I have a couple of questions that came up in our game using contagious flame -
1) if a character doesn't take damage I take it that a new ray of fire does not branch from them, correct?
2) if a character dies as a result from the spell, does a new ray of fire branch from them on the next round?
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I have a couple of questions that came up in our game using contagious flame -
1) if a character doesn't take damage I take it that a new ray of fire does not branch from them, correct?2) if a character dies as a result from the spell, does a new ray of fire branch from them on the next round?
For a non-core spell (or, heck, even a core spell!) a link could be useful for those who don't immediately recognize contagious flame.
.From the text, I'd say that 1) is correct, an un-damaged foe doesn't serve as a source for new rays of fire.
2) isn't really addressed, but the 'flavor' suggests that the ray of flame represents some lingering 'fire' on the initial target leaping forth, and I don't see any reason why a corpse couldn't still have some flames licking at their wounds. There's no explicit ruling one way or the other, but I'd allow it.
I have a couple of questions that came up in our game using contagious flame -
1) if a character doesn't take damage I take it that a new ray of fire does not branch from them, correct?2) if a character dies as a result from the spell, does a new ray of fire branch from them on the next round?
For a non-core spell (or, heck, even a core spell!) a link could be useful for those who don't immediately recognize contagious flame.
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From the text, I'd say that 1) is correct, an un-damaged foe doesn't serve as a source for new rays of fire.2) isn't really addressed, but the 'flavor' suggests that the ray of flame represents some lingering 'fire' on the initial target leaping forth, and I don't see any reason why a corpse couldn't still have some flames licking at their wounds. There's no explicit ruling one way or the other, but I'd allow it.
I'm guessing that you could simply look at the text and say, does the target meet the requirement of taking damage (regardless if they die or not)? If so, a new ray is cast from them on the next round. Otherwise you could make an argument for casting against undead creatures, which I don't think was the intent.