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<blockquote data-quote="Arrowhawk" data-source="post: 5705840" data-attributes="member: 6679551">I haven't researched this independently of this thread.&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading the spell and noting the specific use of &quot;suppress&quot; instead of cancel...and noting that it specifically says magic is not &quot;dispelled&quot;....my objective opinion is:Yes.&nbsp; You can definitely cast a spell within an AMF.&nbsp;&nbsp; What happens depends on the type of spell.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example, if you cast Mage Armor within the AMF...the spell&nbsp; is cast...it just has no effect until you leave the AMF.&nbsp; Based on the description you've provided, the best way to think of an AMF is as a &quot;dampening field.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Except the dampening level is infinite so all magic is suppressed.&nbsp; An instantaneous spell is cancelled within an AMF because it only lasts an instant and that instant it is entirely suppressed.&nbsp;&nbsp; A Scorching Ray or any other damage dealing spell that specifically originates from the spell casters hands and takes effect instantly, would not work.&nbsp; The Ray would not propagate invisibly inside the field and spring to life outside of it.It's not that complicated.&nbsp; Now, there are probably a number of spells I don't know about that would be difficult to determine, and there may be other WotC discussions or explanations that might confuse the matter.&nbsp; But on the face of what you've provided...it seems pretty straight forward.So once again, casting, bard music, and everything else, magic can be done inside an AMF...they are just dampened to have zero magnitude while in the AMF.&nbsp; That's my story and I'm sticking to it....for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arrowhawk, post: 5705840, member: 6679551"] I haven't researched this independently of this thread. Reading the spell and noting the specific use of "suppress" instead of cancel...and noting that it specifically says magic is not "dispelled"....my objective opinion is: Yes. You can definitely cast a spell within an AMF. What happens depends on the type of spell. For example, if you cast Mage Armor within the AMF...the spell is cast...it just has no effect until you leave the AMF. Based on the description you've provided, the best way to think of an AMF is as a "dampening field." Except the dampening level is infinite so all magic is suppressed. An instantaneous spell is cancelled within an AMF because it only lasts an instant and that instant it is entirely suppressed. A Scorching Ray or any other damage dealing spell that specifically originates from the spell casters hands and takes effect instantly, would not work. The Ray would not propagate invisibly inside the field and spring to life outside of it. It's not that complicated. Now, there are probably a number of spells I don't know about that would be difficult to determine, and there may be other WotC discussions or explanations that might confuse the matter. But on the face of what you've provided...it seems pretty straight forward. So once again, casting, bard music, and everything else, magic can be done inside an AMF...they are just dampened to have zero magnitude while in the AMF. That's my story and I'm sticking to it....for now. [/QUOTE]

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