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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6695660" data-attributes="member: 6799649">The specific trigger for any reaction spell (or Readied action) does not take away more general requirements that are not specific to that spell or action. Because they are more general or situational, they cannot be part of the spell (or action) description.For example, I ready an attack action. The trigger I choose is 'when the enemy comes within my reach', and the attack is 'I attack him with my axe'. My enemy, on his turn, casts invisibility on himself and then moves adjacent to me. I get my reaction attack now, right? I mean, he's come into the reach of my axe, I'm still holding my axe, I haven't used my reaction yet; why can't I respond to this trigger to hit him upside the head?Because you don't know that he's come into reach! The trigger must be observed by you in order for you to respond to the trigger, and this doesn't need to be written in every single spell description with a casting time of 'one reaction'!It also applies to the shield spell, just like every other reaction; if you don't observe the trigger, you can't react to the trigger. And this bit of the obvious doesn't need to be written into the spell description because it's equally true for all reactions that have a trigger.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 6695660, member: 6799649"] The specific trigger for any reaction spell (or Readied action) does not take away more general requirements that are not specific to that spell or action. Because they are more general or situational, they cannot be part of the spell (or action) description. For example, I ready an attack action. The trigger I choose is 'when the enemy comes within my reach', and the attack is 'I attack him with my axe'. My enemy, on his turn, casts [I]invisibility[/I] on himself and then moves adjacent to me. I get my reaction attack now, right? I mean, he's come into the reach of my axe, I'm still holding my axe, I haven't used my reaction yet; why can't I respond to this trigger to hit him upside the head? Because you don't [I]know[/I] that he's come into reach! The trigger must be observed by you in order for you to respond to the trigger, [I]and this doesn't need to be written in every single spell description with a casting time of 'one reaction'![/I] It also applies to the [I]shield[/I] spell, just like every other reaction; if you don't observe the trigger, you can't react to the trigger. And this bit of the obvious doesn't need to be written into the spell description because it's equally true for all reactions that have a trigger. [/QUOTE]

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