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Message: <blockquote data-quote="O-Castitatis-Lilium" data-source="post: 9450322" data-attributes="member: 7044618">I'm not really sure how the natural language thing is an issue. "Entering" and "Move into" are the same thing. Definitions will use different words depending on the dictionary, such as "To come or go into..." or "To set foot into...",but they all mean the same thing: the person entering is having to move into the space in order to be in the said area they want to be in. So, if a spell says either "enter" or "move into", then it's the same thing, just using different words to describe the same situation. Now, usually I rule that players can't force an enemy into a spot to take the damage more than once, so as to keep my party from using the enemy as a humanoid yo-yo for their own entertainment. It's pretty easy to rule that if the spell says they take damage immediately, then they take the damage immediately, it the spell says they take damage on the start of their turn, then they take the damage then. if they move through it and end their turn there (which rarely happens) then that's when it happens. In the case of mixed spells, like ones that state they take damage immediately as the spell is cast and at the start of each turn thereafter, then at max the enemy will be hit twice with the same spell. As for teleportation, while not technically considered movement in the traditional sense of it, such as under ones own locomotion; it would still count as entering an area that has been effected by a spell, if the teleportation takes the person there, and therefore they would be subjected to the spell rules as they are. Now, unless the teleportation spell states that it wouldn't count as entering a space of an AoE spell until whenever, then I would rule it as such, but so far I haven't seen that be the case. I have seen reaction spells like misty step say they don't cause opportunity attack, but nothing that states that teleportation negates the "entering" condition that the spells need. In the end I really don't see an issue with the way the spells are written or the language they use. Now, if the players don't like the ruling, then there's always other tables they can join that will be more fun for them if they aren't having fun based on my rulings.</blockquote>

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