There are two points that I'd like to get some feedback on.
The first relates to aimed attacks -- in this case, a bow attack. Say an archer waits until the end of a round to do an aimed shot at the head of his opponent. However, he's previously cast Multimissile on that arrow. When the shot goes off, would you think that only the "real" arrow hits the head? Or would all of them be equally "aimed"?
The second question is more challenging, I think. It involves Divine Intervention. Has anyone had to cope with a situation in which DI was used to force a quick end to a scenario? In the campaign in question, the party was attempting to rescue a kidnaped girl. When they saw her in the distance the Healer in the group did a one-point DI to transport the party and girl back to their home village, far from the combat. A secondary issue: the girl was possessed at the time. Would the presence of an alien spirit in the girl inhibit the ability of a member of a related cult to transport her away? And would the hostile spirit be transported too? If not, it seems dubious that both transportation and effective exorcism would be produced by the same Divine Intervention.
All other members of the party were taken by surprise by the DI. After discussion, they decided that some of them would prefer not to be transported, since they'd lose their horses and possessions. I have to wonder if individuals in the group could decide separately whether or not they'd be part of the DI, particularly since they had no warning or knowledge that it was going to happen. Players argued that Chalana Arroy would have instantly known what their characters would have wanted if they were aware of the possibility of the DI, but this seems questionable to me - -- particularly since none of the other PCs worshiped Chalana Arroy (though several were Lightbringers).
These questions lack immediacy, since they came up on the final session of the campaign. However, these issues may well come up again -- and I'd like to get a sense of the Digest on how they should be handled.
-->Pete
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