Is there anything that would prevent you from placing multiple explosive runes on a single object? I can't seem to find anything that would prevent such an obvious abuse, short of GM fiat.
Thinking of doing this with a spy-type character.
Guess not. But once he reads the first one, the spell should detonate and prevents the reading of the other runes.
By "he" i mean the target.
Wouldn't the explosion from the first read rune erase the others, thereby setting them off as well?
You'd have better results by using contingency erase in with the rune going off or being dispelled.
How does that work, with the contingency spell having personal range and all?
Wouldn't the explosion from the first read rune erase the others, thereby setting them off as well?
I guess that depends how the DM understand the context. Maybe the enermy could be thrown away by the first explosion, preventing the damage from others.
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Yes. Everything happens at the same time. Which is fair since you expended all those spells that depends on such especific condition. Considering this, i could allow that interpretation. That's the part where the PCs creativity should be encouraged.
The section about erasing seems to be referring to the erase spell. Even if not, it's only unsuccessful erasing that sets them off. If the object or writing can't survive 6d6 force damage, i'd say destruction counts as a successful erase.
The text says "attempting to dispel or erase the explosive runes and failing to do so triggers the explosion". I suppose that completely destroying the item that holds the runes counts as succeding at erasing them... although a GM may also read it as "failing to erase them with an erase spell triggers the explosion, other methods to erase them work just fine."
EDIT: ninja'd by Cult xD
Even if the item survives, it is unlikely your target will keep reading the runes. You could however have a book of them and then fail an area dispell against it. I think thats sort of cheesy though.
Heh, this reminds me of back in 2E when I wondered whether you could fire trap the same chest over and over again until opening the chest initiated nuclear fusion.
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Anyone hear of sub-vocalization?
When you read, you sub-vocalize. This is important since your brain actually takes in (reads) information faster than you vocalize this. For instance, flash 5 numbers on a screen for 1/100 of a second. Then say the first 5 numbers that "come out" or that come to mind. Congrats! You just said the number.
A single rune is a single character. So, since the spell says "Runes" it is at least 2. Your mind can do the sub-vocalization to as many as 7-8 characters (I haven't gotten further than that though).Thats 3-4 spells.
Another idea: stack the runes on top of each other. You "trace" the runes on, so... trace and retrace!
There is the idea with filling a bag with paper slips with explosive runes and then cast an area dispel on them. All those that isnet dispelled is as i undestand it then triggered.
There is also the problem with abjurations being visible if more than one is there at the same time.
There is the idea with filling a bag with paper slips with explosive runes and then cast an area dispel on them. All those that isnet dispelled is as i undestand it then triggered.
Getting around that is as easy as a GM saying they all have total cover from the dispel thanks to the bag.
...but then that opens up an entirely different can of worms...
There is the idea with filling a bag with paper slips with explosive runes and then cast an area dispel on them. All those that isnet dispelled is as i undestand it then triggered.
Getting around that is as easy as a GM saying they all have total cover from the dispel thanks to the bag.
...but then that opens up an entirely different can of worms...
He he