Can you Detect (Magic) an Antimagic Field? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Seventh Seraph

12-26-03, 02:40 PM
Hi folks. I was wondering--if you were outside the range of an Antimagic Field, could you use Detect Magic to know it's there? The spell description doesn't say anything about that. Thanks.


-SS
paolung

12-26-03, 03:30 PM
no, because your "cone" of detect magic is effectively snuffed out when it goes into the AM field range.
Nagol

12-26-03, 03:56 PM
Whereas I would say 'yes' because the field is a magical effect in and of itself that you can detect since you are not penetrating it. Of course, you couldn't detect anything past the field edge.
paolung

12-26-03, 05:01 PM
ack, i misread the question... i thought you were asking if you could detect something INSIDE the AMF, my bad...

yeah, i'd agree with Nagol on this, since the AMF is a magical effect, you could detect that it is there, it's not "invisible to magic" so to speak.
Seventh Seraph

12-27-03, 02:45 AM
Ah. Okay. Thanks guys.


-SS