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What "backdoors" did wizards built into the spells named after them?
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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7528815" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>[MENTION=31304]TarionzCousin[/MENTION] <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?655235-Does-Leomund-s-Tiny-Hut-block-Scrying&p=7528181#post7528181" target="_blank">made a joke</a> in the thread on Leomunds Tiny Hut in response to the question of whether someone could scry through the hut:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought that concept could provide some humorous or even terrifying encounters. What other back-doors and safeguards might wizards place into their spells, to prevent those spells from being used against them?</p><p></p><p><strong>Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>While I could find nothing that states this famed Greyhawk necromancer and elementalist ever became a lich. I would make sense. As a lich, he would be immune from the effects of this spell. </p><p></p><p><strong>Aganazzar’s Scorcher</strong></p><p><strong></strong>The renowned Forgotten Realms wizard of The Covenant and founder of Neverwinter's School of Wizardry, was killed by the Red Wizards of Thay. But in your campaign, that needn't be the case. Perhaps the line of fire cast by this spell will always avert its path from its creator. </p><p></p><p><strong>Arms of Hadar</strong></p><p>First a warlock would not be able to use his patrons magic against him. But certainly, a spell named after a star-like elder evil from the star realm is not going to be able to harm that being. Any attempt to use this spell in a way that counters Hadar's designs will lead to the tendrils of dark energy battering the caster. </p><p></p><p><strong>Bigby's Hand</strong></p><p>Any attempt to use Bigby's Hand in a manner harmful to Bigby will result in the hand giving the caster the middle finger (or similar campaign-appropriate obscene hand gesture) and then it would make a clenched fist and strike the caster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7528815, member: 6796661"] [MENTION=31304]TarionzCousin[/MENTION] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?655235-Does-Leomund-s-Tiny-Hut-block-Scrying&p=7528181#post7528181"]made a joke[/URL] in the thread on Leomunds Tiny Hut in response to the question of whether someone could scry through the hut: I thought that concept could provide some humorous or even terrifying encounters. What other back-doors and safeguards might wizards place into their spells, to prevent those spells from being used against them? [B]Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting [/B] While I could find nothing that states this famed Greyhawk necromancer and elementalist ever became a lich. I would make sense. As a lich, he would be immune from the effects of this spell. [B]Aganazzar’s Scorcher [/B]The renowned Forgotten Realms wizard of The Covenant and founder of Neverwinter's School of Wizardry, was killed by the Red Wizards of Thay. But in your campaign, that needn't be the case. Perhaps the line of fire cast by this spell will always avert its path from its creator. [B]Arms of Hadar[/B] First a warlock would not be able to use his patrons magic against him. But certainly, a spell named after a star-like elder evil from the star realm is not going to be able to harm that being. Any attempt to use this spell in a way that counters Hadar's designs will lead to the tendrils of dark energy battering the caster. [B]Bigby's Hand[/B] Any attempt to use Bigby's Hand in a manner harmful to Bigby will result in the hand giving the caster the middle finger (or similar campaign-appropriate obscene hand gesture) and then it would make a clenched fist and strike the caster. [/QUOTE]
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