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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 4457035" data-attributes="member: 29252">Computer games are simplified on that type of thing, generally - simply because they can't cope with things like &quot;I take a pickaxe to the wall&quot; or &quot;I coat my sword in the venom from that last beastie I killed&quot; and such.&nbsp; It is badly written in that it doesn't specify something that's liable to come up, yes.As for the spirit?Of the [Force] spells in the SRD that clearly specify on the Opaque/Transparent issue (Forcecage, Tiny Hut, Wall of Force, Mage Armor, Shield), only Tiny Hut (1 of 5 spells where it's clearly laid out - the other [Force] spells in the SRD are either listed as &quot;shimmering&quot; or don't list it one way or the other) is listed as opaque - and even that is only opaque from the outside (those inside can see out clearly - this is spelled out in the spell).&nbsp; It's not specified, so it's a DM call, but when I'm DMing, you can see through a Resilient Sphere without penalty.That one is fairly clearly laid out - you need line of effect to place a Summon, and you can't get anything (except air, sort of) through a Resilient Sphere.&nbsp; No line of effect, no summon (unless you want it inside the sphere with you, which could happen in the case of the higher-level summons that have access to healing)Yeah.&nbsp; For when you REALLY want to make the melee guys cry at high levels... and you can pull it at lower levels with certain items.It's defined as &quot;Immobile&quot; - so it stays put, up in the air.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Simth, post: 4457035, member: 29252"] Computer games are simplified on that type of thing, generally - simply because they can't cope with things like "I take a pickaxe to the wall" or "I coat my sword in the venom from that last beastie I killed" and such. It is badly written in that it doesn't specify something that's liable to come up, yes. As for the spirit? Of the [Force] spells in the SRD that clearly specify on the Opaque/Transparent issue (Forcecage, Tiny Hut, Wall of Force, Mage Armor, Shield), only Tiny Hut (1 of 5 spells where it's clearly laid out - the other [Force] spells in the SRD are either listed as "shimmering" or don't list it one way or the other) is listed as opaque - and even that is only opaque from the outside (those inside can see out clearly - this is spelled out in the spell). It's not specified, so it's a DM call, but when I'm DMing, you can see through a Resilient Sphere without penalty. That one is fairly clearly laid out - you need line of effect to place a Summon, and you can't get anything (except air, sort of) through a Resilient Sphere. No line of effect, no summon (unless you want it inside the sphere with you, which could happen in the case of the higher-level summons that have access to healing) Yeah. For when you REALLY want to make the melee guys cry at high levels... and you can pull it at lower levels with certain items. It's defined as "Immobile" - so it stays put, up in the air. [/QUOTE]

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