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Leapold
2010-02-06, 04:30 PM
I play in an online game and I've just had some kind of ability used against my character that I am looking to identify but can't seem to find.

The Character in question is a cleric I believe. He has some PRC, Spell or Feat that forces some kind of check if he is within 10 feet or any spells you cast fail. I say within 10 feet as he's 10 feet away from my character. I know its not an AMF as there is an actual check and not just a 100% fail rate.

Thanks for the help!

Boci
2010-02-06, 04:39 PM
Arcane ooze from monster manual III forces casters to make a fortitde save, so it could have been some cosmetically altered polymorph with assume supernatural ability. If it wasn't a cleric but an arcane caster it could have been the PGtF incantrix, in which case you should request access to the unholy trio as well, unless it has been heavily nerfed. Those are the only things that come to mind that allow a PC to impede the spellcasting of others.

Pluto
2010-02-06, 04:48 PM
My knee-jerk thought is that this is Complete Mage's Magic Disruption.

But the range is wrong (30ft) and it doesn't actually cause spell failure (just increases the likelihood by dropping CL and DC).

Moriato
2010-02-06, 05:36 PM
What was the check, do you remember? It almost sounds like someone is just doing spell resistance wrong...

Leapold
2010-02-06, 05:42 PM
I think it was a concentration Check. He rolled it for me, and hasn't told me what type of check it was. I think I remember reading about a class or Feat that forces a concentration check when near an enemy in order to cast spells but I cant remember what it was called or what book it is in and its starting to drive me mad :smallsmile:

Boci
2010-02-06, 05:50 PM
There's a 9th level spell that does 5d6 force damage as an imediate action (Spell Compendulum I think). That and anything else that damages you whilst your casting will force a concentration save to keep the spell, as will several enviormental conditions, but most should be easy enough to pass.

Sinfire Titan
2010-02-06, 06:23 PM
I play in an online game and I've just had some kind of ability used against my character that I am looking to identify but can't seem to find.

The Character in question is a cleric I believe. He has some PRC, Spell or Feat that forces some kind of check if he is within 10 feet or any spells you cast fail. I say within 10 feet as he's 10 feet away from my character. I know its not an AMF as there is an actual check and not just a 100% fail rate.

Thanks for the help!

Sounds like he's making you Cast Defensively without actually knowing the rules to doing so.




Wait... Singer of Concordance from Races of the Dragon. PrC, one of the abilities prevents offensive casting.


Aspect of Refuge (Su): At 3rd level, you increase your
attunement to your sphere, allowing you to call upon its
aspect of refuge. You can call up this effect as a standard
action, and dismiss it as a swift action (see page 122) or
as a free action made in conjunction with attacking any
other creature (automatic dismissal), or by moving more
than 20 feet from where you first called up the aspect
of refuge.
All creatures within 20 feet of you that attempt to strike
or otherwise target any other creature, even with a spell,
must attempt a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level
+ your Wis modifi er). If the save succeeds, the creature can
attack normally and is not affected. If the save fails, the
creature can’t follow through with the attack. That part of
its action is lost, and it can’t directly attack another creature
while it remains within the refuge. Creatures that do not
attempt to target another creature with an attack or other
effect remain unaffected.
The refuge does not prevent creatures within 20 feet
of you from being attacked or affected by area or effect
spells, or from other attacks launched from farther away.
You can use nonattack spells or otherwise act within the
refuge without dismissing it. For instance, you could
heal wounds, cast a bless spell, perform an augury, or
summon creatures.

It's got no restrictions on uses/day, so either it needed Errata or is At Will.

Leapold
2010-02-06, 08:36 PM
Hrmm, I know its not him makeing me cast defensively as I did that anyway since there was a barbarian standing next to me. He's pretty good with the rules so I know there has to be a way to do it. I just can't find the class or Feat or spell thats letting him do it anywhere in my books and its makeing me crazy :smallbiggrin:

Sinfire Titan
2010-02-06, 08:49 PM
Hrmm, I know its not him makeing me cast defensively as I did that anyway since there was a barbarian standing next to me. He's pretty good with the rules so I know there has to be a way to do it. I just can't find the class or Feat or spell thats letting him do it anywhere in my books and its makeing me crazy :smallbiggrin:

You do know that the Barbarian can opt not to take the AoO against his allies, right (unless he's a Frenzied Berserker).


Anyway, you should probably ask the Cleric's player to stop nerfing you with that aura by moving away when combat happens. Alternatively, move further away from him. You most likely have spells with a longer range than he does, so you can afford to keep back. Note that casting through these emanations does not hinder you, they actually have to block Line of Effect for that to happen. So long as you yourself are not in the actual area, you can get away with casting through it (unless the targets happen to be inside it too).


It may be Otiluke's Suppressing Field, a spell from Complete Mage. How he got a hold of it is anyone's guess, but if it is you should remind him that it only affects a single school of magic, such as Abjuration or Enchantment. It has no impact on the rest.


The last alternative is to ask him IC. His ability is actively hindering you, so the only ways he won't answer you are if it's PvP or if he's a jerk. In both cases, you should fry his ass with a Maw of Chaos or something.

Boci
2010-02-07, 05:57 AM
It may be Otiluke's Suppressing Field, a spell from Complete Mage. How he got a hold of it is anyone's guess

Divine magician from the same book?

Sinfire Titan
2010-02-07, 06:29 PM
Divine magician from the same book?

Probably. Still, I wonder why a Cleric is casting it instead of a Focused Specialist Wizard...