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<blockquote data-quote="Calidarien" data-source="post: 4365452" data-attributes="member: 70898">Well, to throw in my two cents, I come down on the &quot;intent&quot; side of the argument (until convinced otherwise, of course).&nbsp; In my view (and my world), the radiant damage is a result of the challenged enemy actively resisting the &quot;magical compulsion&quot;.&nbsp; If the challenged enemy is making a good-faith effort to attack the paladin, even if the paladin is actually somewhere completely different, then I think the essence of the challenge is being met, and so no radiant damage.I agree that RAW likely favors the mechanics of targeting (so blind characters are basically screwed), but such an approach would still need to be explained flavor-wise (unless the players simply don't care).&nbsp; The &quot;intent&quot; approach is certainly more ambiguous from a mechanics point-of-view, and requires DM judgment calls, but I feels like it makes more sense in a &quot;real&quot; world.&nbsp; Admittedly my position may be more or less a house rule, but I feel that Divine Challenge is sufficiently poorly written and debated often enough that perhaps *any* position is technically a house rule. =)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calidarien, post: 4365452, member: 70898"] Well, to throw in my two cents, I come down on the "intent" side of the argument (until convinced otherwise, of course). In my view (and my world), the radiant damage is a result of the challenged enemy actively resisting the "magical compulsion". If the challenged enemy is making a good-faith effort to attack the paladin, even if the paladin is actually somewhere completely different, then I think the essence of the challenge is being met, and so no radiant damage. I agree that RAW likely favors the mechanics of targeting (so blind characters are basically screwed), but such an approach would still need to be explained flavor-wise (unless the players simply don't care). The "intent" approach is certainly more ambiguous from a mechanics point-of-view, and requires DM judgment calls, but I feels like it makes more sense in a "real" world. Admittedly my position may be more or less a house rule, but I feel that Divine Challenge is sufficiently poorly written and debated often enough that perhaps *any* position is technically a house rule. =) [/QUOTE]

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