Hey, folks. One of my players wants to use contingency in an attempt to thwart any casting or use of Mord's disjunction on him. The idea is that should a Mord's disjunction be cast at his wizard, a contingency/antimagic field will spring into being before the Mord's disjunction takes effect.
It's my understanding that contingency only takes effect after something happens, and after a disjunction, there's no magic. The contingency would be wiped before it could manifest.
I suggested that he could use contingency/antimagic field only if he's able to identify the oncoming casting with a spellcraft check (assuming he can detect the caster somehow). If he knows the spell is coming, it wouldn't take much to take an immediate action to wink or wiggle his nose, bringing up the antimagic field before the disjunction is cast, forcing a caster level check on his opponent (1% per caster level is low).
What do you folks think?
It's my understanding that contingency only takes effect after something happens, and after a disjunction, there's no magic. The contingency would be wiped before it could manifest.
I suggested that he could use contingency/antimagic field only if he's able to identify the oncoming casting with a spellcraft check (assuming he can detect the caster somehow). If he knows the spell is coming, it wouldn't take much to take an immediate action to wink or wiggle his nose, bringing up the antimagic field before the disjunction is cast, forcing a caster level check on his opponent (1% per caster level is low).
What do you folks think?