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Nasty trick - will it work?
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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1281838" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>Actually it depends:</p><p> </p><p>According to the SRD: </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">The timing effects are going to be based on the readied action, but in neither case will the effect be the one desired, unless the fireball caster is completely ignorant of the wall of force and the enemy caster.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Situation 1: "I ready to cast a wall spell if he starts casting a spell."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">You see him cast, you cast the wall <em>as he's casting</em>, and complete your spell before he does. If he can see you, he can make a Spellcraft roll to identify what spell you're casting, if it's not obvious after you've finished.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Unless it's a wall of force, he's lost his line of sight to the target, which is chosen when the spell is completed. He is under no obligation to stay with the now unreachable target. Of course, if you've boxed him in, he may have no good choice, which is a different issue entirely (since you said 'in front of' not 'around'). </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">You are either interrupting his spell, which means that you can't fool him into casting a fireball into a wall that wasn't there when he started, or you are waiting until he's finished, in which case the fireball is already in the air and flying by the time you're wall comes into place.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ffffff">It's a cute trick, but it's not infallible, and unless the sorceror's stuck in a corner, not likely to work as effecitvely as you might hope.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1281838, member: 151"] Actually it depends: According to the SRD: [size=3][color=white][font=Times New Roman][/font][/color][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=white][font=Verdana][/font][font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Verdana][/font][/size][/font][/color][/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman][color=white][font=Verdana][/font][size=3][font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Verdana][/font][/size][/font][/size][/color][/font][/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=white]The timing effects are going to be based on the readied action, but in neither case will the effect be the one desired, unless the fireball caster is completely ignorant of the wall of force and the enemy caster.[/color][/font][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=white]Situation 1: "I ready to cast a wall spell if he starts casting a spell."[/color][/font][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=white]You see him cast, you cast the wall [i]as he's casting[/i], and complete your spell before he does. If he can see you, he can make a Spellcraft roll to identify what spell you're casting, if it's not obvious after you've finished.[/color][/font][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=white]Unless it's a wall of force, he's lost his line of sight to the target, which is chosen when the spell is completed. He is under no obligation to stay with the now unreachable target. Of course, if you've boxed him in, he may have no good choice, which is a different issue entirely (since you said 'in front of' not 'around'). [/color][/font][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=white]You are either interrupting his spell, which means that you can't fool him into casting a fireball into a wall that wasn't there when he started, or you are waiting until he's finished, in which case the fireball is already in the air and flying by the time you're wall comes into place.[/color][/font][/font] [font=Times New Roman][font=Verdana][color=#ffffff]It's a cute trick, but it's not infallible, and unless the sorceror's stuck in a corner, not likely to work as effecitvely as you might hope.[/color][/font] [/font] [/QUOTE]
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