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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 7289645" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>You are interpreting normal to mean "under ideal circumstances" or "under average circumstance". Normal could also mean "normal for the conditions before the spell was cast; there are no added effects resulting from this spell". The simple text "the subject can breathe normally" is ambiguous. But there's other information in the spell description that explains "how" the magic works.</p><p></p><p>Note that the spell is an Evocation. If the magic worked like Water Breathing to convert other material to breathable air, it would be a Transmutation spell. If it created air, it would be a Conjuration. If it was a protection spell it would be an Abjuration. It's none of these, implying that all it does is evoke a gas-permeable field of force and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, Resilient Sphere has an effect, not a target. Consider the case where two subjects are caught in the Sphere, one which breathes air and one which breathes water. Under your interpretation, the spell has a different effect on both subjects (one is supplied air, the other supplied water). This is not in line with a spell that has single Evocation effect.</p><p></p><p>Your interpretation also has other ambiguities that require further interpretation. For example, if the Sphere is cast in an area filled with poison gas, what happens to the poison gas? Is it suppressed/removed inside the sphere, or merely ignored by the subject? If cast in a vacuum, can a subject in the sphere subsequently light a candle? Can a subject in a vacuum use their breath to blow a leaf across the sphere? If a character has a permanent malady (birth defect, alternate biology, etc) that causes them to suffer a penalty for normally breathing air, does the sphere remove that penalty even though it is "normal" for them to experience that penalty?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 7289645, member: 7808"] You are interpreting normal to mean "under ideal circumstances" or "under average circumstance". Normal could also mean "normal for the conditions before the spell was cast; there are no added effects resulting from this spell". The simple text "the subject can breathe normally" is ambiguous. But there's other information in the spell description that explains "how" the magic works. Note that the spell is an Evocation. If the magic worked like Water Breathing to convert other material to breathable air, it would be a Transmutation spell. If it created air, it would be a Conjuration. If it was a protection spell it would be an Abjuration. It's none of these, implying that all it does is evoke a gas-permeable field of force and nothing else. Furthermore, Resilient Sphere has an effect, not a target. Consider the case where two subjects are caught in the Sphere, one which breathes air and one which breathes water. Under your interpretation, the spell has a different effect on both subjects (one is supplied air, the other supplied water). This is not in line with a spell that has single Evocation effect. Your interpretation also has other ambiguities that require further interpretation. For example, if the Sphere is cast in an area filled with poison gas, what happens to the poison gas? Is it suppressed/removed inside the sphere, or merely ignored by the subject? If cast in a vacuum, can a subject in the sphere subsequently light a candle? Can a subject in a vacuum use their breath to blow a leaf across the sphere? If a character has a permanent malady (birth defect, alternate biology, etc) that causes them to suffer a penalty for normally breathing air, does the sphere remove that penalty even though it is "normal" for them to experience that penalty? [/QUOTE]
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