Spellfire + Portable Hole

[Trellian]

Can you hurt incorporeal creatures with a spellfire attack? Does it count as a force effect? In the description, it says half fire, half raw magical power. I ruled "no" last session, but promised the player I would check up on it. Likewise, can you inflict a critical hit with spellfire, or any ranged touch spell for that matter? I ruled a "yes" on that one last session.

Can a person who has entered a portable hole exit at will? I had a situation last session with the aforementioned spellfire wielder who hid the halfling rogue in his portable hole when flying down a hole.. he was attacked, and did not have time to remove the rogue. Could he have escaped by himself?`

 

[Zhure]

Rereading the text on spellfire, it mentions that half is raw magical power, akin to the divine part of flame strike. Thus immunity/protection from fire will help with half the damage. I see no reason to treat it as a force effect. Spellfire is powerful enough as is.

No idea on the portable hole, but it has a limited amount of breatheable air. Personally I don't imagine they have handles on the inside. Make a decision quickly.

 

[Zhure]

Rereading the portable hole entry:

"Portable Hole
A portable hole is a circle of magic cloth. When opened fully, a portable hole is 6 feet in diameter, but it can be folded up to be as small as a pocket handkerchief. When spread upon any surface, it causes an extradimensional space 10 feet deep to come into being. This hole can be picked up from inside or out by simply taking hold of the edges of the cloth and folding it up. Either way, the entrance disappears, but anything inside the hole remains."

It specifically states one can close it from inside. It stands to reason it can be opened from inside as well. I can also see ruling that it cannot, but I change my earlier stance.
Greg

 

[Trellian]

Hmm.. yes, I can see that as well. It could work as a kind of trap.. hide inside a portable hole, wait until someone comes by, spring forth and attack!