Can you dispel an "Unhallow+Dispel"?


Rules Questions


My players keep coming up with complex situations I haven't thought about ahead of time. But I suppose that is just par for the course.

Are you able to use Dispel Magic to get rid of an Unhallow Spell that is carrying with it, it's own Dispel Magic?

Things to consider:
Unhallow had an instantaneous duration, yet last for one year (clear duration)
Does one need to target the center of an area of effect in order to dispel it?
If dispel spell #1 passes through the area of dispel spell #2, does dispel spell #2 dispel the dispel spell #1 before it can dispel the dispel spell #2?

Holy crap!!!! That was the craziest sentence I've ever written, and I don't know if there is any clearer way to write it.

Help?

Lantern Lodge

I think that as a GM you have the right to decide on fringe cases like this one.

As for "Does one need to target the center of an area of effect in order to dispel it?"

I will say no, you don't have to target the center.
Otherwise, based on that logic, dispel shouldn't work on spell that emanate from a target either, unless you can literally have a line of effect to the "center" of the target.

As for the 2nd question... base on the Unhallow Spell discription, the "stored spell" would only "effect applies to all creatures, creatures that share your faith or alignment, or creatures that adhere to another faith or alignment"

Since the dispell magic spell is not a creature, it cannot be the target of an Unhallow Spell's stored spell.


Actually, emanations centered on a subject are centered on a grid intersection at the corner of the subject's square (assuming medium or smaller creature). So that would 't be an issue

Grand Lodge

Also note that Unhallow itself cannot be dispelled, as you can't dispel Instantaneous duration spells.


So - given that Unhallow was instantaneous, and the rider spell "dispel magic" was also instantaneous, there would have been no valid targets for the party member's dispel attempt.

Got it. So I was right, but for the wrong reason. Thanks.

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