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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6146023" data-attributes="member: 6669384">It also doesn't explicitly say I can cast during daylight, or while barefoot, or on a Saturday.&nbsp; But since the rules in general say that a spell caster can cast spells, then the caster can cast spells unless there's a rule that says they can't.In this case, there is no rule that says they can't.As for your appeal to &quot;common sense&quot;, you're presuming that everyone's &quot;common sense&quot; agrees with yours.&nbsp; It also presumes that we're talking about &quot;rules as intended&quot;.&nbsp; I've been clear, we're talking about &quot;rules as written&quot;.The rules walk all around that point, mentioning every aspect of magic and casting except that one.&nbsp; They could have just said, &quot;Spells can't be cast into or out of an Antimagic Field&quot;. They could have said, &quot;Antimagic fields suppress the use of any and all magic in their area.&quot;, which would have covered items, spells, casting, the whole thing.&nbsp; For whatever reason, they didn't.&nbsp; They mentioned items.&nbsp; They mentioned spells coming in.&nbsp; They mentioned spells coming near.&nbsp; They mentioned spells overlapping.&nbsp; They mentioned spells that are in place, are suppressed while the AMF is ther, then resume again when the AMF leaves.&nbsp; They talked about area and duration and point of origin, and everything *except* actually casting a spell from within an AMF.It's almost as if they left that hole on purpose.&nbsp; And yes, I've known game designers who did things like that, if only because they were also players who liked taking advantage that way.So, is it something anyone with &quot;common sense&quot; would allow?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; But ink on paper doesn't have common sense.&nbsp; It doesn't argue, can't be persuaded, won't change its mind.&nbsp; It just says what it says, and we have to either live with it or house rule around it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6146023, member: 6669384"] It also doesn't explicitly say I can cast during daylight, or while barefoot, or on a Saturday. But since the rules in general say that a spell caster can cast spells, then the caster can cast spells unless there's a rule that says they can't. In this case, there is no rule that says they can't. As for your appeal to "common sense", you're presuming that everyone's "common sense" agrees with yours. It also presumes that we're talking about "rules as intended". I've been clear, we're talking about "rules as written". The rules walk all around that point, mentioning every aspect of magic and casting except that one. They could have just said, "Spells can't be cast into or out of an [I]Antimagic Field". [/I] They could have said, "[I]Antimagic fields[/I] suppress the use of any and all magic in their area.", which would have covered items, spells, casting, the whole thing. For whatever reason, they didn't. They mentioned items. They mentioned spells coming in. They mentioned spells coming near. They mentioned spells overlapping. They mentioned spells that are in place, are suppressed while the AMF is ther, then resume again when the AMF leaves. They talked about area and duration and point of origin, and everything *except* actually casting a spell from within an AMF. It's almost as if they left that hole on purpose. And yes, I've known game designers who did things like that, if only because they were also players who liked taking advantage that way. So, is it something anyone with "common sense" would allow? Probably not. But ink on paper doesn't have common sense. It doesn't argue, can't be persuaded, won't change its mind. It just says what it says, and we have to either live with it or house rule around it. [/QUOTE]

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