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Greschler 02-13-06, 11:17 AM	A wizard has cast anticipate teleport on himself. He decides to use a teleport type spell to move 30 feet away. Well within the anticipate teleport area. Does this delay the wizard's own reentry?
Father Dale 02-13-06, 11:35 AM	I would think No. The anticipate teleport spell is an area radiating from the caster. If the caster teleports, the area does as well. If I recall, any creature teleporting into the area of an Anticipate Teleport spell has his arrival delayed for 1 round (or 3 with the Greater version). If the caster himself would be delayed for 1 round, where is the Anticipate Teleport spell during this time? If the caster is not there, then the spell's area would not be there as well. I would think that since the spell would be "gone" while the caster is gone, then the spell could have no effect while it was gone. This being the case, you have a problem where if the caster is delayed, then the effect that delays him is gone, thus he wouldn't be delayed. This would be akin to travelling back into time and preventing your own birth. Event A can't occur unless Event B occurs, and if Event B occurs then Event A doesn't occur. The easiest way to avoid this conundrum is to say that the spell simply can't affect the target of the spell.