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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 2890581" data-attributes="member: 16285">What is the difference between a spell that can be delivered by touch (close spells) or a spell that can only be delivered by touch (touch range spells)?Can a wizard "hold" his charm person spell?  You can with any spell delivered by touch.{quote]Touch Spells and Holding the Charge: In most cases, if you don’t discharge a touch spell on the round you cast it, you can hold the charge (postpone the discharge of the spell) indefinitely. You can make touch attacks round after round. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.Some touch spells allow you to touch multiple targets as part of the spell. You can’t hold the charge of such a spell; you must touch all targets of the spell in the same round that you finish casting the spell.</blockquote>The last part about multiple targets would specifically apply to spells like cure light wounds, mass - where per the depvery method being specificed for a targeted spell you can choose to touch the targets as opposed to "seeing" them.So where does the line get drawn?If the section under targeting is read a different way (both readings are technically correct in English) - it does not allow changing the range of the spell.And if the range is read such that "ranged" spells are not "touch" spells it eliminates a whole lot of potential inconsisitencies in the rules - which leads me to believe that is the intent.[/QUOTE]