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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7405578" data-attributes="member: 2629">I think I disagree here.&nbsp; While concentrating on the spell and you are asking it to find an object of a particular kind, it points you to the nearest example *at that time*.&nbsp; The spell says it points you to the nearest, and what constitutes the nearest can change over time.&nbsp; Incidentally, I think you need to go with this interpretation because of other changes that could impact items during concentration.&nbsp; For example, let's say that I ask the spell to look for a round ball and it detects one 800 feet away.&nbsp; I continue to concentrate on the spell and start walking towards it.&nbsp; You, being the person you are, pop the ball and it deflates.&nbsp; At that time, it is no longer a round ball.&nbsp; If you think that the spell should detect the &quot;original&quot; target regardless of whether you change distance, you'd also argue I should still detect that deflated ball even if it is not a round ball anymore... but what if I toss it in a Sphere of Annihilation?&nbsp; &nbsp; Also, asking it to find strawberries or a bunch of strawberries appears to be illegal.&nbsp; You can have it search for *a* strawberry, or *a* basket containing strawberries, but you must look for a singular object.&nbsp; Minor point, but it clears up other ambiguities (what is a bunch?).Regardless, if you ask it to find a strawberry and the nearest one is 50 feet, but there is another one 60 feet away from you in the opposite direction, once you walk more than 5 feet towards the further strawberry it becomes the closest strawberry and you &quot;switch&quot; to detecting that strawberry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7405578, member: 2629"] I think I disagree here. While concentrating on the spell and you are asking it to find an object of a particular kind, it points you to the nearest example *at that time*. The spell says it points you to the nearest, and what constitutes the nearest can change over time. Incidentally, I think you need to go with this interpretation because of other changes that could impact items during concentration. For example, let's say that I ask the spell to look for a round ball and it detects one 800 feet away. I continue to concentrate on the spell and start walking towards it. You, being the person you are, pop the ball and it deflates. At that time, it is no longer a round ball. If you think that the spell should detect the "original" target regardless of whether you change distance, you'd also argue I should still detect that deflated ball even if it is not a round ball anymore... but what if I toss it in a Sphere of Annihilation? Also, asking it to find strawberries or a bunch of strawberries appears to be illegal. You can have it search for *a* strawberry, or *a* basket containing strawberries, but you must look for a singular object. Minor point, but it clears up other ambiguities (what is a bunch?). Regardless, if you ask it to find a strawberry and the nearest one is 50 feet, but there is another one 60 feet away from you in the opposite direction, once you walk more than 5 feet towards the further strawberry it becomes the closest strawberry and you "switch" to detecting that strawberry. [/QUOTE]

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