I'm a little confused with the Shatter spell. The first section of the spell (I don't have a book in front of me) talks about using it as an area effect to destroy non-magical ceramic or like materials of less than 5 lbs. The second part talks about using it as a targetted spell against one item of any composition wieghting less than 10lbs/level. Does the targeted affect work on magical items, say a +1 sword? I always assumed no based on the first section, but the DM in a game I play in thinks that magic items are fair game since it doesn't specify in targetted use section. What do you guys think?
From the SRD:
Shatter creates a loud, ringing noise that breaks brittle, nonmagical objects; sunders a single solid, nonmagical object; or damages a crystalline creature.
From the SRD:
Shatter creates a loud, ringing noise that breaks brittle, nonmagical objects; sunders a single solid, nonmagical object; or damages a crystalline creature.
I swear we looked and it didn't say nonmagical in that section. Maybe I was dellusional when I looked. ;)
I was just looking at the spell the other day. I ruled that it can still affect magical items as a house rule. I just think it's too weak otherwise. I think most parties, and certainly mine, gets magical loot fast enough that Shatter would be about useless for most of my NPCs otherwise.
A targeted dispell magic will supress a magic item for 1d4 rounds during which time it can be shattered.