Timeline for How does the Ring of Mind Shielding interact with effects that affect a certain alignment?
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| Nov 3, 2021 at 1:57 | comment | added | Willem Renzema | @CarltonLindsay I personally would say that it still prevents the Glyph from activating as it would still be possible (which is the definition of "allow" in that interpretation) that a creature could learn the alignment, regardless of whether such a creature is actually there. It's also much simpler for the DM to adjudicate such things by not actually having to try to work out every possible situation and whether it could be leveraged to figure out the alignment. | |
| Nov 3, 2021 at 1:35 | comment | added | Carlton Lindsay | Re: Indirect interpretation, does that mean a spell only fails on someone with a ring of Mind Shielding if it would allow a creature to know your alignment? E.g. a Glyph of Warding is set off, but no creature is around to witness it, no creature could discern the alignment of the creature who set it off. Even if the caster returns to the location and sees the glyph is gone, they would only know that some creature of a certain alignment set it off. The wording of the Ring indicates it only nullifies effects if they do allow a creature to know your alignment, not if they could allow it. | |
| Nov 2, 2021 at 19:26 | history | bounty ended | PixelMaster | ||
| Nov 2, 2021 at 19:26 | comment | added | PixelMaster | The first part of your answer is indeed rather convoluted, but I do like your closing paragraph(s). I wish the conclusion were that the indirect camp is correct, as this feels like the correct interpretation for me, but alas it doesn't seem to be that clear-cut. I suppose I'll just have to consider aspects from all the answers here if the problem comes up in a game again. Either way, it seems you put a lot of effort into your answer and I'm not fully satisfied with any of the other answers either, so you'll be the one getting the 100 blue internet points ^^ | |
| Nov 2, 2021 at 16:35 | history | answered | Willem Renzema | CC BY-SA 4.0 |