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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7957264" data-attributes="member: 6801228">See, that leads to the &quot;stupid spell&quot; problem.You cast detect magic. To tell if there is magic in the room (because the aura is only for determining the type of magic) you need all your friends more than 30 ft away. You need to have your familiar out of the room (it is a magic construct after all). Then after you find one item, you need to set it more than 30 ft away, because it might not be the only thing, and it is interfering with the spell. And if you happen to be inside a magical fortress? Well, detect magic is useless. Because it registers the fortress and nothing else. The magical trap at the exit to the room? Blocks out you finding any other magical items in the room. And on and on.I find it much more reasonable that the spell says &quot;hey, there is a little magic to the left, and then a big splotch of magic under the floor to the right, and something magical under the bed.&quot; Because then it is actually useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7957264, member: 6801228"] See, that leads to the "stupid spell" problem. You cast detect magic. To tell if there is magic in the room (because the aura is only for determining the type of magic) you need all your friends more than 30 ft away. You need to have your familiar out of the room (it is a magic construct after all). Then after you find one item, you need to set it more than 30 ft away, because it might not be the only thing, and it is interfering with the spell. And if you happen to be inside a magical fortress? Well, detect magic is useless. Because it registers the fortress and nothing else. The magical trap at the exit to the room? Blocks out you finding any other magical items in the room. And on and on. I find it much more reasonable that the spell says "hey, there is a little magic to the left, and then a big splotch of magic under the floor to the right, and something magical under the bed." Because then it is actually useful. [/QUOTE]

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