| reefwood |
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Same Effect with Differing Results: The same spell can sometimes produce varying effects if applied to the same recipient more than once. Usually the last spell in the series trumps the others. None of the previous spells are actually removed or dispelled, but their effects become irrelevant while the final spell in the series lasts.
Does this mean that if I cast protection from energy vs fire, and then cast protection from energy vs acid, the target will only be protected vs acid? And when the protection vs acid runs out, then the protection vs fire will be in effect?
I used to think this spell could be cast multiple times on a target to protect it from multiple energy types at once, but now, that does not seem the case.
EDIT: And I guess the same would apply to resist energy? Except that most likely, the first casting will run out before the second casting. So perhaps the only time the first casting will kick in again is if the second casting is dispelled (or somehow ended) early before the first casting runs out.
EDIT #2: You can cast a spell at a lower level than your current level, as long as it is set at least as high as the minimum caster level, so... could a 5th-level caster cast resist energy vs fire for 50 min (CL 5) when entering a volcano, but then if an encounter came up with acid, could he cast resist energy vs acid for only 10 min (CL 1), so that the second casting (acid resistance) would end before the first (fire resistance).