D&D 3.5 rules question (yes! 3.5!) /u/Skree83 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Hello. I hope there are some other “veterans” of the hobby that know well or perhaps even still play 3.5.

I had a rather lit argument with a person at the table, who mostly asserted that if you cast “detect magic”, it works as an emanation in a place, and that if you move the zone doesn’t move with you. Or that you can’t move.

I called bullcrap on that assumption, stating that the rules state that a cone originates by default from teh cast by rules, and that if you move, you are the point of origin and the emanation follows you.

Since we apparently couldn’t reach an amicable solution, i am willing to concede to being wrong, if i am wrong, but i would also appreciate some help in explaining this particular rule to this person if, instaed, i am correct in my interpretation of the rules.

Would someone help solve the debate, regardless of the end result?

Thank you!

Hello. I hope there are some other “veterans” of the hobby that know well or perhaps even still play 3.5.

I had a rather lit argument with a person at the table, who mostly asserted that if you cast “detect magic”, it works as an emanation in a place, and that if you move the zone doesn’t move with you. Or that you can’t move.

I called bullcrap on that assumption, stating that the rules state that a cone originates by default from teh cast by rules, and that if you move, you are the point of origin and the emanation follows you.

Since we apparently couldn’t reach an amicable solution, i am willing to concede to being wrong, if i am wrong, but i would also appreciate some help in explaining this particular rule to this person if, instaed, i am correct in my interpretation of the rules.

Would someone help solve the debate, regardless of the end result?

Thank you!