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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 4088748" data-attributes="member: 7808">As Arkhandus mentioned, a ray is a ranged attack.  The SRD supplies rules for attacking a worn or carried object, but only with a melee attack that deals slashing or bludgeoning damage (Sunder).  It also has rules for determining the AC of an unattended object, and specifies that these rules apply to ranged attacks with the stipulation that "certain weapons just can’t effectively deal damage to certain objects" (Exploration, Breaking and Entering).  There are no rules for attacking an attended object at range.  The only place I know of that has such rules is Complete Warrior (mentioned above), which requires a feat to do it.In theory, it makes sense to me that you should be able to deliver a ray spell as a touch attack (against a person or object).  Just like you can physically hold a crossbow against someone's neck or hold a gun to someone's head, you could hold your finger against an object while casting the spell and deliver it without any distance between the caster an the object.  In practice, this cannot be done in combat because both the spell and the touch/sunder attack would require a standard action.  Unfortunately, there is no way to "hold a charge" for a ray in the way you can for a touch spell.  I might be convinced to allow it if the ray was quickened and the caster made a sunder attack with an unarmed strike.  I would say it falls under the umbrella of ad hoc simultaneity.</blockquote>

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