Discrete magical constructions used to accomplish an effect.
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Ray of Frost versus Stone Blood - is it redundant?
Is Ray of Frost [ddi] now redundant when Stone Blood [ddi] is available?
So we have Ray of Frost hitting a single creature:
At-Will Arcane, Cold, ...
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Does the Orb of Imposition's alternative effect affect more than one creature?
Does the alternative effect of a wizard's Orb of Imposition [ddi], i.e. the extension of a duration, also only affect one creature?
A player is wondering if the Slow effect of Stone Blood [ddi] could ...
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Is a sustained ranged or area attack, still a ranged / area attack on subsequent rounds?
Is a sustained ranged or area attack, still a ranged / area attack on subsequent rounds?
A player is asking whether the 'Shield of Deflection' [ddi] would work against the effects of a sustained ...
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Can a custom spell's effect last after the caster's death?
As GM, I am having a now-deceased 30th-level wizard's spell last after his death. It is a spell to conceal an object in a Dimensional Pocket keyed to one of the right bloodline who knows the password. ...
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Why the huge difference between divine and arcane compulsion effects?
In designing a new compulsion spell am not sure whether to follow the cleric tree or the bard/wizard/sorceror tree in regard to spell levels and other rules/effects.
On the cleric side, we have ...
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How far will Eagle Eye let me see on the open ocean?
How far will Eagle Eye let me see on the open ocean?
Eagle eye creates a magical sensor directly above you. The sensor can appear anywhere above you, to a maximum height equal to the spell's ...
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How does a Ring of Counterspells work against an area-of-effect (AOE) spell?
A person is wearing a Ring of Counterspells which is storing a Fireball spell. When this person is in the AOE of a fireball is the entire fireball countered? Do they negate it just for their square? ...
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How high can 'Black Tentacles' reach?
The spell Black Tentacles does not say how high they can reach up. Could it grab some Stirges that fly over the area of effect for example?
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Alignment restrictions and Trap the Soul
Saw it mentioned in a thread (How do you make a vampire cleric stay dead?) and now I'm curious... Does binding a creature's soul into a gem in itself constitute an evil act?
Trap the soul says ...
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Casting Feather Fall on an ballista bolt
Can casting feather fall on a ballista bolt make it travel farther?
Feather fall makes objects fall 60ft/round, but only vertically. So, if I cast it on the ammunition then fire, it would fall only ...
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How worldly is a polymorphic elf?
In the 3.5e campaign I'm running, a very real concern has arisen that the player characters might actually fail to save the world from the horrific fate that the villian has planned for it. If this ...
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Can I wish to never auto-miss on a natural 1?
Any attack roll that comes up a natural 1 is an automatic miss regardless of bonuses. I'm playing a wizard and I like my touch-attack spells, and now I have access to wish.
Can a wish be used to ...
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Can werewolf cleric purify humans?
I was an inexperienced cleric in the old times…
Then I caught lycanthrophy.
Now that I'm a werewolf and humans are food to me, can I use the cantrip Purify Food and Drink to purify humans?
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Is there a spell managing program/app for D&D 3.5e?
I'm playing a necromancer wizard in a D&D 3.5e game via Roll20.
I've found that it's very tedious to manage and choose my spells because I have to look in the list of the wizard/sorcerer spells ...
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How would healing magic work in Dresden Files?
So, I have a player in a Dresden Files game I'm setting up who loves playing healing and support characters. Good aligned clerics in D&D, medicine excellencies in Exalted, you get the picture. ...
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“Ray of Frost” Spell + Water = Lock Broken?
I played only D&D 3.0 and 3.5 editions, but if similar, low-level spells exist in D&D 4.0 and Pathfidnder, please comment, I will probably make a transition to one of them anyway.
Is it ...
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Are Pathfinder daily spells 24hours or date
Do daily spells (spells that include "once per day" the description) recharge after 24 hours, or could they be cast at 23:59 (just before midnight), and cast again at 00:01 (just after midnight)?
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Do spells need to roll 4+ even if they are opposed rolls?
Some spells allow the enemy an opposed check to avoid the effect. Does the caster still need at least a 4+ on the roll, or is it sufficient that it is higher than the opposed roll?
Example: Burst - ...
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How many Power Points does a Mirror Self ally have?
According to Savage Worlds Deluxe Edition, when casting Summon Ally to create a Mirror Self, the duplicate has "half the total Power Points" of the caster. Does "total" mean "maximum" here?
Example: ...
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Alternative for 4e saves
So, recently I began playing 4e again and was discussing with a friend about how 'odd' the save mechanic for ongoing damage /lingering conditions appears to us. Right now it works like this:
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Can penalties from Enlarge Spell result in negative damage?
Do the Enlarge Spell penalties mean the damage can become negative?
Benefit: Before using a wizard at-will or encounter attack power, you can choose to take a -2 penalty to each die of damage ...
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Can a Wizard/Artificer teach spells to himself?
So I have this Wizard1/Artificer3 multiclass character. Can I craft, say, a scroll of Cure Light Wounds taken from the Bard's spell list and then, as it is an arcane scroll, adding it to my spellbook? ...
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Creatively targeting summoning spells
Me and my party have a plan in our upcoming session, that will need some clarifications on how summoning spells can be used.
Its all about creative targeting with the Summon Monster I spell, let me ...
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Is the wall created by a “Wall Of…” spell considered to be an object?
Is the wall created by a Wall Of XXX spell, e.g. Wall of Ice considered to be an object?, and hence immune to the effects details in the Rules Compendium, p.177 ...
necrotic damage, poison damage, ...
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When exactly do I make a saving throw?
