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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taed" data-source="post: 5748007" data-attributes="member: 89454">Yes, we discussed both of those things for if we were going to play it a third time, namely the tentacles coming through the hull or through the hatches above.  But the DM decided to play it "as written" that time.We discussed that, and it's a "how does magic work in your world" discussion.  For me, it came down to thinking of it this way:  If we cast silence (or any sort of area zone similar to that) when we were on the large ship, would the zone stay at the same spot on the ship as the ship moves through the water, or would the zone stay fixed at the "GPS" coordinates of the water and thus quickly move to the rear of the ship and then off it?  It seems to me that it would stay with the ship, and thus would also stay on a rowboat (if cast while on the rowboat), but would not extend beyond the rowboat as it moved.  If you don't agree, then what if one were in the crow's nest of the ship -- would the crow's nest remain Silenced as the ship moved?  However, one could certainly logically rule the other way, but then you should be consistent about how other zones work on moving objects (such as ships).  However, I certainly agree that you could not cast Silence (or some other zone) on, say, a horse or roller skates and expect it to stay with those objects.</blockquote>