The Tavern

Hi,
I just died to Jogrun after he cast grasping roots. I didn't have a potion of cancellation. Would a potion of flight counter it after casting? Or should I have drank one immediately after seeing him?
The irony is that he was confused when I died.

The best thing to do to him is use a scroll of silence and unload on him (consumables, evocables, bash his face in quickly, etc.). If you drink flying when you first encounter him, it can help with the shatters. If you get rooted I think the point is that it stops you from flying, so I doubt it would have helped you to drink flying afterwards.

Does breaking LOS (eg with fog) break grasping roots?

First, you have to understand what grasping roots does:



So, the first thing to do is get out of constriction as soon as possible. There are many ways to do so, including moving, blinking, teleport.

After doing that, you can try to take care of Jorgrun, or escape. Jorgrun no longer casts shatter, so flying isn't necessary against him. You want to handle him like you handle any other powerful unique spellcaster. Silence, buffing yourself with haste/might/agility/berserk etc. are all good. If you have low MR, just escape, because you really don't want to be petrified by him.

^ Flying is still useful if near deep water, because grasping roots won't work over deep water. Other things that let you enter deep water work also, though I recommend against ice form for obvious reasons.

Murder.