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<blockquote data-quote="Rofel Wodring" data-source="post: 7360683" data-attributes="member: 6873189">Your complaint assumed too narrow of a usage for books and scrolls, thus seeing a contradiction where there was none. I'm giving you an example to show how you can have a trap in a book or a scroll that still respects the 'don't move the glyph more than 10 feet' caveat.If I install a silent security alarm that sends a signal to the police if someone enters a certain area, that doesn't mean that I, the installer, should be unable to trip it. Because frankly, that might be intended behavior. For example, if someone is holding you at gunpoint to enter the warehouse's vault and bring them the money inside, you will still want the alarm to go off.A) Why not? I install a glyph that's hard to detect. I then use chalk to outline the glyph. Or put up a sign saying where the glyph is. Or just tell people where it is. Where's the violation of the spell's instructions?B) So what if people don't use spells as intended? Programmed Illusion was definitely not meant as a combat spell, but it's a great one anyway. Transmute Rock to Mud post-Xanathar's was definitely not meant as a castle-building spell, but it's a great one, anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rofel Wodring, post: 7360683, member: 6873189"] Your complaint assumed too narrow of a usage for books and scrolls, thus seeing a contradiction where there was none. I'm giving you an example to show how you can have a trap in a book or a scroll that still respects the 'don't move the glyph more than 10 feet' caveat. If I install a silent security alarm that sends a signal to the police if someone enters a certain area, that doesn't mean that I, the installer, should be unable to trip it. Because frankly, that might be intended behavior. For example, if someone is holding you at gunpoint to enter the warehouse's vault and bring them the money inside, you will still want the alarm to go off. A) Why not? I install a glyph that's hard to detect. I then use chalk to outline the glyph. Or put up a sign saying where the glyph is. Or just tell people where it is. Where's the violation of the spell's instructions? B) So what if people don't use spells as intended? Programmed Illusion was definitely not meant as a combat spell, but it's a great one anyway. Transmute Rock to Mud post-Xanathar's was definitely not meant as a castle-building spell, but it's a great one, anyway. [/QUOTE]

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