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<blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 1082917" data-attributes="member: 1331">Jhyrryl, you seem to have missed the point.You asked for an example. I gave you a couple, off the top of my head. Nitpicking the limitations of my specific examples is irrelevant, because I could word my triggers more carefully and nitpick right back at you. (Ferinstance, you're right that commune could duplicate the name-list trick, but it would take potentially hundreds of castings and many thousands of XP.)My point is that under your interpretation, contingency can duplicate every divination spell in the book, from detect magic through identify all the way up through 8th-level discern location. It's basically a divination-only limited wish, but at a lower level and without an XP cost. All that, plus its original (intended) purpose of triggering a defensive spell when needed.If you think that's balanced for a 6th-level spell, if it works IYC, then more power to you. I was just pointing out that it's easily open to abuse. My own interpretation is intended to avoid that whole b0rken barrel of worms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AuraSeer, post: 1082917, member: 1331"] [b]Jhyrryl[/b], you seem to have missed the point. You asked for an example. I gave you a couple, off the top of my head. Nitpicking the limitations of my specific examples is irrelevant, because I could word my triggers more carefully and nitpick right back at you. (Ferinstance, you're right that [i]commune[/i] could duplicate the name-list trick, but it would take potentially hundreds of castings and many thousands of XP.) My point is that under your interpretation, [i]contingency[/i] can duplicate every divination spell in the book, from [i]detect magic[/i] through [i]identify[/i] all the way up through 8th-level [i]discern location[/i]. It's basically a divination-only [i]limited wish[/i], but at a lower level and without an XP cost. All that, plus its original (intended) purpose of triggering a defensive spell when needed. If you think that's balanced for a 6th-level spell, if it works IYC, then more power to you. I was just pointing out that it's easily open to abuse. My own interpretation is intended to avoid that whole b0rken barrel of worms. [/QUOTE]

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