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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 265577" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Just like any other spell, it means that the target is protected, but others are not.</p><p></p><p>If you have Protection From Elements: Fire up and I fireball you, you may take zero damage. But, that doesn't protect your dog.</p><p></p><p>So, any divination spell that tries to get its information from the protected character, in any manner, would be stopped.</p><p></p><p>Any divination spell that tries to get its information from a source external to the character would not be stopped.</p><p></p><p>Examples of this could include: Legend Lore, Commune.</p><p></p><p>Just because we disagree on intent here does not mean that we cannot use common sense.</p><p></p><p>Caveat on Legend Lore/Commune: If you use Commune to ask your deity "Is the creature in the tower?", the deity should answer "Don't know". A deity could bust through the defense of Mind Blank, but typically wouldn't bother. "Don't know" is a reasonable answer to a Commune. If you use Commune to ask your deity "Is the creature I just saw a moment ago the same one who attacked us last month?", the deity can get the information as to which creature from the mind of the Commune caster and should be freely able to answer unless the creature was protected a month ago as well (in which case the deity would again have to rely on external information).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, I think your "fact" is not a fact at all. I think the spell is written perfectly fine. I think people are "used to" Mind Blank working differently from earlier editions of the game and that combined with the Sage's agreement that it should not stop certain divination spells fuels the disagreement.</p><p></p><p>However, even Monty said that, as written, the spell does prevent divination spells that target the protected character.</p><p></p><p>But, you and I disagree with a lot of aspects of this spell, so us disagreeing on how well it is written is probably par for the course. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 265577, member: 2011"] Just like any other spell, it means that the target is protected, but others are not. If you have Protection From Elements: Fire up and I fireball you, you may take zero damage. But, that doesn't protect your dog. So, any divination spell that tries to get its information from the protected character, in any manner, would be stopped. Any divination spell that tries to get its information from a source external to the character would not be stopped. Examples of this could include: Legend Lore, Commune. Just because we disagree on intent here does not mean that we cannot use common sense. Caveat on Legend Lore/Commune: If you use Commune to ask your deity "Is the creature in the tower?", the deity should answer "Don't know". A deity could bust through the defense of Mind Blank, but typically wouldn't bother. "Don't know" is a reasonable answer to a Commune. If you use Commune to ask your deity "Is the creature I just saw a moment ago the same one who attacked us last month?", the deity can get the information as to which creature from the mind of the Commune caster and should be freely able to answer unless the creature was protected a month ago as well (in which case the deity would again have to rely on external information). Actually, I think your "fact" is not a fact at all. I think the spell is written perfectly fine. I think people are "used to" Mind Blank working differently from earlier editions of the game and that combined with the Sage's agreement that it should not stop certain divination spells fuels the disagreement. However, even Monty said that, as written, the spell does prevent divination spells that target the protected character. But, you and I disagree with a lot of aspects of this spell, so us disagreeing on how well it is written is probably par for the course. :) [/QUOTE]
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