Alarm and Minor Globe?

[Tom McCafferty]

Hi there

Does anyone have ideas on the following scenario?

The Mage has minor globe cast in them, which stops all spell effects below 4th level affecting him, walks into the area of effect of an alarm spell. Does the alarm go off, and if so why?

 

[two]

Hi there

Does anyone have ideas on the following scenario?

The Mage has minor globe cast in them, which stops all spell effects below 4th level affecting him, walks into the area of effect of an alarm spell. Does the alarm go off, and if so why?

Isnt' the globe static? i.e. can't move?

"An immobile, faintly shimmering magical sphere surrounds you and excludes all spell effects of 3rd level or lower."

Yes it is. So the question can't arise.

 

[Tom McCafferty]

You're correct. I misread the spell.

 

[Dracomeander]

Yes, the globe is immobile, but here's a situation that could arise.

What happens when an outsider with protective aura active enters a region protected by an alarm spell?

Would the alarm be triggered or suppressed as the outsider gets closer and the effects overlap?

The paranoid evil necromancer would like to know.

 

[Dracomeander]

My initial thought would be that the protective aura suppresses the alarm, but I could see the possibilty for arguing the other way (modern analogy - broken circuit on a security system).

 

[Infiniti2000]

Protective aura? Can you give us an example creature from the SRD?

 

[Dracomeander]

Protective Aura (Su): Against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures, this ability provides a +4 deflection bonus to AC and a +4 resistance bonus on saving throws to anyone within 20 feet of the angel. Otherwise, it functions as a magic circle against evil effect and a lesser globe of invulnerability, both with a radius of 20 feet (caster level equals angel’s HD). This aura can be dispelled, but the angel can create it again as a free action on its next turn.

Examples include:
Angels
Ghaele Eladrin
Leonal Guardinal

 

[Infiniti2000]

Oh okay, I was only looking at evil outsiders.

Anyway, the angel (and anyone within the radius) would be undetected by an alarm cast by an evil spellcaster.

 

[Tom McCafferty]

Surely an alarm spell is neutral? Just because it is cast by an evil Mage doesn't make it evil.

 

[Infiniti2000]

The Protective Aura says "effects created by evil creatures." It's even arguable that it functions against all lower level spells, not just evil, but I'd personally restrict it to evil based on the first sentence (I'd think using just the second sentence removes it from the context of the paragraph).