Magic circle against x.

[Erikkerik]

"Creatures that leave the area and come back are not protected."

This line in the description of these spells are annoying me. How do you hanlde it? It seems very limiting because of how initiative is handled. Reading it, it seems that If my oracle casts this, and once a fight starts I win initiavie and charge ahead of my party, everyone in the party will loose the protection, even if the fighter would charge together with me on the next initiative count and in real time we would be charging together. If I'd delay, the fighter would charge first and loose the protection. I don't think there is anyway for actions to be happening simultaniouly while on initiative count? Also I don't really understand why this limitation is necessary, cause you obviously can enter the area and recieve the protection if you haven't left it earlier ("Creatures in the area, or who later enter the area, receive only one attempt to suppress effects that are controlling them."). Or am I reading this wrong somehow?

[Hama]

One is for allies, and the other is for enemies. I handle it as written. That spell is for support characters who stay behind anyway.

[Gauss]

Yes, you are reading it wrong. It is a common mistake that I made at one point too. The clause that covers leaving and returning is specific to the suppression clause. The wording is just clunky and so isnt quite clear.

CRB p308 wrote:

Creatures in the area, or who later enter the area, receive only one attempt to suppress effects that are controlling them. If successful, such effects are suppressed as long as they remain in the area. Creatures that leave the area and come back are not protected.

The reason for the clause is so that a person cannot go in and out repeatedly to try to get multiple saves against a pre-existing condition such as a Domination effect.

- Gauss

[Erikkerik]

That makes more sence, thank you Gauss. However, if that really is the intent, which I believe it is, the wording is horrible.