I Smell a Rat: Rune-Lined Hallway

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Originally Posted by sjmdw45

Dispel Magic does not require you to know the spell(s) being dispelled. You're thinking of Counterspell:

Counterspell is a single spell – but to counter a given spell, you must also know that spell.

Dispel Magic has no such requirement.

Thanks, in fact Dispel explicitly states you don.t need to knwo the spell. Somehow my eyes wandered heavily when I was rereading Dispel Magic.

In which case if the Evil Rubes were an ongoing spell or magical effect, then I'd let Dispel Magic take it out. But in the case you're likely to see it, as a trap, it's either likely an enchantment or a curse.


I've a PC in a game who wants to start studying every set of Evil Runes he comes across to learn how to duplicate the effect... in the angle of protecting his home from sewer threats (slimes, worms, giant rats, etc). Not for Evil, no, no, of course not.