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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 6995979" data-attributes="member: 54629">Hi all,Last session, the PCs entered a green dragon's lair and killed the first lot of guards. The PCs could hear more reinforcements coming, so the wizard cast rope trick and they all climbed inside so they could take a short rest.Both the dragon and one of its minions can cast detect magic. You can only target a creature or an object with the spell, rather than an area, so can either of them detect the existence of the rope trick at all? Would the entrance to the extradimensional space count as an object? The PCs will have undoubtedly pulled up the rope, so it won't be visible either.As an aside, I note that the description of the rope trick &quot;window&quot; states that it's centered on the rope. That makes me wonder what happens when you pull the rope completely inside the space. Does it just hover in the middle of the window, or does the window close?Also, while magic can't pass through the window, can sound? You can see out of it, but can you hear what's going on outside the space as well?I'm just trying to figure out if the dragon and its minions can detect the PCs, and thus prepare an ambush for them, or if they have no recourse but to be surprised when the PCs reappear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 6995979, member: 54629"] Hi all, Last session, the PCs entered a green dragon's lair and killed the first lot of guards. The PCs could hear more reinforcements coming, so the wizard cast [I]rope trick[/I] and they all climbed inside so they could take a short rest. Both the dragon and one of its minions can cast [I]detect magic[/I]. You can only target a creature or an object with the spell, rather than an area, so can either of them detect the existence of the [I]rope trick[/I] at all? Would the entrance to the extradimensional space count as an object? The PCs will have undoubtedly pulled up the rope, so it won't be visible either. As an aside, I note that the description of the [I]rope trick[/I] "window" states that it's centered on the rope. That makes me wonder what happens when you pull the rope completely inside the space. Does it just hover in the middle of the window, or does the window close? Also, while magic can't pass through the window, can sound? You can see out of it, but can you hear what's going on outside the space as well? I'm just trying to figure out if the dragon and its minions can detect the PCs, and thus prepare an ambush for them, or if they have no recourse but to be surprised when the PCs reappear. [/QUOTE]

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