I had a slight argument with my DM and another player a few weeks ago when we were playing a modified version of D&D 4th. My wizard(-ish) character attacked another PC with a spell (specifically ...
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Can you use the Nimble Blade feat for magic attacks?
Can you use the Nimble Blade[ddi] for magic attacks ?
Benefit: When you attack with a light blade and you have combat advantage, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls.
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Does a Zone disappear when the player goes unconscious?
Does a Zone cast by a player disappear when the player goes unconscious/dying?, or only if they actually die?
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Can a caster hit themself with a Blast spell?
Can a caster hit themself with a Blast spell?
i.e. the usual example is the caster is in square A, casts a Blast 2 spell, so they could hit BCFG, FGJK, EFIJ, etc.
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
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Can a Wall spell be unsupported to make an arch
Can a Wall spell be unsupported, e.g. to make an archway ?
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What “objects” can a spell target?
Some of the wizard spells have creature or object as the target, e.g. Force Orb [ddi]
What is an object ?
So in the case of Force Orb, could a wizard target say a pebble on the ground, hit it (as it ...
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What's the history of the Darkness spell?
In D&D 3.0, the darkness spell was a sphere of blackness, impenetrable even to darkvision, which was terrifyingly powerful (except against demons and devils).
In D&D 3.5, it's a zone of 20% ...
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Can the Druid Wood Shape and Ironwood spells be used to create armor?
A player in my group is trying to figure out the logistics of creating armor by using a combination of Wood Shape and Ironwood.
Is it possible the he could create a Darkwood Breastplate out of a ...
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Question regarding spellcraft: Learn a spell
Browsing the PHB, I noticed the 3rd entry of the spellcraft skill's usages:
15 + spell level: Learn a spell from a spellbook or scroll (wizard
only). No retry for that spell until you gain at ...
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Aganazzar's Scorcher: Rules for 'path' Spells
Agnazzar's Scorcher, a spell from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, reads as follows:
A jet of roaring flame bursts from your outstretched hand, scorching any creature in a 5-foot-wide path ...
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Can Dispel Magic remove Blindness?
Can Dispel Magic remove blindness, per the spell Blindness/Deafness. I thought it should be harder than just a straight dispel check, but since Blindness is a "permanent" duration spell, it should ...
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Limits and rules for Silent/Minor/Major Image spells
What are the limits of Image spells?
An example in the 'All about Illusions' articles on wizards.com (1, 2, 3, 4) is an illusionary guard: Can I make the guard (keeping concentration) dissolve into ...
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Can a polymorphed magic user still cast spells if the new form has limbs, mouth, and fingers?
The Wizard power Foe to Frog (Heroes of the Fey Wild) allows the wizard to change the target into a tiny beast.
My question is: can the polymorphed target retain its spell casting ability if it has ...
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Does the spell Nondetection offer protection against all divination spells?
Does the spell Nondetection (and therefore the Unseen Seer ability Guarded Mind) protect the target from all divination spells or just the ones given as examples in the PHB (see quote)?
The ...
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Regarding resting and spell meditation for casters
My group recently started a game in D&D 3.5. Even though we are all rather familiar with the ruleset, there are certain details that we have trouble discerning from the official documentation, ...
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How can/should I convince my players to use magic other than Rotes?
The last time I ran a game with Mages in it, they were obsessed with only using rotes, leafing through the book to see how they could combine their magic to cast Rotes. They never once even considered ...
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Which rote spell would a Mage detect an Azlu with?
Which rote spell (from the Mage: The Awakening line) would be the most effective and "cost effective" (easiest to learn and cast etc) to reveal an Azlu Crawler (from Werewolf: The Forsaken core and ...
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About Spell Scrolls' mechanic, how do they work?
This question is bothering me, my dm couldn't answer it.
What is the difference between a spell scroll and a page of spellbook? One goes "puff" after use while others stays permanently. Also I'm ...
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Pros and Cons of giving my party a spell based on the Portal Gun from the Portal video game series?
I'm considering giving my party's mage a Portal Spell as a way to spice up our campaign. The catch is they can only use it twice per day, the target surface has to be flat, clearly visible by the ...
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Is the “Shadow Step” spell redundant?
The Ultimate Magic spell shadow step seems to be a watered-down version of the classic dimension door. This seems not only redundant, but odd, as shadow step seems weaker and more restricted than ...
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Can the target of Mind of Rage take normal actions on its turn?
Mind of Rage (Wizard Attack 25 from HotFL) gives this effect:
The target is affected by mind of rage (save ends). This effect also
ends if you or any of your allies attacks or deals damage to ...
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Has anyone adapted Otto's Irresistible Dance to the 4e rules?
It's one of my favorite spells. Are there any official (or formal attempts at) adaptations of it to the 4e rules?
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What does Detect [Alignment] show for a possessed creature?
What does Detect [Alignment] reveal about a creature that is possessed? Does it reveal the presence of the base creature's alignment, the possessing creature's alignment, or both?
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How many spells would a 3rd level Sorcerer have with a Charisma 19?
I'm trying to create a character with an online character sheet from google docs and the calculations are coming up unexpectedly. I suspect there is an error in the formula, so I want to make sure I ...
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A question about Celerity spells
I have a question regarding Celerity line of spells introduced in PHB2.
Let's say we have 2 wizards, A and B. Wizard A has higher initiative roll than wizard B; neither is flat-footed; it's A's turn; ...
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A spell stacking question
I've a couple of questions regarding stacking multiple area effect spells:
Does Celestial Brilliance spell (BoED p94) stack with itself? That is, if two instances of this spell are cast and an evil ...
