Forbiddance?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Can someone who takes damage from this spell ever take damage again from the same casting? For example, if someone takes damage and then leaves and re-enters? Maybe after a certain amount of time has passed, say 24 hours? Or is it one dose of damage and none ever again?

 

[moritheil]

I'm pretty sure re-entry carries the potential of more damage with it. You might want to look at the specific spell text; it ought to say something about that.

 

[Camarath]

From the text of Forbiddance

"In addition, it damages entering creatures whose alignments are different from yours. The effect on those attempting to enter the warded area is based on their alignment relative to yours (see below). A creature inside the area when the spell is cast takes no damage unless it exits the area and attempts to reenter, at which time it is affected as normal."

I think this indicates that each time a creature enters it takes damage.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Ah, I think you're right. I thought the first sentence was tied to the last, but I can see now that maybe it isn't and stands on its own. Thanks.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Follow-up question:

The spell blocks extradimensional travel. But does it do anything to stop a creature from being summoned and then physically entering the area? (of course, the creature may take damage depending on its alignment)

 

[Camarath]

I don't think there is anything in the spell that would prevent extraplanar creautres summoned elsewhere from physically entering the spell's area.

 

[azhrei_fje]

I had an NPC spellcaster use forbiddance to protect his study chambers.

The spell was cast twice, once in the shape of a letter "S" and again in the shape of an inverted "S", interlocked with the first one. The positioning of the two spells changed each time the NPC cast them. A stranger would have to cross the spell multiple times unless they somehow knew which squares to use to move across the area. Proper placement of illusionary spiked pits gives an intruder something else to think about, leaving them less likely to concentrate on the forbiddance spells.

Although reading the RSRD just now, the area is "60-ft cube/level (S)" and I seem to recall playing it as "6 10-ft cubes/level (S)" instead. Maybe it changed from 3.0E to 3.5E? Double-hmm...

 

[Pyrex]

(S) Shapeable: If an Area or Effect entry ends with “(S),” you can shape the spell. A shaped effect or area can have no dimension smaller than 10 feet. Many effects or areas are given as cubes to make it easy to model irregular shapes. Three-dimensional volumes are most often needed to define aerial or underwater effects and areas.

Arguably, that 60' cube can be 'shaped' as 216 10x10 cubes...

 

[azhrei_fje]

Exactly. But the specification of "60-ft cube/level" almost sounds like the spellcaster gets eleven (11) 60-ft cubes (at the minimum caster level of 11th) and can place them as desired. The text in the SRD says no dimension can be less than 10 feet, but doesn't say that an area with a larger dimension can be reduced to 10 feet.