OOTS #1126 - The Discussion Thread

[Dion]

Pragmatic, I would love it if it wasn't for how evil it was. Why is he trying to hurt or even KILL the kid though with an anti-life shell? Isn't that going to break Hilyga out of the trance? I mean, I can see him to try to use it as leverage to get Roy to surrender, but that isn't going to work.

The anti-life shell doesn’t do damage to living things, it just prevents “living” things from entering the shell (“living” in this case is shorthand for a long list of creature types).

Based on a strict reading of the spell description, Hilgya and Kudzu are probably free to move around inside the shell, or even leave the shell without ill effect. The only restriction on them seems to be that if they leave the shell, they can’t renter.