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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 7966826" data-attributes="member: 6688937">The movement restriction is only on the &quot;object that can be closed&quot;, not a surface.The word &quot;object&quot; here is specifically in contrast to &quot;a surface&quot; as a casting choice, and the wording for surface has no &quot;immobile&quot; or &quot;flat&quot; restrictions, either. While the glyph has a maximum size (10 feet) it has no minimum size. So just put it on an arrowhead, or just throw the pebble.So, I mean, yeah. Its really not necessary to go through the BoH steps if you just choose to put it on a surface rather than &quot;in an object&quot;. At least RAW, AFAICT. If you've got the money and time, you could go all hawkeye programmable arrow with it. So long as the programs all do damage/attack something.That said, I might, were I your DM, make you take an extra action (probably a move would suffice) to search through your quiver for just the right arrow, if you have multiple types, but still seems like it would work.Now, is that an oversight in the wording?...I dunno. Seems a bit weird to me. Like the intention seems to obviously be creating a smart-triggered &quot;trap&quot;,&nbsp; but then why not just say that? Then again, I'm not a fan of the way D&amp;D does its spells/magic overall, so....there's that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 7966826, member: 6688937"] The movement restriction is only on the "object that can be closed", not a surface. The word "object" here is specifically in contrast to "a surface" as a casting choice, and the wording for surface has no "immobile" or "flat" restrictions, either. While the glyph has a maximum size (10 feet) it has no minimum size. So just put it on an arrowhead, or just throw the pebble. So, I mean, yeah. Its really not necessary to go through the BoH steps if you just choose to put it on a surface rather than "in an object". At least RAW, AFAICT. If you've got the money and time, you could go all hawkeye programmable arrow with it. So long as the programs all do damage/attack something. That said, I might, were I your DM, make you take an extra action (probably a move would suffice) to search through your quiver for just the right arrow, if you have multiple types, but still seems like it would work. Now, is that an oversight in the wording?...I dunno. Seems a bit weird to me. Like the intention seems to obviously be creating a smart-triggered "trap", but then why not just say that? Then again, I'm not a fan of the way D&D does its spells/magic overall, so....there's that. [/QUOTE]

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