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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1495032" data-attributes="member: 1656">The rule for spells with a Target entry is that the caster must be able to &quot;see or touch&quot; the target.&nbsp; You can see or touch a Fire Shield; you cannot see or touch a Dominate Person.With Arcane Sight, you know the number and location of all auras in line of sight, and can see them, so I would say you could certainly target a specific, say, Abjuration... but Arcane Sight doesn't tell you the difference between two Abjurations of similar level, so you might still have to guess which 3rd-level Abjuration you're dispelling.Greater Arcane Sight would let you pick a specific spell by name.Detect Magic, on the other hand, doesn't let you see auras; it just lets you sense them.&nbsp; Just as you cannot target an invisible pixie with a Magic Missile by making a Listen check, I'd say you can't target an abstract spell by sensing it with Detect Magic.Sounds right.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1495032, member: 1656"] The rule for spells with a Target entry is that the caster must be able to "see or touch" the target. You can see or touch a Fire Shield; you cannot see or touch a Dominate Person. With Arcane Sight, you know the number and location of all auras in line of sight, and can see them, so I would say you could certainly target a specific, say, Abjuration... but Arcane Sight doesn't tell you the difference between two Abjurations of similar level, so you might still have to guess which 3rd-level Abjuration you're dispelling. Greater Arcane Sight would let you pick a specific spell by name. Detect Magic, on the other hand, doesn't let you [i]see[/i] auras; it just lets you sense them. Just as you cannot target an invisible pixie with a Magic Missile by making a Listen check, I'd say you can't target an abstract spell by sensing it with Detect Magic. Sounds right. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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