OOTS #1217 - The Discussion Thread

[Rogar Demonblud]

Yes, that is how the rules work. It is not an interpretation, but the intended effect of the spell.

I think you're overreacting. Having a silinced team member going against enemy casters is a good tactic but it does not cause the game to grind "to a screeching halt" nor is it a fail-safe shutdown against casters.

Yeah. Silent Spell is a feat designed pretty much to shut this tactic down. Similar with Still Spell. Or you just put a spell in a spell completion item that doesn't need a command word (Ring of Spell Storing, for example).

It's very hard to inconvenience spellcasters for more than a round or two.

edit:

If Silence is cast on a person/creature, and that person/creature is killed, does the spell end? That is, is the spell attached to the body or to some kind of philosophical essence of the being?

The spell sticks around for the remainder of its duration, which is short enough to not worry about.