My Shaundakul cleric prays and enters the wastes of Zanshibon, but gets grabbed by a demonic hand. Freedom usually rids yourself of those pests, but the freedom from prayer doesn't, apparently.

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I actually think those are mind affecting. I've always known that mind blank is what keeps you from being stuck by them, not prayer.

Nope, freedom it is, I believe...

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Reynard d'Aubernon - Retired
Balaeyi Elandinai Haeren - Active
Jaezred Kilr'ae - Active

I did use mind protection, so that can't be it. It's paralysis.

Freedom from prayer doesn't grant you the visuals of the Freedom spell, so perhaps it's partial freedom only?

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Okay, so here is the DL after digging into it.

The demonic hands are an effect that paralyzes. Mind Blank would work because paralysis is a mind effecting effect. While protection from evil would also grant that, it only grants it to effects that are cast by a creature of the targeted alignment. Since the demonic hands are applied from a trigger, which has no alignment, protection from evil would not work.