2 questions regarding Spell Resistance came up during our gaming session the other night, and I am hoping for some clarification.
The PCs were fighting Darl and company when the situations occured.
1. Silence. Darl cast Silence on the Tiefling Monks who then made their way into the middle of the PCs, targeting the Sorceror.
- Because the PC's weren't the target of the actual spell, they would not get a Save, correct?
- Would their Spell Resistance count, since they are in the area of the spell? If it does count, I am assuming they would only have to check their spell resistance once per Monk (since it was 2 castings)?
2. Holy Aura - blinding effect
- Does Spell resistance work against the blinding effect of Holy Aura? If so, would I only need to check once (vs. check each time my NPC hits a differenct PC) since the effects stem from one casting?
2 questions regarding Spell Resistance came up during our gaming session the other night, and I am hoping for some clarification.
The PCs were fighting Darl and company when the situations occured.
1. Silence. Darl cast Silence on the Tiefling Monks who then made their way into the middle of the PCs, targeting the Sorceror.
- Because the PC's weren't the target of the actual spell, they would not get a Save, correct?
- Would their Spell Resistance count, since they are in the area of the spell? If it does count, I am assuming they would only have to check their spell resistance once per Monk (since it was 2 castings)?
As you noted their not the target - so no spell resistance. The fact that they have spell resistance is irrelevant to this spell unless they are targeted specifically by it. Bottom line is that their enshrouded in silence in this case whether or not they have spell resistance. You'll find this effect holds a great deal with spell resistance. It'll help protect you from some kind of direct effect but it won't be useful if some ones sticking magical walls in your way or using magic to make the floor your standing on go bye bye.
2. Holy Aura - blinding effect
- Does Spell resistance work against the blinding effect of Holy Aura? If so, would I only need to check once (vs. check each time my NPC hits a differenct PC) since the effects stem from one casting?
Yes, spell resistance applies in this case. This is because the holy aura spell essentially has another spell stacked inside it. The text for holy aura specifies that the blindness effect in the description works "as blindness/deafness". Well if this effect works like blindness/deafness then it stands to reason that it is effected by SR in the same manner as blindness/deafness. A quick look at the blindness/deafness spell tells us that SR applies.
Each individual attack is presumably a new instance of the blindness/deafness spell being implemented and thus probably should be rolled for separately. Makes the spell pretty powerful -maybe more powerful then I'm comfortable with (lots of attacks results in lots of rolls, one of which will eventually fail) but I don't see how logically we can view each separate successful attack as anything other then a new instance of the the blindness/deafness spell being invoked.