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<blockquote data-quote="ryan92084" data-source="post: 6793242" data-attributes="member: 6802559">Just playing devil's advocate here but if instant only means less than a turn and ready actions can go between the spell's beams/rays then the dispel can hit within that less than one turn instant.Honestly though nothing posted here since the tweet clarification is new. There are a myriad of potential reasons to not allow dispel to work. Pick one or any combination of<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The instantaneous duration says so</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The devs say so</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The beams/rays aren't a valid target for dispel</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Instant means several things besides the entire description must fit within a time approaching nil</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">If the trigger is a magical attack the dispel goes between beams leaving no target</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The trigger timing to have a beam mid streak(after attack but before it lands) is too tight and if allowed would make any spell with an invented travel time subject to a readied dispel</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> other that i forgot</li>
</ol>And only one to let it work<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Instant doesn't mean a time approaching nil and refers to the whole description so the devs are wrong and sequential beams are subject to dispel. Otherwise instant must mean a time approaching nil and refers to the whole description so the devs are wrong and the attack is simultaneous</li>
</ol>Which was originally Arial's argument for the targeting must be simultaneous/before the attacks are rolled and how the whole dispel ready action discussion came about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ryan92084, post: 6793242, member: 6802559"] Just playing devil's advocate here but if instant only means less than a turn and ready actions can go between the spell's beams/rays then the dispel can hit within that less than one turn instant. Honestly though nothing posted here since the tweet clarification is new. There are a myriad of potential reasons to not allow dispel to work. Pick one or any combination of [LIST=1] [*]The instantaneous duration says so [*]The devs say so [*]The beams/rays aren't a valid target for dispel [*]Instant means several things besides the entire description must fit within a time approaching nil [*]If the trigger is a magical attack the dispel goes between beams leaving no target [*]The trigger timing to have a beam mid streak(after attack but before it lands) is too tight and if allowed would make any spell with an invented travel time subject to a readied dispel [*] other that i forgot [/LIST] And only one to let it work [LIST=1] [*] Instant doesn't mean a time approaching nil and refers to the whole description so the devs are wrong and sequential beams are subject to dispel. Otherwise instant must mean a time approaching nil and refers to the whole description so the devs are wrong and the attack is simultaneous [/LIST] Which was originally Arial's argument for the targeting must be simultaneous/before the attacks are rolled and how the whole dispel ready action discussion came about. [/QUOTE]

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