Question is in the title.
Sleep in the middle of a magic circle against evil.
...or was this more rhetorically philosophical?
Sleep in the middle of a magic circle against evil.
...or was this more rhetorically philosophical?
Will that work mechanically? I'm legitimately asking.
I guess you could be an elf and not dream.
Would the protection from evil spell that prevents mental intrusion thing work?
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Dream Shield gives you spell resistance against mind affecting while you're asleep, and gives you all alignment protection against X for avoiding control or possession. So you can resist Nightmare or Dream Scan, immune (probably) to a Sending while asleep, can't be dominated/charmed/possessed by someone within LOS targeting your body.
Protection Against Evil and Magic Circle Against Evil don't do anything to stop, say, a Nightmare spell as they don't affect spells with the "evil" modifier. They definitely don't stop a Dream Scan from picking your brain.
Were there any particular spells or effects you were concerned about?
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Does that work and if so why?
Dream Shield gives you spell resistance against mind affecting while you're asleep, and gives you all alignment protection against X for avoiding control or possession. So you can resist Nightmare or Dream Scan, immune (probably) to a Sending while asleep, can't be dominated/charmed/possessed by someone within LOS targeting your body.
Protection Against Evil and Magic Circle Against Evil don't do anything to stop, say, a Nightmare spell as they don't affect spells with the "evil" modifier. They definitely don't stop a Dream Scan from picking your brain.
Were there any particular spells or effects you were concerned about?
Protecting a high level character from nightmare creatures.
What's a "nightmare creature" and what are its stats or mechanics for attacking you? If it's an evil outsider then protection from evil should work to keep it from touching as normal, I guess.
What's a "nightmare creature" and what are its stats or mechanics for attacking you? If it's an evil outsider then protection from evil should work to keep it from touching as normal, I guess.
It's unclear, but here's a link. Also, check the occult adventures about dreams. They're mini-demiplanes and other weird things.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/nightmare-creat ure-cr-1
Ok, that template says they enter your dreams to attack through the Dream or Nightmare spell like abilities. As above, Dream Shield gives you SR against those while asleep. Or you can do usual buff/protection spells, although the effective ones are very high level, like Spell Immunity.
The Lucid Dreamer feat gives you some abilities in dream demiplanes.
Will that work mechanically? I'm legitimately asking.Sleep in the middle of a magic circle against evil.
...or was this more rhetorically philosophical?
I would think that it would, as both magic circle against (evil/good/law/chaos) and protection from (evil/good/law/chaos) "ward against mental control".
"...the subject immediately receives another saving throw (if one was allowed to begin with) against any spells or effects that possess or exercise mental control over the creature. This saving throw is made with a +2 morale bonus, using the same DC as the original effect. If successful, such effects are suppressed for the duration of this spell. The effects resume when the duration of this spell expires. While under the effects of this spell, the target is immune to any new attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target."
Would this spell work?
Would this spell work?
Probably not. It just blocks divination.
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I guess you could be an elf and not dream.
Elves in Golarion sleep and dream. They even have a Dreamspeaker alternate racial trait. The whole "elves trance instead of sleep" thing is only in the Forgotten Realms setting, which was the official setting for D&D.
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I guess you could be an elf and not dream.Elves in Golarion sleep and dream. They even have a Dreamspeaker alternate racial trait. The whole "elves trance instead of sleep" thing is only in the Forgotten Realms setting, which was the official setting for D&D.
Actually, Elves in Golarion do NOT sleep. This referenced in the description of the Nightmare spell, but is made very clear in the book Elves of Golarion.
Please note, the Dreamspeaker alternate racial trait removes elven immunities. These are the rare few who do sleep.
I guess you could be an elf and not dream.Elves in Golarion sleep and dream. They even have a Dreamspeaker alternate racial trait. The whole "elves trance instead of sleep" thing is only in the Forgotten Realms setting, which was the official setting for D&D.Actually, Elves in Golarion do NOT sleep. This referenced in the description of the Nightmare spell, but is made very clear in the book Elves of Golarion.
Please note, the Dreamspeaker alternate racial trait removes elven immunities. These are the rare few who do sleep.
I think I remember reading somewhere that, that was wrong, and that the developers made a mistake and/or were planning to errata that.
How about Rope Trick, spells can't cross into it.
The nightmare creature could though, and once inside use its spells.
Player Companions rarely see Errata. It's a mistake, they sleep.
Which is why I find it unlikely that they were planning on making an errata.
Isn't Elves of Golarion a 3.5 product, anyway.
*google search*
Yep, it was released almost a year before the CRB. Are 3.5 Golarion products still considered valid in the slightest for the current setting?
You train your mind to become a lucid dreamer and have control over your dreams.
How about Rope Trick, spells can't cross into it.
See:
unless those spells work across planes.
If that was all that took to be safe from night hags...