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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Rictus" data-source="post: 423220" data-attributes="member: 850">This misinterpretation comes up in a variety of different contexts.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other really common cases are with golems and nightshades.&nbsp; I'd characterize it as interpreting &quot;immunity&quot; as &quot;no spell works in any way which would be disadvantageous to you,&quot; as opposed to &quot;no spell affects you.&quot;The rakshasha case is interesting in that at least it explicitly acts like spell resistance, which makes it easier to adjudicate.&nbsp; Nevertheless, spell resistance only applies if you are the target of the spell in question, or if you stand to be directly affected (generally by virtue of being in an area of effect).&nbsp; It explicitly does not apply if the spell acts on some other creature or object and the affect is merely inconvenient to you.&nbsp; All of this information is clearly spelled out in the description of spell resistance as a special ability (in the DMG and SRD).Spell resistance clearly does not provide any protection from true seeing unless someone is trying to cast the spell on you and for some reason you don't want the ability it would grant (for example, there's an invisible medusa in the room and true seeing would expose you to its gaze attack).&nbsp; Of course, even if you do want the true seeing you have to use an action to lower your spell resistance, as usual, if you want to receive the spell from somebody else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Rictus, post: 423220, member: 850"] This misinterpretation comes up in a variety of different contexts. The other really common cases are with golems and nightshades. I'd characterize it as interpreting "immunity" as "no spell works in any way which would be disadvantageous to you," as opposed to "no spell affects you." The rakshasha case is interesting in that at least it explicitly acts like spell resistance, which makes it easier to adjudicate. Nevertheless, spell resistance only applies if you are the target of the spell in question, or if you stand to be directly affected (generally by virtue of being in an area of effect). It explicitly does not apply if the spell acts on some other creature or object and the affect is merely inconvenient to you. All of this information is clearly spelled out in the description of spell resistance as a special ability (in the DMG and SRD). Spell resistance clearly does [i]not[/i] provide any protection from [i]true seeing[/i] unless someone is trying to cast the spell on you and for some reason you don't want the ability it would grant (for example, there's an invisible medusa in the room and [i]true seeing[/i] would expose you to its gaze attack). Of course, even if you do want the [i]true seeing[/i] you have to use an action to lower your spell resistance, as usual, if you want to receive the spell from somebody else. [/QUOTE]

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