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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 1770232" data-attributes="member: 23094">The reason Locate Object is written differently than the Magic Circle spells (specifically, in that it's not an emanation centered on the caster) is the following:It would be pretty silly for a Locate Object spell to only be able to detect objects that are lying on tables in front of you.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />EDIT, To add:As to this, you know absolutely nothing about items outside the area of the spell.Let's assume you are sitting at your desk.&nbsp; You cast Locate Object, looking for a pen.&nbsp; The nearest pen is in a lead-lined box at your feet.&nbsp; The next closest pen is 525 feet due north of your position.&nbsp; The spell detects *nothing*.However, if you stand up and move to the other side of your desk (say, 5' due north), the spell suddenly tells you, &quot;North.&quot;Note that if a thief, carrying the pilfered contents of a scribe's desk, were to start off due east of your desk and start running west, your spell would tell you &quot;East,&quot; &quot;East and little South.&quot;&nbsp; etc., until it told you &quot;South and right above you&quot; (he's running across the rooftops, of course), and it would then proceed with &quot;West and a little South, etc.&quot; until the thief ran out of range, at which point the spell would resume telling you, &quot;North.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 1770232, member: 23094"] The reason Locate Object is written differently than the Magic Circle spells (specifically, in that it's not an emanation centered on the caster) is the following: It would be pretty silly for a Locate Object spell to only be able to detect objects that are lying on tables in front of you. :D EDIT, To add: As to this, you know absolutely nothing about items outside the area of the spell. Let's assume you are sitting at your desk. You cast Locate Object, looking for a pen. The nearest pen is in a lead-lined box at your feet. The next closest pen is 525 feet due north of your position. The spell detects *nothing*. However, if you stand up and move to the other side of your desk (say, 5' due north), the spell suddenly tells you, "North." Note that if a thief, carrying the pilfered contents of a scribe's desk, were to start off due east of your desk and start running west, your spell would tell you "East," "East and little South." etc., until it told you "South and right above you" (he's running across the rooftops, of course), and it would then proceed with "West and a little South, etc." until the thief ran out of range, at which point the spell would resume telling you, "North." [/QUOTE]

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