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<blockquote data-quote="Zook" data-source="post: 1899957" data-attributes="member: 26235">In a recent session, one of our PCs cast a Silence spell on the bad guys. The bad guys were not all caught within its scope, and one of them cast Silence on our party. My character has a very good will save, so, when it was my initiative, I asked if I could make a will save. The player who cast the original spell said 'no' because the save does not apply except when it is cast on a creature and only that creature gets the save. After checking the text of the spell, the DM agreed.Although I went along with the DM's decision and I was able to move out of the silence zones, I'm not convinced that this interpretation is correct. It seems to make a 2nd level spell a little too powerful and the only justification I can see for this interpretation is the positioning of the sentence, &quot;An unwilling creature can attempt a Will save to negate the spell and can use spell resistance, if any.&quot;We're a 10th level party, and I've never bothered to prepare Silence spells before because I thought they'd be unlikely to have much impact against enemy spellcasters we were likely to encounter. Should I change my tactics or encourage the DM have another look with repect to future sessions (I have no interest in changing the past)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zook, post: 1899957, member: 26235"] In a recent session, one of our PCs cast a Silence spell on the bad guys. The bad guys were not all caught within its scope, and one of them cast Silence on our party. My character has a very good will save, so, when it was my initiative, I asked if I could make a will save. The player who cast the original spell said 'no' because the save does not apply except when it is cast on a creature and only that creature gets the save. After checking the text of the spell, the DM agreed. Although I went along with the DM's decision and I was able to move out of the silence zones, I'm not convinced that this interpretation is correct. It seems to make a 2nd level spell a little too powerful and the only justification I can see for this interpretation is the positioning of the sentence, "An unwilling creature can attempt a Will save to negate the spell and can use spell resistance, if any." We're a 10th level party, and I've never bothered to prepare Silence spells before because I thought they'd be unlikely to have much impact against enemy spellcasters we were likely to encounter. Should I change my tactics or encourage the DM have another look with repect to future sessions (I have no interest in changing the past)? [/QUOTE]

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