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Ubiquitous wrote:
> matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com wrote:
> >On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:11:56 +0200, Jasin Zujovic <jzujovic@inet.hr> scribed
> >into the ether:
>
> >>What happens if the caster's original body sustains damage while the
> >>caster's life force is in the magic jar or a host? The body is "as near
> >>as anyone can tell, dead" but it should certainly be possible to chop
> >>off it's head, disintegrate it, burn it...
> >>
> >>Is it possible to heal a damaged or "killed" body using cure spells
> >>before the caster returns into it?
> >
> >Appears dead, but isn't actually dead. No reason it wouldn't be a valid
> >target for healing magic.
>
> Doesn't the attacker get bonuses of some sort, like an automatic "coup
> d'etat" check?
>
> >Now, if the body were beheaded, I'm not sure how well Raise Dead would
> >work, since the soul is otherwise occupied.
>
> Doesn't the new version state what happens to the soul when its body is
> slain, regardless of where it is at the time? I distinctly recall them
> changing the rules because it screwed up an NPC whose entire backstory
> was based on him being trapped in a ranger's body when the party killed
> the evil wizard.
SRD:"If the spell ends while you are in the magic jar, you return to
your body (or die if your body is out of range or destroyed). "
Sounds like you don't die until you try to return to your destroyed
body. That does leave the question of what happens when you attempt to
heal the spellcaster's body after it's been beheaded, burned up,
disintigrated, etc. since it isn't technically dead yet.
Or what happens if you cast magic jar agin before the first one has run
out... might be an interesting way to stay alive. Have to be high
enough level to memorize enough to keep you going for 24 hours, then
have to keep body hopping.
- Justisaur
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