We all know what the SRD says about a fly spell being dispelled, but just in case we don't here is the text.
Now onto the dead horse:
At our most recent gaming session the party wizard had a fly spell on and just happened to fly into an antimagic field about 200 feet in the air.
The DM ruled that the wizard would drop like a rock. I reminded him of the SRD ruling but he said the SRD didn't apply to this because the example in the SRD uses dispel magic NOT an antimagic field.
I asked what the difference was. His reply was that dispel magic ends the fly spell which causes the user to float gently to the ground BUT antimagic field only SUPPRESSES the spell effect rather than end it so the wizard plummets.
WTF is that???? I couldn't friggin believe my ears because this is the DM who regularly chastises his players for being to "rules lawyerish" yet he pulls this crap out on us?
Anyway, what do you guys think? He's going to claim he was right because I can't find an "official" example that says Antimagic field would affect a fly spell like a dispel magic would but I would like to hear what you guys think.
Is there a difference between suppressing a fly spell and dispelling it in regards to whether or not the user drops like a rock or floats down slowly?
Sheesh!!!
A fly spell is "dispelled when dispelled"........when a fly spells duration runs out, the user falls gently to the ground.
Now onto the dead horse:
At our most recent gaming session the party wizard had a fly spell on and just happened to fly into an antimagic field about 200 feet in the air.
The DM ruled that the wizard would drop like a rock. I reminded him of the SRD ruling but he said the SRD didn't apply to this because the example in the SRD uses dispel magic NOT an antimagic field.
I asked what the difference was. His reply was that dispel magic ends the fly spell which causes the user to float gently to the ground BUT antimagic field only SUPPRESSES the spell effect rather than end it so the wizard plummets.
WTF is that???? I couldn't friggin believe my ears because this is the DM who regularly chastises his players for being to "rules lawyerish" yet he pulls this crap out on us?
Anyway, what do you guys think? He's going to claim he was right because I can't find an "official" example that says Antimagic field would affect a fly spell like a dispel magic would but I would like to hear what you guys think.
Is there a difference between suppressing a fly spell and dispelling it in regards to whether or not the user drops like a rock or floats down slowly?
Sheesh!!!
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