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From: hoockadelic hoockadelic@****.club-internet.fr
Subject: Re: Area effect and spell targeting, cover your eyes
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:28:55 +0200 (MET DST)
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> In a message dated 8/9/99 12:49:45 PM
Eastern Daylight Time, arcady@***.net
> writes:
>
> > I suspect my players are going to try
this. And if they don't this week; I
> > can
> > be sure to see it eventually.
> >
> > A mage is casting an area effect
spell like powerball in a small contained
> > room...
> >
> >
> > To limit who gets hit he covers one
eye and cups the other such that he
> only
> > sees some of the people.
> >
> > How would you rule it?

I would say that the LOS concerns the
auras of the spellcaster and targets.
That means that even though the
caster covers his eyes, his aura still
"sees" the targets and everybody is
affected by the spell (except a target
which is hiding behind a wall or anything
blocking astral sight) including the
spellcaster ...
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