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<blockquote data-quote="Nevvur" data-source="post: 6789103" data-attributes="member: 6783882">That's not the situation I described. The caster is grappling using the enchanted hand, it's already making contact and cannot be held at bay. In any case, fluff does not make the rules, but you can use the rules to make fluff. I recall a discussion on the WotC forums about the precision aiming of fireball into a crowd vs. the fluff of it being a streak that has a very high likelihood of impacting someone before reaching a point in the middle of the crowd. You can invent house rules to make the fluff relevant (e.g. impose a chance of early detonation), or you can invent fluff to reconcile the RAW (the streak flows around obstacles until it reaches the visible point). In the case of Vampiric Touch, you can invent a house rule that the mere touch of the shadow-wreathed hand suffices to cause the effect, allowing for the effect on an OA, or you can invent fluff to respect the &quot;on your turn&quot; and &quot;as an action&quot; line, for instance, by saying it isn't merely the touch, but the spellcaster focusing the magical energy and creating a mystical connection with the target which allows for the transfer of life essence, and that this cannot happen instantaneously (as with a reaction).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nevvur, post: 6789103, member: 6783882"] That's not the situation I described. The caster is grappling using the enchanted hand, it's already making contact and cannot be held at bay. In any case, fluff does not make the rules, but you can use the rules to make fluff. I recall a discussion on the WotC forums about the precision aiming of fireball into a crowd vs. the fluff of it being a streak that has a very high likelihood of impacting someone before reaching a point in the middle of the crowd. You can invent house rules to make the fluff relevant (e.g. impose a chance of early detonation), or you can invent fluff to reconcile the RAW (the streak flows around obstacles until it reaches the visible point). In the case of Vampiric Touch, you can invent a house rule that the mere touch of the shadow-wreathed hand suffices to cause the effect, allowing for the effect on an OA, or you can invent fluff to respect the "on your turn" and "as an action" line, for instance, by saying it isn't merely the touch, but the spellcaster focusing the magical energy and creating a mystical connection with the target which allows for the transfer of life essence, and that this cannot happen instantaneously (as with a reaction). [/QUOTE]

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