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Thread: Acid Breath spell resistance?
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2011-02-07, 02:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Acid Breath spell resistance?
I was looking for acid area spells for a level 5 wizard, and found Acid Breath in the Spell Compendium. The odd thing is that it allows spell resistance, unlike every other acid damage spell I've seen.
This is disappointing, because getting around spell resistance was the exact reason I was looking for an acid based AoE.
Does anyone else find this odd?
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2011-02-07, 02:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
That is really weird, considering it's a Conjuration spell...
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2011-02-07, 07:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-02-07, 08:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
I can't think of any good reason why this would be the case. Maybe an editing typo? Anyhow, in my game, I'd be happy to houserule it as SR: no.
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2011-02-07, 08:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
Wow, in all my time playing 3.5/PF, I've never noticed that acid spells completely ignore SR. That is some wonky stuff. Is there a mechanics or fluff reason for this?
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2011-02-07, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-02-07, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
Yea, its kinda an artifact of the fact that most, if not all, acid spells are Conjourations, and most Conjourations don't have SR. Its not a property intrinsic of acid spells, but a side affect of nearly all acid spells being Conjouration rather than Evocation, a school in which most spells allow SR.
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2011-02-07, 08:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-02-07, 09:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-02-07, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
I forget which thread, but hamish and I were actually hashing out how this could make sense. Just as conjured fire comes from the Plane of Fire, there could be a hypothetical plane of Force (similar, for instance, to the one Maze sends you to) from which a conjurer could pull the material he needs to make such an orb.
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2011-02-07, 10:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Acid Breath spell resistance?
Aw c'mon, it IS a pretty weird concept.
Anyway, since when has the same thing being posted over and over again not been part of these forums? Hello Monkday threads; ToB: sucks or awesome; Paladins should(n't) fall etc etc.
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For the record, I really don't have a problem with orb of Force, it's just a little odd, is all...Last edited by Thurbane; 2011-02-07 at 10:21 PM.
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