@TheEdVerse would spellfire and or silverfire affect a Rakshasa, considering its limited magic immunity?
— Shadowfox6908 (@shadowfox6908) September 23, 2021
1)
Both would, without exceptions, even if the spellfire or silverfire is being used to accomplish something akin to the effect of a spell of 6th level or lower.
Both spellfire and silverfire are versions of the raw power of the…
#Realmslore 2)
…Weave; spellfire literally the natural energies of the world unleashed as consuming flames, and silverfire as a fine-tuned, controlled and focused version of gathered natural energies (if spellfire is a blowtorch, silverfire…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 24, 2021
3)
…is a laser beam).
A rakshasa has innate spellcasting abilties and an innate limited magic immunity, but spellfire and silverfire aren’t “magic” save in the loosest sense of the word: something that I don’t any other way to… 4)
…make happen must be ‘magic.’ Rather, they are a means to channel the natural energies of the world from the Weave WITHOUT using spells; the rakshasa’s immunity is applied against spells, and so can’t be applied successfully… #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 24, 2021
5)
…against spellfire or silverfire.
If I have a magical power that prevents explosions but not ignition, and am put in a wooden outhouse with a lit bomb, and I use my power to prevent the bomb exploding, but the lit fuse causes… 6)
…the outhouse to burn, and the bomb melts along with me inside the resulting inferno, I used my magical power but it didn’t prevent my being harmed.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 24, 2021