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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 1304550" data-attributes="member: 10778"><p>"Furthermore, if you are on your home plane when you cast this spell, nonevil extraplanar creatures within the area are instantly banished back to their home planes...This effect takes place regardless of whether the creatures hear the blasphemy." This ends the paragraph. </p><p></p><p>Previous paragraphs in the spell description of the Blasphemy spell talked about other effects, no mention of whether hearing applies or not. But this paragraph (only) says: "This effect takes place regardless of whether the creatures hear the blasphemy." You are taking that to mean the whole spell. I am taking it to mean this one effect of the spell (which in 3.0 was separated into a totally different effect. It still has a different paragraph from the rest of the spell's effects in 3.5).</p><p></p><p>Plainly to my reading and comprehension, in the 3.5 SRD, only the effect of the banishment applies to those who do not hear it. The other parts of the spell require hearing in order to work (thus the sonic part of the spell descriptors).</p><p></p><p>Sound Burst says: "Creatures that cannot hear are not stunned but are still damaged." Meaning that being deaf or being in a silence lessens the spell's special effects, but not its damage.</p><p></p><p>Greater Shout makes no mention of deaf creatures, but also does not mention silence protecting from its damage (you added that). It also does not state whether it breaks a silence or not (let's see: 8th level attack versus 2nd level defense, hmmm). Common sense would let the Greater Shout blast through the silence, dispelling it, and affect those inside. This should be as evident as the [light] and [darkness] spell descriptors and how they work against each other: "A light spell (one with the light descriptor) counters and dispels a darkness spell (one with the darkness descriptor) of an equal or lower level." Sonic has a descriptor, and although silence does not, it is its opposite and should be treated accordingly.</p><p></p><p> Ciao</p><p> Dave</p><p></p><p>P.S. Errata doesn't cover typos? I seem to remember <u>Sword and Fist</u> having a lot of typos errata'ed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElectricDragon, post: 1304550, member: 10778"] "Furthermore, if you are on your home plane when you cast this spell, nonevil extraplanar creatures within the area are instantly banished back to their home planes...This effect takes place regardless of whether the creatures hear the blasphemy." This ends the paragraph. Previous paragraphs in the spell description of the Blasphemy spell talked about other effects, no mention of whether hearing applies or not. But this paragraph (only) says: "This effect takes place regardless of whether the creatures hear the blasphemy." You are taking that to mean the whole spell. I am taking it to mean this one effect of the spell (which in 3.0 was separated into a totally different effect. It still has a different paragraph from the rest of the spell's effects in 3.5). Plainly to my reading and comprehension, in the 3.5 SRD, only the effect of the banishment applies to those who do not hear it. The other parts of the spell require hearing in order to work (thus the sonic part of the spell descriptors). Sound Burst says: "Creatures that cannot hear are not stunned but are still damaged." Meaning that being deaf or being in a silence lessens the spell's special effects, but not its damage. Greater Shout makes no mention of deaf creatures, but also does not mention silence protecting from its damage (you added that). It also does not state whether it breaks a silence or not (let's see: 8th level attack versus 2nd level defense, hmmm). Common sense would let the Greater Shout blast through the silence, dispelling it, and affect those inside. This should be as evident as the [light] and [darkness] spell descriptors and how they work against each other: "A light spell (one with the light descriptor) counters and dispels a darkness spell (one with the darkness descriptor) of an equal or lower level." Sonic has a descriptor, and although silence does not, it is its opposite and should be treated accordingly. Ciao Dave P.S. Errata doesn't cover typos? I seem to remember [U]Sword and Fist[/U] having a lot of typos errata'ed. [/QUOTE]
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