| Zachary Budd 122 |
So the text of the shell reads:
Components V, S, DF
Casting Time 1 round
Range 10 ft.
Area 10-ft.-radius emanation, centered on you
Duration 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
You bring into being a mobile, hemispherical energy field that prevents the entrance of most types of living creatures.
The effect hedges out animals, aberrations, dragons, fey, giants, humanoids, magical beasts, monstrous humanoids, oozes, plants, and vermin, but not constructs, elementals, outsiders, or undead.
This spell may be used only defensively, not aggressively. Forcing an abjuration barrier against creatures that the spell keeps at bay collapses the barrier.
My question is, if a Huge size cleric - let's say a huge lich - were to cast the spell, would the 10ft emanation be centered on its central square, or would it start from the outside of the creature?
It seems that if the answer is the former, then the lich is only getting about 2.5ft of antilife shell coverage, which doesn't really seem like it would be useful, while if it's the latter, then the spell is working as intended