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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 2994390" data-attributes="member: 40393">I checked, and that doesn't seem to be in the 3.5 FAQ.  The spell description also doesn't say anything about blocking line of effect.  So it looks like, in 3.5, AMF doesn't block line of effect.If I cast Slay Living on a target on the far side of an AMF, the spell should go off just fine.However, spells like fireball and magic missile are open to more interpretation.  When the glowing bead from fireball or the bolts from magic missile enter the AMF, they're suppressed.  They would reappear when they come out the other side -- but do they come out the other side at all?  Why would the bead from fireball keep traveling while it's suppressed?  My guess is that the bead would be suspended in mid-flight while its suppressed.  If the AMF were to move away, then the bead would resume its flight and detonate at its original target point.  Except that the spell duration is instantaneous, so it expires before the AMF moves away, and the fireball never goes off.It might be easiest to think of the AMF as hard cover against magical effects that doesn't block line of sight or line of effect.  If a magical effect goes off on the other side of the AMF from you, you're safe, but a caster could choose to have his spell go off right next to you (depending on how the spell can be targeted), on the far side of the AMF, and hit you that way.</blockquote>