A Couple Questions Regarding Playing a Melee Cleric

[Dash Dannigan]

Agreed. I would believe such spells as rays are included under the "cast upon the wearer" group. But good point, I can see others making a point about this not being the case though...

 

[Gunslinger]

Both the rod of absorption and the Ioun stone have their ups and downs. You have to be holding the rod, and it costs 10k more, but the Ioun stone takes a readied action...

I think I'll have to check out MoF.

 

[Malin Genie]

Agreed. I would believe such spells as rays are included under the "cast upon the wearer" group. But good point, I can see others making a point about this not being the case though...

Spells requiring a ranged touch atack are not considered targetted spells (they are usually Effect: Ray rather than Target: X spells.)

If you read the Rod of Absorption description it specifically mentions spells targetted at you and rays etc. aimed at you (as two separate categories.)

Yes, you have to have the ROA 'in hand', but you don't need to wield it. So take a small rather than a large shield - a small shield allows you to hold (but not wield) items in your shield hand.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Spells requiring a ranged touch atack are not considered targetted spells (they are usually Effect: Ray rather than Target: X spells.)

I'm certainly not arguing that a Ray spell is a targetted spell.

But the Ring of Counterspells doesn't specify targetted spells - it specifies spells "cast upon the wearer".

This phrase can be interpreted in more than one way.

-Hyp.

 

[Chun-tzu]

Spell Girding, from Magic of Faerun, is a good feat for buffer clerics. All attempts to dispel your spells are at -2.

 

[Darklone]

Eeks, broken

But I'd allow it in case my villains get Antimage (+4 to dispel and counterspelling)

 

[Malin Genie]

I'm certainly not arguing that a Ray spell is a targetted spell.

But the Ring of Counterspells doesn't specify targetted spells - it specifies spells "cast upon the wearer".

This phrase can be interpreted in more than one way.

-Hyp.

I wouldn't have thought so - surely if it is not 'target: wearer' it isn't 'cast upon' the wearer.

If it is 'Effect: Ray,' it creates a ray. Like any spell that conjures or creates it is not really 'cast upon' anything; it is bringing something into existence (even if that something is non-material, like a ray of magical force.)

The fact that the caster can choose to project that ray toward the wearer doesn't IMHO allow the wearer to claim it is being 'cast upon' him.