Does or does AF not block line of effect? This question often occured to me when it came to use. I it too late to put a little sentence into the final product to clarify (if the spell stayed so confusing as is)?
The way I've always read it the field only blocks effects in that 10 foot square. So, for example if you shoot a lightning bolt through an AF it wouldn't affect anyone in the field, but the lightning would still come out the other side and hit anyone in its path.
The way I've always read it the field only blocks effects in that 10 foot square. So, for example if you shoot a lightning bolt through an AF it wouldn't affect anyone in the field, but the lightning would still come out the other side and hit anyone in its path.
Actually, this is how the Globes of Invulnerability (Standard and Lesser) work, not Antimagic Field.
Beta PFRPG, page 235:
"The area or effect of any such spells does not include the area of the lesser globe of invulnerability. Such spells fail to affect any target located within the globe. Excluded effects include spell-like abilities and spells or spell-like effects from items. Any type of spell, however, can be cast through or out of the magical globe."
WotC Official Site, Rules of the Game: Magical Oddities (Part Three), (link found here):
"Antimagic: A spell's magical effects become nonfunctional within an area of antimagic, such as an antimagic field. When a spell is aimed into an area of antimagic from somewhere outside the area, the antimagic blocks line of effect for the spell and the spell most likely fails. If the spell doesn't produce any sort of visible display or manifestation that the caster (or other witness to the event) can perceive, then there's no clue as to why the spell failed or even that it has failed. If the blocked spell has a target entry, however, the caster will not note any failed or successful saving throws in response to the spell (see Part Two) and that in itself might alert the caster to something amiss.
If the spell's effects are visible (for example, a lightning bolt or magic missile spell -- at least when I'm the DM), the spell's visible effects stop where they meet the area of antimagic. Anyone who sees the spell being blocked can attempt a DC 26 Spellcraft check to realize that antimagic has blocked the spell. When a spellcaster is inside an antimagic area, any spells she casts are suppressed. Such spells don't actually fail unless their durations are instantaneous. Spells with longer durations are suppressed until the caster somehow leaves the antimagic area (though time spent within the antimagic area counts against the spell's duration). If the caster isn't aware she's in an antimagic area, handle the situation in the same way you'd handle it if the caster has aimed a spell into the antimagic area from outside."