from SRD:
(D) Dismissible
You must ... speak words of dismissal ... If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture.
Silence
... Components: V, S
the situation:
The party cleric or bard casts Silence; targeting an enemy caster. The enemy either fails the saving throw or decides not to resist.
The enemy then charges and melees the cleric/bard who is now in the middle of their own silence effect which (since Silence has a V component) is not dismissable.
Has anyone encountered this? If this is a common tactic, I do apologize.
If so, is there a better way to use silence?
I recall that 1st/2nd ed that Silence 15'rad would be cast on a copper piece and then tossed into battle. I know that 3.x Silence can be cast on a point in space; but though this shapes the battlefield enemy casters can still step out of it.
Regards,
Aelf
(D) Dismissible
You must ... speak words of dismissal ... If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture.
Silence
... Components: V, S
the situation:
The party cleric or bard casts Silence; targeting an enemy caster. The enemy either fails the saving throw or decides not to resist.
The enemy then charges and melees the cleric/bard who is now in the middle of their own silence effect which (since Silence has a V component) is not dismissable.
Has anyone encountered this? If this is a common tactic, I do apologize.
If so, is there a better way to use silence?
I recall that 1st/2nd ed that Silence 15'rad would be cast on a copper piece and then tossed into battle. I know that 3.x Silence can be cast on a point in space; but though this shapes the battlefield enemy casters can still step out of it.
Regards,
Aelf
