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==Spell Resistance==
===Spell Resistance===
Spell resistance (abbreviated SR) is the extraordinary ability to avoid being affected by spells. Some spells also grant spell resistance.
Spell resistance (abbreviated SR) is the extraordinary ability to avoid being affected by spells. Some spells also grant spell resistance.


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Spell resistance does not stack. If a creature has more than one source of Spell Resistance, only the highest available value is used.
Spell resistance does not stack. If a creature has more than one source of Spell Resistance, only the highest available value is used.


===When Spell Resistance Applies===
: <h4>When Spell Resistance Applies</h4>
Each spell includes an entry that indicates whether spell resistance applies to the spell. In general, whether spell resistance applies depends on what the spell does.
: Each spell includes an entry that indicates whether spell resistance applies to the spell. In general, whether spell resistance applies depends on what the spell does.


====Targeted Spells====
:: <h5>Targeted Spells</h5>
 
 


====Area Spells====
:: If a spell uses the the same thing for spell resistance as they do for saving throws. A creature with spell resistance must voluntarily lower the resistance (a standard action) in order to be affected by such spells without forcing the caster to make a Caster Check.
::Spell resistance applies if the resistant creature is within the . It protects the resistant creature without affecting the spell itself.


====Effect Spells====
:: <h5>Area Spells</h5>
::Most effect spells summon or create something and are not subject to spell resistance. Sometimes, however, spell resistance applies to effect spells, usually to those that act upon a creature more or less directly, such as web.
:: Spell resistance . It protects the resistant creature without affecting the spell itself.


::Spell resistance . Check spell resistance when the creature is first affected by the spell.
:: <h5>Effect Spells</h5>
:: Most effect spells summon or create something and are not subject to spell resistance. Sometimes, however, spell resistance applies to effect spells, usually to those that act upon a creature more or less directly, such as web.


::Check spell resistance only once for any particular casting of a spell or use of a spell-like ability. If spell resistance fails the first time, it fails each time the creature encounters that same casting of the spell. Likewise, if the spell resistance succeeds the first time, it always succeeds. If the creature has voluntarily lowered its spell resistance and is then subjected to a spell, the creature still has a single chance to resist that spell later, when its spell resistance is back up.
:: Spell resistance can protect a creature from a spell . Check spell resistance when the creature is first affected by the spell.


::Spell resistance has no effect unless the energy created or released by the spell actually goes to work on the . If the spell acts on anything else and the creature is affected as a consequence, no roll is required. Spell-resistant creatures can be harmed by a spell when they are not being directly affected.
:: Check spell resistance only once for any particular casting of a spell or use of a spell-like ability. If spell resistance fails the first time, it fails each time the creature encounters that same casting of the spell. Likewise, if the spell resistance succeeds the first time, it always succeeds. If the creature has voluntarily lowered its spell resistance and is then subjected to a spell, the creature still has a single chance to resist that spell later, when its spell resistance is back up.


::Spell resistance does not apply if an effect fools senses or reveals something about the creature.
:: Spell resistance has no effect unless the energy created or released by the spell actually goes to work on the resistant mind or body. If the spell acts on anything else and the creature is affected as a consequence, no roll is required. Spell-resistant creatures can be harmed by a spell when they are not being directly affected.


::Magic actually has to be working for spell resistance to applythe resistant creature is exposed to the spell the instant it is cast.
:: Spell resistance does not apply the creature.


===Successful Spell Resistance===
:: Magic actually has to be working for spell resistance spell resistance unless the resistant creature is exposed to the spell the instant it is cast.
Spell resistance prevents a spell or a spell-like ability from affecting or harming the resistant creature, but it .


Against an ongoing spell that has already been cast, a failed check against spell resistance allows the resistant creature to ignore any effect the spell might have. The magic continues to affect others normally.
: <h4>Successful Spell Resistance</h4>
 
: Against an ongoing spell that has already been cast, a failed check against spell resistance allows the resistant creature to ignore any effect the spell might have. The magic continues to affect others normally.

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