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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 5414485" data-attributes="member: 40109"><p>The spell says (exactly): "gathering information." But what do those two words <u>mean</u>? We can interpret them <u>broadly</u>, or we can interpret them <u>narrowly</u>.</p><p> </p><p>If simply seeing something as it actually is counts as "gathering information," then even a <em>fireball</em> spell "gathers information." ("Oh, look! His flesh turned black and crispy when my <em>fireball</em> exploded nearby! That must mean he's vulnerable to fire. What useful information to have!")</p><p> </p><p>So if <em>fireball</em> were somehow classified as a divination spell (instead of an evocation), then <em>mind blank</em> would protect its target from taking any damage from a <em>fireball,</em> since that would lead to "gathering information" about the target, even though that clearly isn't the purpose of a <em>fireball</em> spell.</p><p> </p><p>That's if you interpret "gathering information" <u>broadly</u>; it becomes a meaningless limitation, because just about <u>any</u> spell will tell you <u>something</u> about <u>something</u>. You may as well just say "all divination spells or effects" rather than "information gathering by divination spells or effects." The fact that the authors chose the latter rather than the former suggests that they intended for <em>mind blank</em> to protect against <u>some</u>, but not <u>all</u> divinations. That's the <u>narrow</u> interpretation, which I (obviously) favor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 5414485, member: 40109"] The spell says (exactly): "gathering information." But what do those two words [U]mean[/U]? We can interpret them [U]broadly[/U], or we can interpret them [U]narrowly[/U]. If simply seeing something as it actually is counts as "gathering information," then even a [I]fireball[/I] spell "gathers information." ("Oh, look! His flesh turned black and crispy when my [i]fireball[/i] exploded nearby! That must mean he's vulnerable to fire. What useful information to have!") So if [i]fireball[/i] were somehow classified as a divination spell (instead of an evocation), then [I]mind blank[/I] would protect its target from taking any damage from a [i]fireball,[/i] since that would lead to "gathering information" about the target, even though that clearly isn't the purpose of a [i]fireball[/i] spell. That's if you interpret "gathering information" [U]broadly[/U]; it becomes a meaningless limitation, because just about [U]any[/U] spell will tell you [U]something[/U] about [U]something[/U]. You may as well just say "all divination spells or effects" rather than "information gathering by divination spells or effects." The fact that the authors chose the latter rather than the former suggests that they intended for [I]mind blank[/I] to protect against [U]some[/U], but not [U]all[/U] divinations. That's the [U]narrow[/U] interpretation, which I (obviously) favor. [/QUOTE]
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