Spells that last a combat, etc.

[logan9a]

Spells whose duration is 'combat' are considered - for purposes of dispelling, etc - to be actively running on the mage whether they have begun to use them or not.

Example: Fred casts his 'throw lightning around duration combat' on himself then spends the day shopping. Suddenly, an evil shop keeper casts dispel on Fred. Now Fred can no longer trigger his 'lightning' stuff till he recasts the whole spell.

[PotatoJedi]

Interesting. For some reason I was under the impression that you couldn't cast "duration: combat" spells outside of combat. Don't know why I thought that – of course you can. They just "activate" when you're in combat.