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<blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 2285666" data-attributes="member: 31734">Be careful about being too literal, TheGogmagog.&nbsp; Think about what it really means.&nbsp; By your interpretation, you cannot cast the spell with any of your allies close, including your animal companion.&nbsp; I suppose a familiar can share your spell, but wouldn't that mean that the familiar gets his own shell?&nbsp; That's complicated.&nbsp; And then, if even a single lifeform exists within the radius, the spell fails.&nbsp; Now, the DM has to determine the location of insects, etc.?&nbsp; The spell would basically fail all the time except when you cast it alone in a clean room.&nbsp; But, hey, don't move either just in case a flea is over in the next square.&nbsp;I'm not trying to be snarky, just pointing out that reading too pedantically into some of the word choices is a bad idea.&nbsp; Obviously, the above is a little ridiculous and I stand by my initial assertion that it's 'B'.&nbsp; 'C' is also acceptable, but quite honestly that description is explicitly given for repulsion.&nbsp; 'A' is just not an option IMO because it leads to the above ridiculousness. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Infiniti2000, post: 2285666, member: 31734"] Be careful about being too literal, TheGogmagog. Think about what it really means. By your interpretation, you cannot cast the spell with any of your allies close, including your animal companion. I suppose a familiar can share your spell, but wouldn't that mean that the familiar gets his own shell? That's complicated. And then, if even a single lifeform exists within the radius, the spell fails. Now, the DM has to determine the location of insects, etc.? The spell would basically fail all the time except when you cast it alone in a clean room. But, hey, don't move either just in case a flea is over in the next square. I'm not trying to be snarky, just pointing out that reading too pedantically into some of the word choices is a bad idea. Obviously, the above is a little ridiculous and I stand by my initial assertion that it's 'B'. 'C' is also acceptable, but quite honestly that description is explicitly given for repulsion. 'A' is just not an option IMO because it leads to the above ridiculousness. :) [/QUOTE]

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