Fun with Doors - what exactly are "various effects"?
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:53 pm
"This spell creates different visual effects, all based around the use of doors."
"If successful, the magician may create a variety of illusions involving the target (door)."
"Any interaction with the door will reveal its true nature." (emphasis added)
The only visual effect pointed to is in the rules that a new door must be no bigger than 3 square yards and cannot be farther than 4 yards from the original door (archway, trapdoor).
What kind of connection is there between the original door, archway, trapdoor (window?) and the illusions created?
I.e., does the illusion have to be of the same door or can it be modified? Can the illusion be a larger or smaller version of the door (shrink it down Alice in Wonderland style?), change the color or writing on the door, or what kind of portal it is (door to archway, archway to portcullis, etc)?
Can you hide the target door or change what it looks like? Could you make it look barred and locked? Or add a gate in front of it?
Does the illusion have to be on the same wall the target door is on? Could it be on a different wall that is within 4 yards? Or the floor/ceiling? Floating in mid-air?
If you are casting on an archway, say one that looks onto a courtyard, and you make a copy of the archway, will it have the same view of the courtyard or could it show something else?
What counts as "any interaction"? Was that meant to imply that anyone touching the original door or one of the illusions knows they are figments automatically? Or that anyone looking at the display knows it is fake, because looking can be considered an interaction. I'm guessing it is the former and reflective of this being a figment, a sense image that doesn't impose belief like a full illusion. So even if you know it's fake you still see it, but if you reach for the fake door or run your hands along the wall where a real door is hidden, you feel it immediately (or if you use any other non-visual sense other than astral sight).
How many effects can you make? Do you have to create them all with the casting of the spell or can you create new ones during the ten minutes plus of duration if you stick around? Could you make a door appear to dodge away as someone walked towards it? Make a door seem to open then close as someone walked closer? Can you make multiple doors from the original target (inside the 4 yard limit)?
Does only a crafted portal of some kind count? What about a cave entrance? Or a breach in a castle wall? What about a large picture/tapestry that depicts a door or archway - could you make it look real?
"If successful, the magician may create a variety of illusions involving the target (door)."
"Any interaction with the door will reveal its true nature." (emphasis added)
The only visual effect pointed to is in the rules that a new door must be no bigger than 3 square yards and cannot be farther than 4 yards from the original door (archway, trapdoor).
What kind of connection is there between the original door, archway, trapdoor (window?) and the illusions created?
I.e., does the illusion have to be of the same door or can it be modified? Can the illusion be a larger or smaller version of the door (shrink it down Alice in Wonderland style?), change the color or writing on the door, or what kind of portal it is (door to archway, archway to portcullis, etc)?
Can you hide the target door or change what it looks like? Could you make it look barred and locked? Or add a gate in front of it?
Does the illusion have to be on the same wall the target door is on? Could it be on a different wall that is within 4 yards? Or the floor/ceiling? Floating in mid-air?
If you are casting on an archway, say one that looks onto a courtyard, and you make a copy of the archway, will it have the same view of the courtyard or could it show something else?
What counts as "any interaction"? Was that meant to imply that anyone touching the original door or one of the illusions knows they are figments automatically? Or that anyone looking at the display knows it is fake, because looking can be considered an interaction. I'm guessing it is the former and reflective of this being a figment, a sense image that doesn't impose belief like a full illusion. So even if you know it's fake you still see it, but if you reach for the fake door or run your hands along the wall where a real door is hidden, you feel it immediately (or if you use any other non-visual sense other than astral sight).
How many effects can you make? Do you have to create them all with the casting of the spell or can you create new ones during the ten minutes plus of duration if you stick around? Could you make a door appear to dodge away as someone walked towards it? Make a door seem to open then close as someone walked closer? Can you make multiple doors from the original target (inside the 4 yard limit)?
Does only a crafted portal of some kind count? What about a cave entrance? Or a breach in a castle wall? What about a large picture/tapestry that depicts a door or archway - could you make it look real?