Best Spell to Maximize

[IceBear]

Yeah, I remember how that one turned out too.

I'm sorry....I'm not arguing for who's right or who's wrong, so don't go there. I'm just saying that if I had a wizard in my group that kept casting sonicballs, I'd have a major issue. Now, if sonic substitution added some levels I wouldn't have an issue, but it doesn't. Seeing how silence works in 3E, the "mechanics" seems to say that sound would be countered. Without saying "it's magic" I don't know how the silence spell stops sound but allows the vibrations to still kill you as the actual sound travels along those vibrations.

I still believe that Mind Blank would stop Truestrike for exactly the same reason that Monte said. I also think that that is too powerful so I'm fine with going with the Sage in that case. The "mechanics" of the spells are overriden by what's best for the game. If there is an official ruling here that silence doesn't cancel the sound waves when it cancels the sound (because it's magic) I can go along with that but I won't like it much.

IceBear

 

[Jeremy]

Wizards can cast Silence?

 

[kreynolds]

K.R. again I ask...
What 7th level spell are you speaking of? (excuse my ignorance please)

Energy Immunity, page 88, T&B.

 

[Magic Rub]

Wizards can cast Silence?

No

 

[kreynolds]

I'm sorry....I'm not arguing for who's right or who's wrong, so don't go there.

No, no, no. That's not what I meant by that.

 

[kreynolds]

Wizards can cast Silence?

No. Typo on my part. But it doesn't matter. The point is the same.

 

[kreynolds]

KR, I never did get an R.S.V.P. about this. What do you say?

I already answered. Look up a few posts.

 

[Magic Rub]

Energy Immunity, page 88, T&B.

1. many people (but not me) would snicker because...
"it's a splat book and doesn't really count."
(This is not my view point, just one that I've noted on this board)

2. That spell allows you to cast, & lasts for 24 hours. It's god like in comparison to silience.

 

[kreynolds]

2. That spell allows you to cast, & lasts for 24 hours. It's god like in comparison to silience.

Actually, it's not that powerful. Energy immunity, if chosen to protect you from Sonic attacks, does not render you immune to secondary effects, such as deafening, only the main damage is stopped.

 

[Magic Rub]

I already answered. Look up a few posts.

My point is what do you think they mean by, "provides a defense against sonic or language-based attacks", & the whole stopping sound thing. Are you saying that the Sonic discriptor is really a code word for [sonic/force]?