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Originally Posted by cupbearer
It says that it causes 2d damage to any malign creature within 4 yards, and it seems to say that the enemy is automatically hit and that the hit can't be defended
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Actually, it says, "When this miracle is invoked, every malign supernatural being within four yards immediately takes 2d burning damage, regardless of DR, insubstantiality, etc." I didn't explicitly say anything about active defenses because they work as they always do against area attacks -- they're not normally possible unless the foe is close enough to the edge to attempt a Dodge and Drop, or has some sort of powerful supernatural defense (like Warp or the Blink spell). This is not because of any sort of unspoken Cosmic modifier; it's just how all area attacks work.
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The cosmic modifier no die roll says that the attack still has to be possible to be rolled (meaning a final skill of 3 or better) in order for it to work and in that case it automatically works. However in the smite description it just says that the attack hits so long as it is within 4 yards, why is this?
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The Emanation modifier makes this possible. You don't have to roll to hit or activate an attack with Emanation.