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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 69296" data-attributes="member: 2209">In depth lawyerly sentence analysisRules lawyer,The problem with interpreting all of the sentences to be limited by the first, (it only protects against effects (divinations) that detect, influence or read  thoughts or emotions) is that you then have to ignore the specific example presented later in the spell description (scrying with an arcane eye, which provides only visual information). General scrying is not covered by the first sentence, only the second and the example at the end. The exception would be a crystal ball with telepathy.In general the first sentence says one set of things the spell protects against (protects thoughts and emotions from influence and detection). It includes no words of exclusion (it does not say it only protects against these categories). The second has a second set, mind affecting and divinations. There are no words indicating the second set is merely an example of the types of things listed in the first sentence. The next two do include words indicating that they are explanatory, using specific examples (foiling wishes and scrying).Mind blank srd:The subject is protected from all devices and spells that detect, influence, or read emotions or thoughts. This spell protects against all mind-affecting spells and effects as well as information gathering by divination spells or effects. Mind blank even foils limited wish, miracle, and wish when they are used in such a way as to affect the subject’s mind or to gain information about him. In the case of scrying that scans an area that the creature is in, such as arcane eye, the spell works but the creaturesimply isn’t detected. Scrying attempts that are targeted specifically at the subject do not work at all. Zenon,I will try and dig out my ph2 later and post the description along with 1e and 3e's srd so we can see the evolution.</blockquote>

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