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<blockquote data-quote="Nareau" data-source="post: 184462" data-attributes="member: 969">What would happen in the following situation?Neutral Cleric Joe and Rogue Sue go delving in their local dungeon.&nbsp; They realize they're going to be fighting some evil cultists soon, so Joe goes ahead and casts Magic Circle Against Evil on Sue.Moments later, Sue goes toe-to-toe against an evil orc fighter.&nbsp; Joe quickly casts Summon Monster to help Sue out in the fight (he summons a Fiendish Leopard, a CE creature).&nbsp; Sue positions herself in such a way as to flank the orc (with the Fiendish Leopard on the other side).Can the Leopard attack the orc?&nbsp; More specifically, is the orc affected by the Magic Circle Against Evil?&nbsp; If he is, the leopard won't be able to even touch him.If the orc is affected by the MCAE, and the Leopard can't touch him, is he still threatened by it?&nbsp; You see where I'm going:&nbsp; Is he still flanked by it?I'm thinking that, by the rules, the MCAE does affect the orc (meaning the Leopard can't touch him).&nbsp; However, the Leopard still flanks him (because the leopard threatenes the space the orc is in).&nbsp; Common sense tells me that God is smart enough not to bestow the benefits of MCAE on your enemies.&nbsp; And even if God doesn't make that distiction, you can't be flanked by someone who is incapable of harming you.What are your thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nareau, post: 184462, member: 969"] What would happen in the following situation? Neutral Cleric Joe and Rogue Sue go delving in their local dungeon. They realize they're going to be fighting some evil cultists soon, so Joe goes ahead and casts [i]Magic Circle Against Evil[/i] on Sue. Moments later, Sue goes toe-to-toe against an evil orc fighter. Joe quickly casts [i]Summon Monster[/i] to help Sue out in the fight (he summons a Fiendish Leopard, a CE creature). Sue positions herself in such a way as to flank the orc (with the Fiendish Leopard on the other side). Can the Leopard attack the orc? More specifically, is the orc affected by the [i]Magic Circle Against Evil[/i]? If he is, the leopard won't be able to even touch him. If the orc [b]is[/b] affected by the [i]MCAE[/i], and the Leopard [b]can't[/b] touch him, is he still threatened by it? You see where I'm going: Is he still flanked by it? I'm thinking that, by the rules, the [i]MCAE[/i] does affect the orc (meaning the Leopard can't touch him). However, the Leopard still flanks him (because the leopard threatenes the space the orc is in). Common sense tells me that God is smart enough not to bestow the benefits of [i]MCAE[/i] on your enemies. And even if God doesn't make that distiction, you can't be flanked by someone who is incapable of harming you. What are your thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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