 1
- School
- Conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- 1 Minute
- Concentration
- No
- Ritual
- No
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Wizard
Nonflammable grease covers the ground in a 10-foot square centered on a point within range and turns it into Difficult Terrain for the duration. When the grease appears, each creature standing in its area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or have the Prone condition. A creature that enters the area or ends its turn there must also succeed on that save or fall Prone.
Full entry →Web
- Level
- 2
- School
- Conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- up to 1 Hour
- Concentration
- Yes
- Ritual
- No
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Wizard
You conjure a mass of sticky webbing at a point within range. The webs fill a 20-foot Cube there for the duration. The webs are Difficult Terrain, and the area within them is Lightly Obscured. If the webs aren't anchored between two solid masses (such as walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of
Full entry →Which one should you pick?
- Pick Grease: Pick Grease for one round of "fall prone or waste your turn" on a tight choke point.
- Pick Web: Pick Web for sticky restraint across a 20-ft cube with concentration up to an hour.
- Tiebreaker: Web ignites — chain it with Fire Bolt and the whole encounter becomes a furnace.