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<blockquote data-quote="Rabulias" data-source="post: 8393330" data-attributes="member: 16651">I would say that the spell magically locks the door on top of any physical mechanisms on the door. If the door is physically locked as well, then yes, arcane lock will add to the difficulty of picking it (by non-designees), but you still need to be able to physically unlock it someway, even if you are a designated opener. Otherwise, if you encounter a physically locked door, you cast arcane lock on it and suddenly you can open it? That is stepping on the knock spell's toes too much, IMO, as well as being a bit illogical to cast a locking spell to open something.Your tactical use of the spell is clever! As a limiting factor, there is the 25gp material component cost (as you mention), but a larger concern is that the spell's range is touch. You can always arcane lock the door you just came through, but if there is a door on the other side of the room, getting to it may be a problem...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rabulias, post: 8393330, member: 16651"] I would say that the spell [I]magically locks [/I]the door on top of any physical mechanisms on the door. If the door is physically locked as well, then yes, [I]arcane lock [/I]will add to the difficulty of picking it (by non-designees), but you still need to be able to physically unlock it someway, even if you are a designated opener. Otherwise, if you encounter a physically locked door, you cast [I]arcane lock[/I] on it and suddenly you can open it? That is stepping on the [I]knock [/I]spell's toes too much, IMO, as well as being a bit illogical to cast a locking spell to open something. Your tactical use of the spell is clever! As a limiting factor, there is the 25gp material component cost (as you mention), but a larger concern is that the spell's range is [I]touch[/I]. You can always arcane lock the door you just came through, but if there is a door on the [I]other side [/I]of the room, getting to it may be a problem... [/QUOTE]

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