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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2781417" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Actually, I agree with everything you stated in your post except this.</p><p></p><p>In the first case, Spell Turning would turn the spell back on you. Hence, if you target yourself, you are still the target, but you lose x levels of Spell Turning doing that. The spell does not differentiate between casters. If you have Spell Turning up, do not expect to target yourself with spells or you will lose Spell Turning levels (you will still gain the benefit of the targeted spell because Spell Turning only triggers once per spell cast).</p><p></p><p>In the second case, you can buff your party and feed your Absorption spell at the same time. But, that does not really matter. Absorption is a 9th level spell. Mass Cats Grace is a 6th level spell. So, you use up most of your Absorption to absorb your portion of the Mass Cats Grace spell. Oh well.</p><p></p><p>Note: In this second case, if Absorption does not allow touch attacks like Spell Turning does (I do not have Complete Arcane in front of me), then it would not affect Mass Cats Grace. But, Absorption would still affect multi-target spells like Haste. The caster would not be affected by the Haste, Absorption would absorb it, but the rest of the allies would still be affected by the Haste.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2781417, member: 2011"] Actually, I agree with everything you stated in your post except this. In the first case, Spell Turning would turn the spell back on you. Hence, if you target yourself, you are still the target, but you lose x levels of Spell Turning doing that. The spell does not differentiate between casters. If you have Spell Turning up, do not expect to target yourself with spells or you will lose Spell Turning levels (you will still gain the benefit of the targeted spell because Spell Turning only triggers once per spell cast). In the second case, you can buff your party and feed your Absorption spell at the same time. But, that does not really matter. Absorption is a 9th level spell. Mass Cats Grace is a 6th level spell. So, you use up most of your Absorption to absorb your portion of the Mass Cats Grace spell. Oh well. Note: In this second case, if Absorption does not allow touch attacks like Spell Turning does (I do not have Complete Arcane in front of me), then it would not affect Mass Cats Grace. But, Absorption would still affect multi-target spells like Haste. The caster would not be affected by the Haste, Absorption would absorb it, but the rest of the allies would still be affected by the Haste. [/QUOTE]
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