What are you talking about now hong?
I thought this was about silent and still spells and identifying them as being cast, not the spell itself, but the fact that a spell is being cast. No need to get rude and vulgar. Omnipotence and omniscience have little to do with you, especially after that...
Standing Still... Not Moving. Not doing anything, except standing still.
Standing Still... Not Moving. Casting a Silent Spell - Power Word Kill.
What does a wizard do when casting a spell that has only verbal components, under the effects of silent spell? He does nothing. Unless you are Mystra...
Hong:
By your rationale, any attacker would get attacks of opportunity against opponents who simply stand still in a threatened square. That would make melee combat a little bit strange wouldn't it?
Here's a hypothetical pickle.
Wizard A has readied his action in order to counterspell and oppose wizard B.
Wizard A has 35 Hit Points.
Wizard B has Power Word: Kill under the effect of the Silent Spell feat.
On Wizard B's turn, he casts Power Word: Kill on Wizard A. Since the Spell is a...
Ok Wait a second here.
An archer with a readied action to loose an arrow when the wizard begins casting is allowed to attack if, and only if the wizard visibly casts a spell. The archer is fully entitled to the attack, provided he knows the spell is being cast.
This very same wizard, with a...