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Let's say yer a sorcerer who likes to conjure things. Let's say you like to ride in barrels places, perhaps down a river like a hobbit or whatver. Let's say you do this in pathfinder.
A creature inside a barrel with an eyehole cut out of it can still cast spells targeting outside the barrel right?
Do you have imoroved cover from ranged attacks from outside the barrel?
Can melee attacks hit you while inside the barrel?
Let's say the barrel is adamantine, what then?
Let's say you have a favorite adamantine barrel and have permanent silent image cast on it to cover up the eyeholes so others don't know they are there. What's a decent dc to find the spot where the eyeholes are so your opponent can make the will save to disbelieve the image?
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Most GM's wont let you do this because of the unfair advantage. At least I certainly wouldn't.
We would generally rule you do not have line of effect outside the barrel, unless you remove the top of the barrel and then are exposed to attack.
Here's how I'd rule:
1) Bobbing down a river in an unstable platform like a barrel? Extremely violent motion - Concentration DC 20+spell level (as per RAW).
2) Eyehole - technically you'll have line of sight and line of effect - but since the barrel really sucks for maintaining a steady line of effect/sight - good luck with that. I'd add another roll of some sort here.
3) Assuming barrel is closed, yes a melee attack could still hit you - eg/rapier through the eyehole, and no, you aren't keeping any dex bonus - in fact, I'm going to rule you have no dex at all. Minuses to hit for the eyehole, but pluses because it's poking a pig in a barrel, you've no where to evade the blade.
4) Adamantite barrel? That's going to cost you a LOT of gp. And it isn't going to float well. And it will weigh a ton.
5) I can't wait to kill you with a Heat Metal spell - cook you alive (assuming amount of metal is within the limits of the spell).
Invis + Fly is going to be so much better, and cheaper, and easier to implement (either via magical device or your own spells). Conjuring doesn't negate your invisibility.
Can't possibly think of a reason as to why anyone would try to implement this as a casting strategy. Not even "rule of cool".
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You need more than an eyehole...you need at least a 1 square foot opening to have line of effect. So a circular hole would need to be 6.8 inches across or so, which is a much bigger target.
I'd give you cover, but also give you the grappled condition - not much space to move around in a cramped barrel. Your arms would bump the side when you tried to cast so a basic Concentration check seems appropriate.
You need more than an eyehole...you need at least a 1 square foot opening to have line of effect. So a circular hole would need to be 6.8 inches across or so, which is a much bigger target.
This is the RAW right here.
I'd give you cover
Or even Improved Cover since only the caster's head is visible.
but also give you the grappled condition - not much space to move around in a cramped barrel. Your arms would bump the side when you tried to cast so a basic Concentration check seems appropriate.
Not so sure about grappled, especially because the Concentration check uses the barrel's CMB to set the DC, but I like enforcing a Concentration check. I might just call this "Casting Defensively" since that is exactly what the OP is trying to do.
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Back to the OP, yes, you can be attacked. At most you get +6 AC for Improved Cover, or +4 for Cover. Nothing more. Adamantium doesn't change this, it just makes it harder for enemies to Sunder your cover.
I had an idea for a spell. Basically it's a resilient sphere except as a free action the caster can open or close up to a 1' hole anywhere in it. I imagine it'd be at least 6th level, but still worth it.
Edit: attempts to open more than one such hole fail. Hole cannot be closed if blocked by solid object.
You need more than an eyehole...you need at least a 1 square foot opening to have line of effect. So a circular hole would need to be 6.8 inches across or so, which is a much bigger target.This is the RAW right here.
I'm glad to hear that, but where is that stated in the rules?
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I'm glad to hear that, but where is that stated in the rules?You need more than an eyehole...you need at least a 1 square foot opening to have line of effect. So a circular hole would need to be 6.8 inches across or so, which is a much bigger target.This is the RAW right here.
PDR CRB: Magic - Line of Effect
Line of Effect: A line of effect is a straight, unblocked path that indicates what a spell can affect. A line of effect is canceled by a solid barrier. It's like line of sight for ranged weapons, except that it's not blocked by fog, darkness, and other factors that limit normal sight.
You must have a clear line of effect to any target that you cast a spell on or to any space in which you wish to create an effect. You must have a clear line of effect to the point of origin of any spell you cast.
A burst, cone, cylinder, or emanation spell affects only an area, creature, or object to which it has line of effect from its origin (a spherical burst's center point, a cone-shaped burst's starting point, a cylinder's circle, or an emanation's point of origin).
An otherwise solid barrier with a hole of at least 1 square foot through it does not block a spell's line of effect. Such an opening means that the 5-foot length of wall containing the hole is no longer considered a barrier for purposes of a spell's line of effect.
Ah, the last line in the line of effect rules. Never recalled that being there before. Good to know.