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<blockquote data-quote="Flipguarder" data-source="post: 4823835" data-attributes="member: 61430">Its not spoken of in either way. So for you to say that the caster is trapped inside is just as interpreted as me saying the caster isnt.Common sense dictates a few things here.The flavor text says: &quot;The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows andsparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. 'This willnot save you for long!' it hisses.&quot;This means that there are two possibilities in the scenario provided within this text.1. You have put a circle around the demon2. You have put a circle around yourself and a demon is outside the barrier.I see 2 as more plausible.Also the phrase &quot;enter or pass&quot; would suggest that it only has a problem with entering the circle. It would say &quot;enter or exit&quot; if it truly was meant to prohibit exiting the circle.Since it makes no mention of prohibiting the caster (which is a horrible oversight in text if true) then we could look to other rituals for precedence of your belief.But no there are no instances of rituals being double edged swords like this.--------------------------------------------In addition to all this. All of you saying &quot;well its an interesting possibility for pcs to use it.&quot; What about the idea that an NPC could use it.Say an Wizard wants to become a godlike being (fairly common epic storyline) Many times there is a ritual that must be stopped in order for his plan to be thwarted. But oh guess not he has the ritual magic circle. I can think of many many storylines I've read about and played (and some in my future plans as DM) that could easily be ruined by this ritual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flipguarder, post: 4823835, member: 61430"] Its not spoken of in either way. So for you to say that the caster is trapped inside is just as interpreted as me saying the caster isnt. Common sense dictates a few things here. The flavor text says: "The circle of symbols scratched into the ground glows and sparks briefly as the demon tests the boundary. 'This will not save you for long!' it hisses." This means that there are two possibilities in the scenario provided within this text. 1. You have put a circle around the demon 2. You have put a circle around yourself and a demon is outside the barrier. I see 2 as more plausible. Also the phrase "enter or pass" would suggest that it only has a problem with entering the circle. It would say "enter or exit" if it truly was meant to prohibit exiting the circle. Since it makes no mention of prohibiting the caster (which is a horrible oversight in text if true) then we could look to other rituals for precedence of your belief. But no there are no instances of rituals being double edged swords like this. -------------------------------------------- In addition to all this. All of you saying "well its an interesting possibility for pcs to use it." What about the idea that an NPC could use it. Say an Wizard wants to become a godlike being (fairly common epic storyline) Many times there is a ritual that must be stopped in order for his plan to be thwarted. But oh guess not he has the ritual magic circle. I can think of many many storylines I've read about and played (and some in my future plans as DM) that could easily be ruined by this ritual. [/QUOTE]

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