Spell effect question
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Steel_Wind
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Is that what you are REALLY trying to do, or are you instead trying to prevent a caster from detecting certain specific magical auras on certain things or people within that area?
I think a Nondetect spell is what you are after, in either basic or its Communal form, that is triggered when detect magic is cast. Using a spell trigger gets around probable spell duration issues, as Widen Spell won't work on Nondetect and ruling that Permanency may apply to Nondetect may lead to pernicious results you may regret. It allows for a Will save, but there it is; Detection spells should ordinarily work, after all.
I think a Nondetect spell is what you are after, in either basic or its Communal form, that is triggered when detect magic is cast. Using a spell trigger gets around probable spell duration issues, as Widen Spell won't work on Nondetect and ruling that Permanency may apply to Nondetect may lead to pernicious results you may regret. It allows for a Will save, but there it is; Detection spells should ordinarily work, after all.
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Salthorae
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Your best bet for an NPC should be Misdirection
They might detect the magic items, but as blargney said that is what Magic Aura is for... that and the npc might want to move most of his magic to a bag of holding that has had Magic Aura cast on it.
False Vision is only for Div (Scry), while the other two mentioned are for any divining spell and they are 1 hour/Caster level for Misdirection and 1 day/level for Magic Aura which is very nice
They might detect the magic items, but as blargney said that is what Magic Aura is for... that and the npc might want to move most of his magic to a bag of holding that has had Magic Aura cast on it.
False Vision is only for Div (Scry), while the other two mentioned are for any divining spell and they are 1 hour/Caster level for Misdirection and 1 day/level for Magic Aura which is very nice
There's also the Witch-only spell Mask Dweomer from the APG. It lasts 1 Day/level just like Magic Aura, but unlike Magic Aura can be cast on a creature and has no weight limit on the object (if you use it that way). It has its limitations of course; it can only affect one particular spell on the creature or object affected. Also, it's specifically made to hide spells; it doesn't hide enchantments built into a magic item at all the way Magic Aura can. The good news is, Mask Dweomer is slightly harder to see through than Magic Aura- it hides both itself and the spell you target, and can't be seen through with Identify (which Magic Aura can be). A searcher needs to be using at least Arcane Eye to see through Mask Dweomer.
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