Recent content by dakuth

If you're talking about me - not at all. This is what I had been asking for *all a long* but until now no-one provided. This is exactly the problem, why I wandered in here in the first place and why I'll still play blocks LoE. The difference now is I'm Rule 0ing it.

What I am, and have been, saying is this: The rules as written are a head-scratcher. They don't make a great deal of sense, exactly because they seem to imply the effects you're describing. Due to the head-scratching nature, it is very fair to say "they're not clear" So when a designer steps...

It's a shame what is no doubt a useful thread is degenerating like this. But I just can't help myself. um. No. It's there for all to read, above, so I won't go into it further. That is correct - however you could have been right, if only you'd quoted a rule that showed you were right. You did...

Seems fair enough. For my money, I think it counts as RAI - until such a time as something contradictory comes along. You've convinced me it's not RAW though (something I was a little on the fence about.)

I'll keep my reply brief, because I think this debate has basically run its course. That was just your interpretation of the rules, though, correct? So not evidence of what they actually intended. I'll concede fireball's bead sometimes has a point. It's a bit unique in that way. It does throw...

Correct. You're examples are wrong because the contradict Skip Williams. As you say below, you're welcome to rule otherwise but doing so is basically going against RAI (and IMO RAW.) Not that that's really bad thing, but it is what it is. Indeed. He is only human. I've seen no evidence that he...

sorry, double posted again

Actually I agree with Skip for two reasons: 1. He's one of the game's designers... so disagreeing with him basically says "I'm using Rule 0." Not a bad thing at all, but just the way it is. I try not to Rule 0 if I can (just a personal preference.) 2. AMF blocking LoE makes total sense to me...

No, because you only have a LoE to yourself in a AMF, and you can't cast Wall on yourself A harder one, but still no. It is "centered on you", but not targeted to you. It is actually targeted to the square in which you stand... which you don't have LoE to in an AMF (you only have LoE to yourself.)

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Magic items being suppressed is specifically mentioned. Casting fireballs, or any other spell THROUGH an AMF is not. Correct. Skip Williams, however, does and it DOES NOT CONFLICT with what is written in the AMF entry. The bead is flavour. One of the important conditions for casting a spell is...

Actually I wanted to add a bit more: Yes, the rules as written certainly do imply you can through a fireball through it (by the omission of it being blocked) - which is the concern for many players and the cause of so many AMF debates. Yes, according to Skip the LoE is blocked, and you CAN'T...

Please quote the rules that specifically say you can cast through a AMF. I haven't played 3.5 in a while - but looking at the OP of this thread, and there is no mention. 3.75 is the same (no mention) and is what I actually play (and why I stumbled on this thread.) Unless it is mentioned...

Correct I suppose it doesn't completely clear it up, since he didn't explicitly say so - but for my mind it seems quite obvious that it's allowed. By blocking LoE, the only thing worth casting is self-buffs since the ONLY thing you have LoE to is yourself.

Someone specifically asks Skip Williams to chime in on the subject... and he has. RAI? Antimagic field blocks Line of Effect. Since he's one of the 3e designers, pulling it out of a bag of holding makes it pretty much RAW and/or RAI