Magic: Properties of the Shield and Block spells?

mustpickname! · 05-28-2015, 04:03 PM

So, an interesting situation came up in our last session and I thought I'd make an account to ask everyone's opinion on it

The PC was a fantasy wizard, and a huge monster came at them with a gigantic, obviously lethal attack. The player tried to use the Block spell to get a bonus on their dodge, and that's where we ran into trouble.

If they tried to block this attack with a normal shield (say the large shield, 9DR and 60HP), it would end up dealing more than enough damage to crush the shield and keep on going. But how much DR and HP does the magical screen of force created by the Block spell have? The book never says, but surely it can't just be infinitely strong. I can't imagine standing in front of a subway train and casting the Shield spell to destroy the train, for example.

Any thoughts?

05-28-2015, 04:03 PM	#1
mustpickname! Join Date: May 2015	Magic: Properties of the Shield and Block spells? So, an interesting situation came up in our last session and I thought I'd make an account to ask everyone's opinion on it The PC was a fantasy wizard, and a huge monster came at them with a gigantic, obviously lethal attack. The player tried to use the Block spell to get a bonus on their dodge, and that's where we ran into trouble. If they tried to block this attack with a normal shield (say the large shield, 9DR and 60HP), it would end up dealing more than enough damage to crush the shield and keep on going. But how much DR and HP does the magical screen of force created by the Block spell have? The book never says, but surely it can't just be infinitely strong. I can't imagine standing in front of a subway train and casting the Shield spell to destroy the train, for example. Any thoughts?