Silence 15'

[Wolfgar]

Does Silence 15' act as a sound barrier if you are in a confined space (like a 1" passageway) preventing most/all sound from one side of the spell reaching the other side?

I am thinking of this in analogy to Darkness spells. Someone in the silenced area cannot hear anything inside or outside of the area in the same way that someone in a darkened area cannot see anything inside or outside the area. Similarly someone outside the silenced area cannot hear what is happening inside the silenced area which goes equally for a darkened area. Now darkening a passageway certainly prevents someone on one side of the area seeing the far side. It seems to me that the same thing should hold for a silenced passageway. I realize that sound propagates through the solid wall but that should only be detected if your ear was in direct contact with the wall.

So if this works what I am wondering is could we cast silence (and darkness) on a stone, have it picked up by an unseen servant and then carried 6" in front of us. This would act as a way of preventing opponents from surprising us since they wouldn't know we were coming.

[venger]

I was looking at Unseen Servant for the purposes of carrying Continual Light stones into battle ahead of the party-

Unseen Servant (Conjuration/Summoning)
Level: 1
Range: 0
Duration: 6 turns + 1 turn/level
Area of Effect: 3"radius of spell caster
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 segment
Saving Throw: None

The 3" radius kind of limits the effectiveness.

[Wolfgar]

How about an invisible familiar?

[Ginger]

Silence only lasts one round per level or something like that, which makes it difficult to use unless we're sure where the bad guys are.

[Wolfgar]

Do we allow spell research? How much would it cost and how long would it to create a Continual Silence spell?

[Ginger]

It takes tens of thousands of GP and many weeks. Since Silence is a cleric spell and not also a magic user spell (I think) it is probably a lot harder and more costly. Researching spells that already exist but we don't yet have is probably a better bet.

[Dell]

otto said:

How much would it cost and how long would it to create a Continual Silence spell?

Looks like there'd be a cost of 50,000 to 60,000 GP, and study time of around 2 months. Of course, a rock with a permanent Silence spell on it is like Wizard Kryptonite... so I wouldn't be surprised if such a spell isn't possible at all.

[Ginger]

Besides, Winthrop has already announced his intention of researching Protection from Siege Weapons first.