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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 1079407" data-attributes="member: 1331">The rules don't clearly specify, so it's up to the DM. IMO Jhyrryl's interpretation is unreasonably powerful, since it would make contingency the most powerful divination spell in the game (even better than many divine powers), but perhaps that's somehow balanced in his campaign.Me, I assume contingency has the same senses as the caster, and uses them from his location. It also has the same skill bonuses as the caster (Spot, Listen, Spellcraft, etc), but since it just sits around waiting for the trigger effect, I assume it takes 20 on the appropriate checks.Like any other spell, contingency can only work on in-game qualities like race, appearance, or actions. It won't work on intangibles like class or level.Example: I, a human wizard, have a contingency to cast prot. evil if a demon comes within 100' of me. I stand in a lightless corridor, and a drow summons a demon 50' away. The spell does not go off, because my senses do not perceive the demon. (It would trigger if I were a dwarf, since it would have the same darkvision as me.)Example: I set up a protection from arrows to go off when someone points a ranged weapon at me. A hidden assassin prepares to shoot an arrow at my back. Contingency takes 20 on a Spot check with my ranks, Wis modifier, and other bonuses. If it beats the rogue's Hide result, it notices him and my protection spell activates.Example: I have a trigger to cast death ward if someone casts slay living within 100' of me. Evil Ike teleports into my office and casts a Still Silent slay living. Since there are no components, contingency is not entitled to a Spellcraft check to identify the spell, so it has no way to know that it's supposed to trigger. My ward does not go up.None of this is official, but it's consistent and fair, and it works for me.</blockquote>

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