Contingent spell question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Contingent spell question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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God of Slivers
03-11-05, 03:49 PM I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but I would like to make sure everything I have planned is nice and legal. So here's the question: can a contingent spell be triggered by command word? For example, I have a contingent teleport set for my home. Can I set it to trigger when I say "So long suckers?" Can I add multiple conditions to it? So using my previous example, could I add "or when my hp reaches 10 or lower?" That way I could 'manually' trigger it or wait for my hp to drop.
kSquared
03-11-05, 04:18 PM It's up to your DM. If he deems that your conditions are "too complicated and/or convoluted", as per the contingency description, they might fail to activate.

I would rule that "whenever I say, 'so long suckers!'" is an acceptable contingency condition. It's simple and to the point. Of course, you wouldn't be able to fire it off inside of a silence spell. An enterprising attacker who knows this might well seal your doom. I would allow you to specify multiple simple conditions for the same contingency, so your example of "whenever I say 'so long suckers!' or when my hit points drop to 10 or below" is an acceptable condition as well.
Vatras
03-11-05, 05:27 PM A command word is an acceptable trigger for such spells. Setting two or more conditions is technically illegal, but can as always be debated with your DM.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
God of Slivers 03-11-05, 03:49 PM	I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but I would like to make sure everything I have planned is nice and legal. So here's the question: can a contingent spell be triggered by command word? For example, I have a contingent teleport set for my home. Can I set it to trigger when I say "So long suckers?" Can I add multiple conditions to it? So using my previous example, could I add "or when my hp reaches 10 or lower?" That way I could 'manually' trigger it or wait for my hp to drop.
kSquared 03-11-05, 04:18 PM	It's up to your DM. If he deems that your conditions are "too complicated and/or convoluted", as per the contingency description, they might fail to activate. I would rule that "whenever I say, 'so long suckers!'" is an acceptable contingency condition. It's simple and to the point. Of course, you wouldn't be able to fire it off inside of a silence spell. An enterprising attacker who knows this might well seal your doom. I would allow you to specify multiple simple conditions for the same contingency, so your example of "whenever I say 'so long suckers!' or when my hit points drop to 10 or below" is an acceptable condition as well.
Vatras 03-11-05, 05:27 PM	A command word is an acceptable trigger for such spells. Setting two or more conditions is technically illegal, but can as always be debated with your DM.