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<blockquote data-quote="Amazing Mumford" data-source="post: 4455032" data-attributes="member: 33976">The wording on Otiluke's Resilient Sphere is a little vague, and I was wondering exactly how this works. In many games, such as Icewind Dale 2 and Neverwinter Nights, the subject trapped inside the sphere seemed unable to move or do anything. The 3.5 spell description states:&nbsp;&quot;A globe of shimmering force encloses a creature, provided the creature is small enough to fit within the diameter of the sphere. The sphere contains its subject for the spell’s duration. The sphere is not subject to damage of any sort except from a rod of cancellation, a rod of negation, a <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/disintegrate.htm" target="_blank">disintegrate</a> spell, or a targeted <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/dispelMagic.htm" target="_blank">dispel magic</a> spell. These effects destroy the sphere without harm to the subject. Nothing can pass through the sphere, inside or out, though the subject can breathe normally. The subject may struggle, but the sphere cannot be physically moved either by people outside it or by the struggles of those within.&quot;&nbsp;This suggests that the subject is not in effect trapped motionless. This now implies, if you can move inside the sphere than you could cast spells. Certainly you would be able to cast spells on yourself within the sphere, or even the sphere itself (if you had disintegrate, for example).&nbsp;The sphere would block line-of-effect though, being a solid barrier. Now my question is, how does this effect Conjuration spells, specifically calling, summoning, and teleportation? Does line of effect block these? Could you teleport or dimension door out of an Otiluke's Resilient Sphere? If inside one, could you summon monsters on the outside of it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amazing Mumford, post: 4455032, member: 33976"] The wording on Otiluke's Resilient Sphere is a little vague, and I was wondering exactly how this works. In many games, such as Icewind Dale 2 and Neverwinter Nights, the subject trapped inside the sphere seemed unable to move or do anything. The 3.5 spell description states: "A globe of shimmering force encloses a creature, provided the creature is small enough to fit within the diameter of the sphere. The sphere contains its subject for the spell’s duration. The sphere is not subject to damage of any sort except from a rod of cancellation, a rod of negation, a [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/disintegrate.htm"][COLOR=#0000ff]disintegrate[/COLOR][/URL] spell, or a targeted [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/dispelMagic.htm"][COLOR=#0000ff]dispel magic[/COLOR][/URL] spell. These effects destroy the sphere without harm to the subject. Nothing can pass through the sphere, inside or out, though the subject can breathe normally. The subject may struggle, but the sphere cannot be physically moved either by people outside it or by the struggles of those within." This suggests that the subject is not in effect trapped motionless. This now implies, if you can move inside the sphere than you could cast spells. Certainly you would be able to cast spells on yourself within the sphere, or even the sphere itself (if you had [I]disintegrate[/I], for example). The sphere would block line-of-effect though, being a solid barrier. Now my question is, how does this effect Conjuration spells, specifically calling, summoning, and teleportation? Does line of effect block these? Could you teleport or dimension door out of an Otiluke's Resilient Sphere? If inside one, could you summon monsters on the outside of it? [/QUOTE]

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