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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 8400438" data-attributes="member: 23716">This is true of many spells in 5e.&nbsp; Many of us remember the Barkskin debacle in early 5e, where the wording had to have an official interpretation to clarify.&nbsp; Or the Contagion &quot;interpretation&quot; that they later had to errata.&nbsp; Or the official interpretation that twin spell does not work with Dragon's Breath, even though by the logic used in the interpretation, it would not work on haste either.&nbsp; I don't know if the designers intended Mind Blank to exclude all of the Enchantment school, as that is pretty extreme.&nbsp; I can see the argument though.&nbsp; That would include the Power Word spells as well.&nbsp; I have a hard time buying the &quot;Charmed condition is the mind-affecting tag for spells&quot; argument though.&nbsp; There are so many obviously mind-affecting spells that do not have the charmed condition.&nbsp; And it would be awkward to add it for some like Compel Duel.&nbsp; Many spells say they do not work if the target cannot be charmed, that seems like a better option to me, though they would have to go in add that verbiage to a number of spells; and I'm not sure that is desirable in some instances.Another conundrum for Mind Blank: what if your Mind Blanked character runs into an NPC under the Foresight spell?&nbsp; Will the Foresighted NPC still get advantage on rolls against the Mind Blanked PC?&nbsp; Will the Mind Blanked PC suffer disadvantage on rolls against the Foresighted NPC?&nbsp; RAW, you could argue that Foresight is a Divination spell that reveals information about the Mind Blanked PC, so it should not provide the normal bonus it does against almost all other opponents.&nbsp; But I can see it being hard to remember to do that in play, since Foresight is more of a passive, always on thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 8400438, member: 23716"] This is true of many spells in 5e. Many of us remember the Barkskin debacle in early 5e, where the wording had to have an official interpretation to clarify. Or the Contagion "interpretation" that they later had to errata. Or the official interpretation that twin spell does not work with Dragon's Breath, even though by the logic used in the interpretation, it would not work on haste either. I don't know if the designers intended Mind Blank to exclude all of the Enchantment school, as that is pretty extreme. I can see the argument though. That would include the Power Word spells as well. I have a hard time buying the "Charmed condition is the mind-affecting tag for spells" argument though. There are so many obviously mind-affecting spells that do not have the charmed condition. And it would be awkward to add it for some like Compel Duel. Many spells say they do not work if the target cannot be charmed, that seems like a better option to me, though they would have to go in add that verbiage to a number of spells; and I'm not sure that is desirable in some instances. Another conundrum for Mind Blank: what if your Mind Blanked character runs into an NPC under the Foresight spell? Will the Foresighted NPC still get advantage on rolls against the Mind Blanked PC? Will the Mind Blanked PC suffer disadvantage on rolls against the Foresighted NPC? RAW, you could argue that Foresight is a Divination spell that reveals information about the Mind Blanked PC, so it should not provide the normal bonus it does against almost all other opponents. But I can see it being hard to remember to do that in play, since Foresight is more of a passive, always on thing. [/QUOTE]

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