Anti magic, dead magic, and the shadow weave. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Anti magic, dead magic, and the shadow weave. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Mordent_Sage
12-28-06, 09:55 AM Hi there,

My big nasty villan has found himself a nice pocket of dead magic, and has set up his base of operations there. Being a Shadow Weave user, his magic still works there.

My question is this - if a Weave user casts antimagic field on himself outside the dead magic zone, then walks in, will the dead magic overcome the antimagic (allowing the Shadow Weave caster to continue casting) or will the antimagic prevale (stoping the bad man from casting)?
CantripN
12-28-06, 10:08 AM Dead Magic prevails. It's an area where NO MAGIC exists. Antimagic IS magic, sorta.
tarkin
12-28-06, 11:17 AM I would rule otherwise.

Using your logic, then a Dead Magic area would also stop the Shadow Weave, as it IS magic, just not 'Weave Magic'.

In addition, a Wish spell, which is magic, can 'heal' a dead magic area.

For these reasons, Dead Magic does not stop all magic. It is a powerfull form of anti-magic.

I would refer to the rules for Anti-Magic that state two anti-magic zones do not cancel each other out.

As such, Anti-Magic can survive in anti-magic and therefore in a Dead-Magic Area.
CantripN
12-28-06, 11:21 AM I look at it like they're (overlapping) layers. The Dead Magic Zone has a hole in the Normal Magic, but the Shadow Magic layer is okay.

Yes, "natural" Dead Magic is superior to Antimagic.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Mordent_Sage 12-28-06, 09:55 AM	Hi there, My big nasty villan has found himself a nice pocket of dead magic, and has set up his base of operations there. Being a Shadow Weave user, his magic still works there. My question is this - if a Weave user casts antimagic field on himself outside the dead magic zone, then walks in, will the dead magic overcome the antimagic (allowing the Shadow Weave caster to continue casting) or will the antimagic prevale (stoping the bad man from casting)?
CantripN 12-28-06, 10:08 AM	Dead Magic prevails. It's an area where NO MAGIC exists. Antimagic IS magic, sorta.
tarkin 12-28-06, 11:17 AM	I would rule otherwise. Using your logic, then a Dead Magic area would also stop the Shadow Weave, as it IS magic, just not 'Weave Magic'. In addition, a Wish spell, which is magic, can 'heal' a dead magic area. For these reasons, Dead Magic does not stop all magic. It is a powerfull form of anti-magic. I would refer to the rules for Anti-Magic that state two anti-magic zones do not cancel each other out. As such, Anti-Magic can survive in anti-magic and therefore in a Dead-Magic Area.
CantripN 12-28-06, 11:21 AM	I look at it like they're (overlapping) layers. The Dead Magic Zone has a hole in the Normal Magic, but the Shadow Magic layer is okay. Yes, "natural" Dead Magic is superior to Antimagic.