Josh the Aspie
2009-05-22, 08:17 PM
Hello there all.
I am currently playing a Wizard who knows the sleep spell in a campaign that involves several elves. My question is what happens if an elf is closer to the emanation point of the sleep spell than a creature of equal HD, that is not immune to the effect.
For example, lets say that there are 12 bats (each of 1/4 hd) attacking the group at level 1. If I cast the spell 'sleep' and all of the bats are in the radius, they are all effected first and must save, but that leaves 1 HD worth of the sleep spell left, and the rest of us are all 1 HD.
If, after handling the bats, the next strength of creature is 1 HD, and the creature of that class nearest the emanation point is an elf, and the next-closest creature of that HD class is a human... what happens? Is the elf the next target, who thus uses up the remaining 1HD of the spell, but being immune does not need to save? Or does the elf, who is immune, get 'skipped' by the spell, thus making the 1 human have to save?
I have been unable to find a clear, strict RAW interpretation.
I am currently playing a Wizard who knows the sleep spell in a campaign that involves several elves. My question is what happens if an elf is closer to the emanation point of the sleep spell than a creature of equal HD, that is not immune to the effect.
For example, lets say that there are 12 bats (each of 1/4 hd) attacking the group at level 1. If I cast the spell 'sleep' and all of the bats are in the radius, they are all effected first and must save, but that leaves 1 HD worth of the sleep spell left, and the rest of us are all 1 HD.
If, after handling the bats, the next strength of creature is 1 HD, and the creature of that class nearest the emanation point is an elf, and the next-closest creature of that HD class is a human... what happens? Is the elf the next target, who thus uses up the remaining 1HD of the spell, but being immune does not need to save? Or does the elf, who is immune, get 'skipped' by the spell, thus making the 1 human have to save?
I have been unable to find a clear, strict RAW interpretation.