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<blockquote data-quote="Diirk" data-source="post: 2257952" data-attributes="member: 14476">&quot;In addition, the spell gives the character a general idea of what action the character might take to best protect him or herself - duck, jump right, close the eyes, and so on—and gives the character a +2 insight bonus to AC and to Reflex saves. This insight bonus is lost whenever the character would lose a Dexterity bonus to AC.&quot;So it tells you what to do to protect yourself AND gives the insight bonus. I'm not quite sure how you translated that into &quot;only give the insight bonus and ignore the first half of the sentence&quot;.For example, if you walk into a room with a Bodak (they have a death gaze), you'd likely get a warning saying 'close your eyes' in addition to the mechanical bonuses. How much of a warning you get in differing situations is subject to DM interpretation tho, so different games can give this spell wildly different power levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Diirk, post: 2257952, member: 14476"] "In addition, the spell gives the character a general idea of what action the character might take to best protect him or herself - duck, jump right, close the eyes, and so on—and gives the character a +2 insight bonus to AC and to Reflex saves. This insight bonus is lost whenever the character would lose a Dexterity bonus to AC." So it tells you what to do to protect yourself AND gives the insight bonus. I'm not quite sure how you translated that into "only give the insight bonus and ignore the first half of the sentence". For example, if you walk into a room with a Bodak (they have a death gaze), you'd likely get a warning saying 'close your eyes' in addition to the mechanical bonuses. How much of a warning you get in differing situations is subject to DM interpretation tho, so different games can give this spell wildly different power levels. [/QUOTE]

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