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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1117498" data-attributes="member: 5890">Suggestion: Shrink item is a spell intended and balanced to transport items. As such, any ruling which might make it into a potent offensive spell should be very carefully considered. Every offensive use I've heard of can be countered by the following rulings:1. Shrunken items, regardless of whether they are in felt or normal form are in a type of stasis. Attempts to damage, break apart or use such an item return the item to full size instead.ie - if you were to shrink alchemists fire, then throw it, it would land on your enemy or on the ground near him and return to full size whole and undamaged. If you were to attempt to fire a shrunken bow, it would return to full size (as your standard action) and then be ready for firing. If you were to attempt to open a shrunken chest full of treasure, it would return to full size, etc etc.2. Shrunken items return to normal size within the standard action that it takes to activate them (either by throwing them on the ground or calling out a command word). Note that this probably translates to about 3 seconds, and therefore such an expansion is not likely to be describable as "explosive".3. Shrunken items returning to normal size in a space not large enough for them to do so without forcing an object or creature to distend are destroyed utterly. Alternately you could have them bumped into an alternate dimension or something.4. If you're throwing (including accurately dropping) something, that's a standard action. Using a command word to return something to full size is a standard action. You cannot do both at once.5. Only the nominal 'owner' of an item (typically the last guy to touch it) can activate it via a command word.</blockquote>

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