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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 7042063" data-attributes="member: 467">EDIT: Nothing to see here. i missed the part about the glyphs being immobile, which greatly reduces their utility in my hypothetical. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.So <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?528591-I-think-I-am-going-to-stop-using-solo-monsters" target="_blank">over here</a> I have a thread about my PCs obliterating a solo monster. In writing a response there I realized that maybe we should talk about Glyph of Warding and its impact on the concentration rules.According to the <a href="http://www.5esrd.com/spellcasting/all-spells/g/glyph-of-warding/" target="_blank">write up for Glyph of Warding</a>, for a spell glyph if a spell requires concentration it instead simply lasts until the end of its duration. Glyph of Warding itself does not require that it is used offensively. So, for the cost of 200 gp and some materials, it seems that one could create envelopes or small boxes of concentration buff spells that are opened by the user. The spell goes off, targeting the character that opened the letter or box. That individual receives the benefits of the spell which lasts its full duration (usually a minute) without concern for concentration from the caster.Is this correct? Am I missing something? Since GoW can be used to spell glyph any spell that is of the same level or lower than the glyph, this seems broken. Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 7042063, member: 467"] EDIT: Nothing to see here. i missed the part about the glyphs being immobile, which greatly reduces their utility in my hypothetical. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. So [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?528591-I-think-I-am-going-to-stop-using-solo-monsters"]over here[/URL] I have a thread about my PCs obliterating a solo monster. In writing a response there I realized that maybe we should talk about Glyph of Warding and its impact on the concentration rules. According to the [URL="http://www.5esrd.com/spellcasting/all-spells/g/glyph-of-warding/"]write up for Glyph of Warding[/URL], for a spell glyph if a spell requires concentration it instead simply lasts until the end of its duration. Glyph of Warding itself does not require that it is used offensively. So, for the cost of 200 gp and some materials, it seems that one could create envelopes or small boxes of concentration buff spells that are opened by the user. The spell goes off, targeting the character that opened the letter or box. That individual receives the benefits of the spell which lasts its full duration (usually a minute) without concern for concentration from the caster. Is this correct? Am I missing something? Since GoW can be used to spell glyph any spell that is of the same level or lower than the glyph, this seems broken. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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