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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 960019" data-attributes="member: 1656">How do you know?  It goes on to say that it melts metals etc.  It could mean that creatures take 1d6/level points of damage, and objects are "damaged" because if they get hit by a lightning bolts, they catch fire or melt, ignoring hit points.You have to make the assumption that the rule "creatures take 1d6/level damage" also applies to the new category that has been added to the text after the initial brieg description of what the spell does.The initial brief description of Misdirection says it affects Divinations.  But then it goes on to describe its effect on Detections.Since the text on Lightning Bolt's effect on objects is not limited by its initial statement that Lightning Bolt Damages Creatures, why is Misdirection's effect on Detect Magic limited by its initial statement that Misdirection affects Divinations?  It doesn't say only Divinations.  And the limitation at the end - "Other sorts of divination are not affected" - doesn't apply to Detect Magic, which isn't, as has been pointed out, a divination.The text describes effects on Divinations-that-reveal-auras and Detections.  Detect Magic is a Detection, so the spell can be interpreted in such a fashion that the effect-on-Detections is applicable.-Hyp.</blockquote>