Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="reiella" data-source="post: 316307" data-attributes="member: 160">Difference between someone muttering something in Draconic and someone casting a spell is lost to most people unless they have Spellcraft.&nbsp; Fun tactic for confusing people would be to have the party all speak various phrases in Draconic (just memorized) to confused people from knowing who was casting that spell, or if they know Draconic, have them actually just utter the Verbal component while they do their own thing, just to further confuse things <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.At the very least, they have to wonder if people have Quicken Spell or Still Spell.&nbsp; Armor isn't even a good gauge because a stilled spell can just as easily be cast in armor.As written, the person who fails the saving throw only knows that a hostile force or a tingle, but can't deduce the exact nature of the attack.&nbsp; The example further clarifies that the person wouldn't know who tried to charm them if htey succeeded their save.Although if the spell succeeds would they know if something happened?&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; Well, the AoO you get from casting a spell probably makes it obvious to people who are around you that you've let your guard down and are doing 'something'.&nbsp; I don't think that they would be aware of 'who' cast the spell (After the fact, for Suggestion or Charm Person, yea, because they end up being the one who you have fuzzy memories of trusting and such).&nbsp; Rest would probably be common sense (or using the Spellcraft skill).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reiella, post: 316307, member: 160"] Difference between someone muttering something in Draconic and someone casting a spell is lost to most people unless they have Spellcraft. Fun tactic for confusing people would be to have the party all speak various phrases in Draconic (just memorized) to confused people from knowing who was casting that spell, or if they know Draconic, have them actually just utter the Verbal component while they do their own thing, just to further confuse things :). At the very least, they have to wonder if people have Quicken Spell or Still Spell. Armor isn't even a good gauge because a stilled spell can just as easily be cast in armor. As written, the person who fails the saving throw only knows that a hostile force or a tingle, but can't deduce the exact nature of the attack. The example further clarifies that the person wouldn't know who tried to charm them if htey succeeded their save. Although if the spell succeeds would they know if something happened? Hmm. Well, the AoO you get from casting a spell probably makes it obvious to people who are around you that you've let your guard down and are doing 'something'. I don't think that they would be aware of 'who' cast the spell (After the fact, for Suggestion or Charm Person, yea, because they end up being the one who you have fuzzy memories of trusting and such). Rest would probably be common sense (or using the Spellcraft skill). [/QUOTE]

Verification