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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 1732374" data-attributes="member: 18280">(Shrug) Obviously, you can go with either the summation data, or the details of the spell. I, for one, would not expect the summation data to make fine distinctions. That would appear in the detailed description. Or so I would assume. Maybe it's just me.This is no different from having a spell target "creature touched" and then specify in its description that the spell does not affect oozes. One would not claim that it affects oozes because it does not exclude them in the summary data. Moreover, the description may include targets or effects that are not listed in the summary data, as we all know.RCEDIT:Animate objects has its target as "Objects or matter, 1 cu. ft./level" and it has no save.  Does this mean that I can use it to control Bob the Necromancer?  No, because in the descriptive text it says "You imbue inanimate objects wioth mobility and a semblance of life."Awaken has its target as "Animal or tree touched."  Can I use it to awaken a non-tree plant?  I would say yes, because the descriptive text, "Awakened plants gain the ability to move through their limbs, roots, vines, creepers, etc., and have senses similar to a human's," implies non-tree plants as well (trees do not have vines and creepers which are actually part of themselves).Bless water has its target as "Flask of water touched."  Does the water have to be in a flask?  I would say no, because the quantity a flask represents (1 pint) is listed in the descriptive text.The "targets" section of calm animals doesn't specify whether or not the creatures calmed have to be all the same species.  The descriptive text does.  Do the creatures all have to be one species?The desriptive text of chain lightning states specifically "You can choose to affect fewer secondary targets than the maximum (to avoid allies in the area, for example)."  Doesn't the descriptive text, where it adds more detail, trump the summary data?  Is there any doubt whatsoever that this is the case with animate dead?Weren't you fully aware of this when you posted your question?RC</blockquote>

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