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SuperBidi wrote:
In my opinion, Sanctuary is meant to work only against Attacks. Otherwise, the ability to completely stop the triggering attack would mean stopping a spell or a dragon breath. For a first level spell, it would be way too good.

The same could be said of Command or Fear, both 1st level spells that can, in theory, disable a dragon for a couple rounds. The caveats are the Will save and short duration or small number of creatures protected (Sanctuary = 1 creature).

Are these spells good/powerful? Sure. Are these spells overpowered or way too good? Not so sure.


Barring further official clarifications about the Strike/Attack/attack terms, I think Mellored pointed to the right rule:

Core Rulebook, page 17 wrote:
The names of specific statistics, skills, feats, actions, and some other mechanical elements in Pathfinder are capitalized.


The Sanctuary spell description says:

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Creatures attempting to attack the target must attempt a Will save each time.

Does that mean the spell protects the target only against actions/spells with Attack trait?

If so, it would protect the target against Telekinetic Projetile (has Attack Trait) but not against Electric Arc nor Magic Missile (don't have Attack Trait). And what about AoE?

Maybe the intention was to protect against any hostile action, but then why not state it like the Invisibility spell:

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If the target uses a hostile action, the spell ends...

How do you read it?