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<blockquote data-quote="azhrei_fje" data-source="post: 4085810" data-attributes="member: 12966"><p>Actually, that's a very good point. And I think it favors my interpretation.</p><p></p><p>If <em>silence</em> is like <em>invisibility</em> (and they are both glamers), then they should work similarly. So sound should bend around the AoE of <em>silence</em> the same way that light bends around an invisible object. And that means the descriptive text of the <em>silence</em> spell should not include the restriction against sound passing through the area.</p><p></p><p>The whole thing about light and <em>invisibility</em> is another discussion, though. I don't like how a light source (such as a magical sword) can be tucked into a scabbard and the light disappears, but if I don't rule it that way, it makes <em>invisibility</em> pretty much useless for anything that your typical scout might want to use it for.</p><p></p><p>True. And yes, an invisible door would be moot -- it can't block light so anything on the other side can be seen. It still blocks sound as a normal door would and it is really there, so it might be somewhat startling to a creature to try to walk through it and find a solid object. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I would love to say he stole my idea, but alas, we thought of it at about the same time. I was playing 1st Ed in high school when I got this concept. That was the 1977-78 school year. Of course, the comics were out much earlier, but the first movie was released in 1977 and I hadn't heard of Lucas prior to that.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I can get some kind of royalties? What'd'ya think? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azhrei_fje, post: 4085810, member: 12966"] Actually, that's a very good point. And I think it favors my interpretation. If [i]silence[/i] is like [i]invisibility[/i] (and they are both glamers), then they should work similarly. So sound should bend around the AoE of [i]silence[/i] the same way that light bends around an invisible object. And that means the descriptive text of the [i]silence[/i] spell should not include the restriction against sound passing through the area. The whole thing about light and [i]invisibility[/i] is another discussion, though. I don't like how a light source (such as a magical sword) can be tucked into a scabbard and the light disappears, but if I don't rule it that way, it makes [i]invisibility[/i] pretty much useless for anything that your typical scout might want to use it for. True. And yes, an invisible door would be moot -- it can't block light so anything on the other side can be seen. It still blocks sound as a normal door would and it is really there, so it might be somewhat startling to a creature to try to walk through it and find a solid object. :) I would love to say he stole my idea, but alas, we thought of it at about the same time. I was playing 1st Ed in high school when I got this concept. That was the 1977-78 school year. Of course, the comics were out much earlier, but the first movie was released in 1977 and I hadn't heard of Lucas prior to that. Maybe I can get some kind of royalties? What'd'ya think? ;) [/QUOTE]
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