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[sir_pudding]

Those seem to be all rather too specific for most PC wizards to ever bother learning. Spells like Repel Animals, Avoid, Pentagram, and (in DF) the Protection from spells all apply to much broader categories.

[Drakyrias]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Those seem to be all rather too specific for most PC wizards to ever bother learning. Spells like Repel Animals, Avoid, Pentagram, and (in DF) the Protection from spells all apply to much broader categories.

Repel Animals requires it to be type specifics (i.e. repel mammals).

Avoid creates a much different effect then simply preventing entry. As the text of the spell says, it makes all people (except the caster) except the caster avoid looking and approaching the area, and the targets have no clue when they failed.

These spells are for when you want to bar specific being from entering somewhere without hiding the entire place.