Does a Death Ward Protect against Phantasmal Killer?

[Corwin]

What this shows is nothing more than the need to be clear and thourough when asking a question. Nothing more.

When Celtavian asked his question, he presented no information to the CS reader. All he asked was, "Does Death Ward protect against the Phantasmal Killer spell?"

The CS guy isn't going to bother looking up a bunch of rules, he's just going to respond with his opinion. There is no guarantee as to just how informed that opinion is.

Pielorinho got a correct response because he presented facts and quotes to establish a more thourough basis for the CS guy to better answer the question.

Nothing more. The second response is much more believable because the question was better asked.

OK, here's an analogy...

I say, "My car is silver."

Am I telling the truth? Maybe.

Now, I tell you, "My car is silver. Here's a picture of it (yes, it is indeed silver). Oh, and here's a copy of my current registration showing my name, address and the color is listed as silver."

Which one is more believable.

 

[Pielorinho]

It looks to me like it was even the same guy. How many CSRs named "Darrin" can they have?

D'oh! I just sent him another email, in which I quoted both Celtavian's email and mine, and asking him whether I was missing something.

I'll post any response I get.

Daniel

 

[IceBear]

Now this will be interesting.

Will he admit his mistake, find a creative way to say both are right, or just "lose" your email

IceBear

 

[Pielorinho]

Icebear, interesting indeed! Here's the response I got:

-----Original Message-----
Thanks, Darrin! Sorry to keep after you about this, but we're debating this question over on that how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin message board, the ENBoards. Someone else quoted an email from you that seemed to contradict the one you sent to me. To wit, it said:

[original email from Darrin, claiming that Death Ward protects against PK, snipped]

We're confused now. Your email to me said it only protects against spells with the [death] descriptor. Are we missing something?

Thanks,
Daniel


This answer from Darrin is correct. The effect of Phantasmal Killer is death and Death Ward will protect against it.

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Thanks!
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So we have Darrin and Bryan claiming that death ward is effective, and Darrin claiming that it's not effective.

Guys, I think this is officially a Rule It Your Own Damn Self occasion.

Daniel

 

[Celtavian]

Re

I wrote the Sage on the matter. Maybe a few more people should e-mail the Sage, hopefully he will make a call on this. Death Ward is an often used spell and it would be nice to get some kind of list of spells it works against and a more detailed explanation of what the spell protects against.

 

[Berk]

*casts raise dead on the horse and sends it away*