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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 931479" data-attributes="member: 1656">If you like.The barrier reacts to intrusion.&nbsp; If someone enters or passes through, he gets attacked by the spinning blades.Someone who remains within is no longer &quot;setting off sensors&quot;, and the blades ignore him.No, the text of the spell says nothing about magical sensors.&nbsp; What it does say is the conditions under which someone takes damage.&nbsp; Rules dictate flavour - in this case, the rule that the spell deals damage when people enter or pass through can, perhaps, be explained with magical intrusion sensors.As far as I'm concerned, the purpose of &quot;Blade Barrier&quot; is - oddly enough - to be a barrier, not a multi-round area damage spell.It's a fancy barbed-wire fence.&nbsp; If you attempt to get to the other side, you get hurt.&nbsp; If someone is trapped within the barrier - Wall of Force combo, Solid Fog combo, Entangle combo, Reverse Gravity combo, whatever - they're not attempting to get to the other side of the barrier.&nbsp; Its purpose is not to chop them up just for being there - its purpose is to hurt people who try to pass the barrier.If the spell were called &quot;Storm of Blades&quot;, or something similar, I might agree as to its purpose.&nbsp; But I believe that the wording of the spell agrees with the purpose of a barrier.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 931479, member: 1656"] If you like. The barrier reacts to intrusion. If someone enters or passes through, he gets attacked by the spinning blades. Someone who remains within is no longer "setting off sensors", and the blades ignore him. No, the text of the spell says nothing about magical sensors. What it does say is the conditions under which someone takes damage. Rules dictate flavour - in this case, the rule that the spell deals damage when people enter or pass through can, perhaps, be explained with magical intrusion sensors. As far as I'm concerned, the purpose of "Blade Barrier" is - oddly enough - to be a [i]barrier[/i], not a multi-round area damage spell. It's a fancy barbed-wire fence. If you attempt to get to the other side, you get hurt. If someone is trapped [i]within[/i] the barrier - Wall of Force combo, Solid Fog combo, Entangle combo, Reverse Gravity combo, whatever - they're not attempting to get to the other side of the barrier. Its purpose is not to chop them up just for being there - its purpose is to hurt people who try to pass the barrier. If the spell were called "Storm of Blades", or something similar, I might agree as to its purpose. But I believe that the wording of the spell agrees with the purpose of a barrier. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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