Can you cast a Persistent Sanctuary?

[Carla the Profane]

Ive been messing around with a sanctuary specialist support cleric but could figure out wether I could use the persistent metamagic on it:

Persistent metamagic:

Persistent Spell (Metamagic)
Source Advanced Player's Guide
You can modify a spell to become more tenacious when its targets resist its effect.

Benefit: Whenever a creature targeted by a persistent spell or within its area succeeds on its saving throw against the spell, it must make another saving throw against the effect. If a creature fails this second saving throw, it suffers the full effects of the spell, as if it had failed its first saving throw. A persistent spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the spell’s actual level. Spells that do not require a saving throw to resist or lessen the spell’s effect do not benefit from this feat.

Sanctuary:

SANCTUARY
School abjuration; Level cleric 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, DF
Range touch
Target creature touched
Duration 1 round/level
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance no
Any opponent attempting to directly attack the warded creature, even with a targeted spell, must attempt a Will save. If the save succeeds, the opponent can attack normally and is unaffected by that casting of the spell. If the save fails, the opponent can't follow through with the attack, that part of its action is lost, and it can't directly attack the warded creature for the duration of the spell. Those not attempting to attack the subject remain unaffected. This spell does not prevent the warded creature from being attacked or affected by area of effect spells. The subject cannot attack without breaking the spell but may use nonattack spells or otherwise act.

[Bob Bob Bob]

I don't think you can make a persistent Sanctuary. It does not target the creature that makes the save and it doesn't have an area.

[alexd1976]

As written, no.

[Starglim]

It won't do anything, because the creature targeted by the spell doesn't have to make a saving throw.

[alexd1976]

But ask your GM, they may allow it, it's hardly unbalanced.

[Kalindlara]

alexd1976 wrote:

But ask your GM, they may allow it, it's hardly unbalanced.

This, pretty much.

In fact, it's probably one of the only times I would allow Persistent Spell. But that's just me. :)

[Carla the Profane]

Im mainly interested in this sentence from the feat:

persistent spell wrote:

Whenever a creature targeted by a persistent spell or within its area

To me it seems like 'in its area' could translate as 'in the area from which the target could be attacked'.

That said, quickened reach sanctuary ftw!