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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Halford" data-source="post: 4278649" data-attributes="member: 64844">Hmmm, yes Contingency is not well worded.  My reasoning is this.Contingency may notbe used for area effect damage spell.  I have this from both the Sage and Wizards customer service.  If that's not enough, and both of these sources have been known to be wrong, I think the example spells (featherfall, levitate, fly, teleport, and so forth) make it quite clear that area effects are not included - well to me at least. Given the fact that there are many area effects in the PHB which might have beenincluded you would think at least one would be given as an example...right?  The reasoning that just because it does not specifically say it does not it works is decidedly more dangerous than its counterpart.  Now if you were talking about a targeted dispel magic cast upon yourself I could see it...More than anything it comes down to a poorly worded spell which is quite easily clarified if one uses a little common sense.  The difference between Rules as Written and Rules as Intended I suppose might allow for a loophole, but it is at best disingenuous.However, even if you disagree with that the chained dispel magic still does not work.  Chain spell only effects spells that effect a single target with a range greater than touch -ergo no area effects, and there's no way a targeted dispel is effecting someone other than you and effecting you personally, plus it could not effect the same target more than once.</blockquote>

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