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Mind Blank defeats the effect of a True Strike?
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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 52653" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Sorry, it’s late and I was too lazy to italicize. But, I’m still correct. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you insist PC. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Let’s take an example. A Hasted Improved Invisible Wizard flying around casting spells. Hard to target, correct? You have no clue where he even is from round to round.</p><p></p><p>True Strike ignores concealment bonuses (due to Invisibility for example) because it gives the caster knowledge of where the target will be.</p><p></p><p>Mind Blank stops divination spells that give knowledge about the target. In fact, almost all divination spells give knowledge about the target. Plus, Mind Blank explicitly states that it will even stop Wish if it is used in such a way to gain knowledge about the protected character.</p><p></p><p>Do you really think that True Strike does not give knowledge on the whereabouts of the protected character? Do you really think that it does not state (with a +20 to the roll) where a vulnerable spot on the character will be in the immediate future? With a +20, a hit is practically guaranteed with True Strike (failing 5% of the time on a roll of one) in most cases.</p><p></p><p>I think you guys are getting too caught up in the phrases “Mind Blank” and “intuitive insight into the immediate future” and not enough into the “protects against information gathering by divination spells”.</p><p></p><p>True Strike is a divination spell and it gives information on the whereabouts of the target in the immediate future. It seems fairly clear. Your location is information about you just like your alignment is information about you. That's why Mind Blank explicitly talks about it preventing scrying. Just so that people will not be confused on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 52653, member: 2011"] Sorry, it’s late and I was too lazy to italicize. But, I’m still correct. :) If you insist PC. :) Let’s take an example. A Hasted Improved Invisible Wizard flying around casting spells. Hard to target, correct? You have no clue where he even is from round to round. True Strike ignores concealment bonuses (due to Invisibility for example) because it gives the caster knowledge of where the target will be. Mind Blank stops divination spells that give knowledge about the target. In fact, almost all divination spells give knowledge about the target. Plus, Mind Blank explicitly states that it will even stop Wish if it is used in such a way to gain knowledge about the protected character. Do you really think that True Strike does not give knowledge on the whereabouts of the protected character? Do you really think that it does not state (with a +20 to the roll) where a vulnerable spot on the character will be in the immediate future? With a +20, a hit is practically guaranteed with True Strike (failing 5% of the time on a roll of one) in most cases. I think you guys are getting too caught up in the phrases “Mind Blank” and “intuitive insight into the immediate future” and not enough into the “protects against information gathering by divination spells”. True Strike is a divination spell and it gives information on the whereabouts of the target in the immediate future. It seems fairly clear. Your location is information about you just like your alignment is information about you. That's why Mind Blank explicitly talks about it preventing scrying. Just so that people will not be confused on it. [/QUOTE]
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