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<blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 963733" data-attributes="member: 5137">The horn of blasting: Just so we're all clear - this IS a nerf and it is ALSO a rules interpretation. It came up when the horn hit someone with one of the mentioned abilities (SR, spell immunity, etc.) and I said to myself, &quot;Uh, does that work or doesn't it?&quot;So I spent about half an hour contributing to my near-sightedness reading the rules that don't really give a good indication one way or the other. The horn of blasting is very similar to spell (but slightly more powerful) and SR is stated to only not work against (Su) abilities (which the horn isn't) and enhancement bonuses (which the horn also isn't).At the same time, the horn repeatedly uses the word &quot;spell-like effects&quot; which is very poorly defined: &quot;A special ability with effects that resemble those of a spell.&quot; Thanks, WotC, that was ^&amp;%ing helpful.So I made a judgement call, and I erred on the side of &quot;I don't want stuff with NO defenses&quot;.The timing on this was poor - when I was looking at reapersaurus' equipment, I'd forgotten that anyone in the game had one of those abilities.More comments coming...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seasong, post: 963733, member: 5137"] [b]The horn of blasting:[/b] Just so we're all clear - this IS a nerf and it is ALSO a rules interpretation. It came up when the horn hit someone with one of the mentioned abilities (SR, spell immunity, etc.) and I said to myself, "Uh, does that work or doesn't it?" So I spent about half an hour contributing to my near-sightedness reading the rules that don't really give a good indication one way or the other. The horn of blasting is very similar to spell (but slightly more powerful) and SR is stated to only not work against (Su) abilities (which the horn isn't) and enhancement bonuses (which the horn also isn't). At the same time, the horn repeatedly uses the word "spell-like effects" which is very poorly defined: "A special ability with effects that resemble those of a spell." Thanks, WotC, that was ^&%ing helpful. So I made a judgement call, and I erred on the side of "I don't want stuff with NO defenses". The timing on this was poor - when I was looking at reapersaurus' equipment, I'd forgotten that anyone in the game had one of those abilities. More comments coming... [/QUOTE]

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