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Carcharoth at [unixtime wrote:1111720232[/unixtime]]It's from Complete Somethingorother. I'm pretty sure it's Adventurer but it could be Arcane.

Guest (Unregistered) at [unixtime wrote:1111770008[/unixtime]]AMFs block line of effect, but not area of effect. AoEs don't affect any area affected by an AMF.

So if you were in an AMF and not affected by it, you could be protected from a Charm(a targetted spell) but would be normally affected by a Fireball(an AoE).

Burst effects, however, would not affect you, since those are stopped in a line of effect.

The FAQ has a long section on this kind of thing.

Catharz wrote:Here is the funny thing: You aren't affected by the AMF, but your space is.

It seems to be rather like Freedom of movement: You can act freely under water, but you're still under water.

Any spell cast in or into the space you occupy automagically fails unless you cast it. Which matters for LoE and AoE.

Unless they're using a Conjuration (creation) spell or similar Metacreativity power which creates a nonmagical effect.

K at [unixtime wrote:1111774541[/unixtime]]
Right and wrong.

Yes, your space is affected. So, a dude grappling you in your space would be in the AMF.

However, AoE spells function normally when they intersect AMFs; however, the parts of the AoE that overlaps the AMF do not function.

Since there is no coverage on you(since you can obviously have buffs on, not being affected by the AMF), the AoE effects can affect you.

Targetted spells are blocked, however, since they must travel in a line of effect to the target to affect it.

Boulie_98 at [unixtime wrote:1111761925[/unixtime]]If you use this feat to place an AMF on yourself, doesn't that mean that other spellcasters can target you with anything and everything as well? The effects are just suppressed in the squares you don't occupy.

fbmf at [unixtime wrote:1112063499[/unixtime]]How is Extraordinary Spell Aim different from Selective Spell from Shining South?

Game On,
fbmf

3.5 SRD wrote:Effect: Some spells create or summon things rather than affecting things that are already present. You must designate the location where these things are to appear, either by seeing it or defining it. Range determines how far away an effect can appear, but if the effect is mobile it can move regardless of the spell’s range.

Ray: Some effects are rays. You aim a ray as if using a ranged weapon, though typically you make a ranged touch attack rather than a normal ranged attack. As with a ranged weapon, you can fire into the dark or at an invisible creature and hope you hit something. You don’t have to see the creature you’re trying to hit, as you do with a targeted spell. Intervening creatures and obstacles, however, can block your line of sight or provide cover for the creature you’re aiming at.

If a ray spell has a duration, it’s the duration of the effect that the ray causes, not the length of time the ray itself persists.

If a ray spell deals damage, you can score a critical hit just as if it were a weapon. A ray spell threatens a critical hit on a natural roll of 20 and deals double damage on a successful critical hit.

Spread: Some effects, notably clouds and fogs, spread out from a point of origin, which must be a grid intersection. The effect can extend around corners and into areas that you can’t see. Figure distance by actual distance traveled, taking into account turns the spell effect takes. When determining distance for spread effects, count around walls, not through them. As with movement, do not trace diagonals across corners. You must designate the point of origin for such an effect, but you need not have line of effect (see below) to all portions of the effect.

Essence at [unixtime wrote:1112069927[/unixtime]]

3.5 SRD wrote:
So there you go. An effect is that which is not an alteration to an existing state

You can tell what spells are effect spells because they have an Effect: heading in their entry (as opposed to a Target: heading).