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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6815769" data-attributes="member: 6799649">We already have the answer as to why instantaneous spells cannot be dispelled, in the very sentence in the PHB that tells us: &quot;Many spells are instantaneous. The spell harms, heals, creates or alters a creature or object in a way that can't be dispelled, because its magic exists only for an instant.&quot;...meaning that the magic comes and goes so quickly that it has already gone by the time a dispeller could target it.So, if its magic does last long enough to be targetted by a dispeller, then it can be dispelled because the reason it couldn't be dispelled no longer applies. If the beams are consecutive with a gap between each beam big enough to see what one beam does before targetting the next, then this spell is still there to be targetted with a readied dispel.It's like, if you were immune to bullets because you are wearing a bullet-proof vest, then you can't continue to claim that you are immune to bullets when the vest is no longer worn. The reason that instantaneous spells cannot be dispelled is because they come and go too quickly to be targetted with a dispel, but if they hang around long enough to be targetted, then they can no longer claim to be undispellable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 6815769, member: 6799649"] We already have the answer as to [b]why[/b] instantaneous spells cannot be dispelled, in the very sentence in the PHB that tells us: "Many spells are instantaneous. The spell harms, heals, creates or alters a creature or object in a way that can't be dispelled, [b]because[/b] [i]its magic exists only for an instant.[/i]" ...meaning that the magic comes and goes so quickly that it has already gone by the time a dispeller could target it. So, if its magic [b]does[/b] last long enough to be targetted by a dispeller, then it [b]can[/b] be dispelled because the reason it couldn't be dispelled no longer applies. If the beams are consecutive with a gap between each beam big enough to see what one beam does before targetting the next, then this spell is still there to be targetted with a readied dispel. It's like, if you were immune to bullets [b]because[/b] you are wearing a bullet-proof vest, then you can't continue to claim that you are immune to bullets when the vest is no longer worn. The reason that instantaneous spells cannot be dispelled is [b]because[/b] they come and go too quickly to be targetted with a dispel, but if they hang around long enough to be targetted, then they can no longer claim to be undispellable. [/QUOTE]

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