uzagi_akimbo
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This came up IMC last night - what melee attacks by an opponent count when determining if fireshield kicks in and does damage to the attacker ?
A) Any attack that misses or hits the PC ?
B) Any attack that hits the PC or at least would have hit his touch AC - and thus been stopped by natural armour, armour,s hield or other bonus ?
C) Only attacks that actually hit the PC by an attack-roll (including all modifiers) of his AC or more ?
GM stuck with option C), but in a way it makes sense that anyone even touching the protected target should take damage from the flames. The PHB states "any creature striking you with its body or a handheld weapon ...., but at the same time the attacker takes 1d6 points of damge +1 per caster level."
Several of the players argued that way - so, any actual ruling on this ?
A) Any attack that misses or hits the PC ?
B) Any attack that hits the PC or at least would have hit his touch AC - and thus been stopped by natural armour, armour,s hield or other bonus ?
C) Only attacks that actually hit the PC by an attack-roll (including all modifiers) of his AC or more ?
GM stuck with option C), but in a way it makes sense that anyone even touching the protected target should take damage from the flames. The PHB states "any creature striking you with its body or a handheld weapon ...., but at the same time the attacker takes 1d6 points of damge +1 per caster level."
Several of the players argued that way - so, any actual ruling on this ?