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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7166427" data-attributes="member: 6799649"><p>Okay, the sonic sheath <strong>is</strong> the effect.</p><p></p><p>The sonic sheath has several properties:-</p><p></p><p>* it triggers when the creature voluntarily moves from his square</p><p></p><p>* when triggered, it does sonic damage</p><p></p><p>* after dealing the damage, the spell ends</p><p></p><p>ALL of these <strong>are</strong> 'the effect' of the spell.</p><p></p><p>Since the effects of multiple copies of the same spell cannot combine, but the second spell still exists and its duration is counting down, then the original sonic sheath does what it does (trigger/damage/ends early) while the second sheath does not manifest at all <em>while the first is still there</em>, but the second spell still exists, still has its duration counting down and still successfully targeted the creature; the only thing the second spell is <em>not</em> doing is 'having its effect'. The second spell didn't evaporate! It will begin to have its normal effect the moment that the first spell is no longer preventing it from taking effect.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Note that this whole subject is about the duration of two spells overlapping while being on the same target. It's saying that both spells have their usual effects if the spells are different, but if the spells are the same then, <em>while their durations overlap</em>, only one has its effect in play. This shows that it is not the case that the second spell fails and goes away; the second spell is still going strong, it's just that it doesn't <em>do</em> anything during that overlapping duration. It <em>will</em> start to do its thing as soon as the durations are no longer overlapping.</p><p></p><p>As soon as the first spell ends then its sonic sheath goes away. As soon as that sonic sheath (the 'spell effect') goes away then the second spell's effect will start to come into play, creating a new sonic sheath the instant the first one ended. It was only the existence of the first sonic sheath that prevented the second from appearing, but the second spell successfully hit the target and is still counting down its duration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7166427, member: 6799649"] Okay, the sonic sheath [b]is[/b] the effect. The sonic sheath has several properties:- * it triggers when the creature voluntarily moves from his square * when triggered, it does sonic damage * after dealing the damage, the spell ends ALL of these [b]are[/b] 'the effect' of the spell. Since the effects of multiple copies of the same spell cannot combine, but the second spell still exists and its duration is counting down, then the original sonic sheath does what it does (trigger/damage/ends early) while the second sheath does not manifest at all [i]while the first is still there[/i], but the second spell still exists, still has its duration counting down and still successfully targeted the creature; the only thing the second spell is [i]not[/i] doing is 'having its effect'. The second spell didn't evaporate! It will begin to have its normal effect the moment that the first spell is no longer preventing it from taking effect. Note that this whole subject is about the duration of two spells overlapping while being on the same target. It's saying that both spells have their usual effects if the spells are different, but if the spells are the same then, [i]while their durations overlap[/i], only one has its effect in play. This shows that it is not the case that the second spell fails and goes away; the second spell is still going strong, it's just that it doesn't [i]do[/i] anything during that overlapping duration. It [i]will[/i] start to do its thing as soon as the durations are no longer overlapping. As soon as the first spell ends then its sonic sheath goes away. As soon as that sonic sheath (the 'spell effect') goes away then the second spell's effect will start to come into play, creating a new sonic sheath the instant the first one ended. It was only the existence of the first sonic sheath that prevented the second from appearing, but the second spell successfully hit the target and is still counting down its duration. [/QUOTE]
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