Great Combo but does it stand ?

[Sharkon]

One of my team mates plays a wizard specialized in enchanment school. He wants to cast upon himself a lvl4 spell from PH called ''otiluke's resilient sphere'' (plz see spell description) and cast enchanment spells from inside the sphere. Does this combo though stand ?

 

[FEADIN]

From the SRD:

.... Nothing can pass through the sphere, inside or out, though the subject can breathe normally.

I think he'll lack a line of effect, he can cast spells...on himself.

 

[Rhun]

I agree with FEADIN. The spellcaster inside the Resilient Sphere cannot use enchantment spells on those outside of the sphere.

 

[akbearfoot]

They are correct...there is no line of effect to anyone outside the sphere.

 

[Amazing Mumford]

What about gaze attacks?? Say you have a medusa trapped in the sphere, could she affect someone with her gaze?? And it is possible to teleport or dimension door out of one, right??

 

[Rhun]

What about gaze attacks?? Say you have a medusa trapped in the sphere, could she affect someone with her gaze??

My ruling would be a no. "Nothing" is a fairly restrictive term.

And it is possible to teleport or dimension door out of one, right??

Probably open to interpretation, but I would allow this since you are not, in effect, passing the surface of the sphere.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Another thing you can't do is sit tight in your little sphere and summon monsters outside of it. I once had a DM that allowed a player to do that...

 

[Amazing Mumford]

so, just to clarify; a gaze attack needs line of effect?? And even though you can see through a Resilient Sphere it blocks that?

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

The PH suggests a price of 50 gp x spell level to copy a spell from another source.
"In most cases, wizards charge a fee for the privilege of copying spells from their spellbooks. This fee is usually equal to the spell’s level × 50 gp."

Which means for level 1 spells, you're actually better off buying scrolls, unless the spell has an expensive component/focus, like Identify. Same would apply to cantrips if you didn't get them all for free.

Arcane Spells :: d20srd.org

 

[aboyd]

so, just to clarify; a gaze attack needs line of effect?? And even though you can see through a Resilient Sphere it blocks that?

Actually, my reading of the gaze attacks description would suggest that it needs line of sight (both ways) but not line of effect. If it only needed line of effect, then looking away would not stop it. However, looking away does stop a gaze attack, so obviously line of effect isn't powering it.

Now, whether a Resilient Sphere blocks line of sight in either direction, I don't know. The color & opacity of the sphere is not mentioned in the SRD. The material component is a crystal, so that implies the sphere is crystal clear, if you want to go that way. In such a case, the gaze would totally work, I think. However, the description says nothing gets through it, so I'd say it's equally reasonable to rule that nothing gets through -- no sounds, no visuals, no spells, nada. No line of sight, no line of effect.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the errata clarified this, or that an official FAQ addresses this.