Not sure what spell you referring to. But most TM spells have to be target <spell name> AT creature. Not many offensive spells have a cast creature.

I'm referring to Fire Rain specifically. When I hunt with other people, I want the rain to hit everything, not just what is facing me. Like I said, it works half the time, at others it gives me an error as if "creature" was the name of what I was casting at and it's not in the room.

What Powerhaus said, Fire rain is one of the spells which has the option to cast creature. I'm trying to narrow down the cause of the problem. If I figure anything out, I'll post it. I think it MAY have something to do with those group casting magic feats, I'm going to go forget those and see if it helps.

Typo?

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An agonizing pain fills you as you feel your tongue turn to powder in your mouth! Through a haze of uncertainty and loss, you realize that something you just said was very wrong.

>pre fr 25
That won't affect your current attunement very much.
You trace an angular sigil in the air, shaping the pattern of the Fire Rain spell.
The fact that you're glowing like a torch massively hinders your attempt...
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The zombie head-splitter closes to pole weapon range on you!
* As if effort and skill were a bad thing, a zombie head-splitter swings at you. You evade, moving cleanly out of the way.
[You're nimbly balanced and in dominating position.]



* Moving in like a timid schoolboy, a zombie head-splitter grunts revoltingly and punches at you. You fend off most of the fists with a bastard sword.
[You're nimbly balanced and in good position.]
The zombie head-splitter closes to melee range on you!

Heavy footfalls and a chilling grunt announce the arrival of a zombie head-splitter.
* Looking as if this were a bad idea, a zombie head-splitter swings at you. You evade.
[You're nimbly balanced and in excellent position.]

* Awkwardly, a zombie head-splitter charges at you. You evade, leaping aside like a cunning cat.
[You're adeptly balanced and in better position.]

* Apparently without direction or thought, a zombie head-splitter looms menacingly and swings at you. You dodge, with a practiced hand.
[You're adeptly balanced and in dominating position.]

You feel fully prepared to cast your spell.

>cast creature
I could not find what you were referring to.

The 4 creatures (animals) I think they'd frozen , in splitters maybe?
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An agonizing pain fills you as you feel your tongue turn to powder in your mouth! Through a haze of uncertainty and loss, you realize that something you just said was very wrong.

I think you're right Powerhaus. Here's the room description from my log.

[Boar Clan, Derelict Togball Field]
A collection of sculpted oak creatures sits in a circle around a huge grey boulder. The arrangement is somewhat peculiar considering the environment. Wavy stalks of grass caress the carvings, the growth not impeded by the wooden residents. You also see a zombie head-splitter, a zombie head-splitter, a zombie head-splitter, an Imperial dira, a zombie head-splitter, a zombie head-splitter, a zombie head-splitter, a zombie head-splitter, a small steel bar and some junk.

I wanna nominate this thread for the "best thread of 2014".

>>While you're amused, can you make it so "cast creature" overrides stuff in the room and actually does what it's supposed to?

Only thing I'd say against that is if you have something called "a many-fanged creature" you wouldn't be able to cast at that with an override like you're describing.

Anyway, isn't the default for non-Necro AoE's one that targets critters you're engaged with? You wouldn't need to cast creature to have it target mobs you're fighting and not other people, right?

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Engaged is the default; the cast/target creature option will hit all non player characters in the room, regardless of engagement.

>>>> where if you want to hit something named "creature" it would target all creatures in the room?

Can you target fire rain at a single target? All of the AoE spells I am aware of (from other guilds) can't do that.

Since Fire Rain is cyclic, not targeted, so it goes through the cast. Its special. The code is probably limited in what they can do, but I am sure they are working on that. That's why it amuses him. Most likely he talking to the owner of that room, and he trying to get the creature removed, or at least not be an object. Probably the easiest way to fix it.

There can't be more the one or two areas in the game with a "creatures" object chilling out in it. That's a rather unusual noun. As such, fixing those specific rooms would make far more sense.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

<<What about "dwarf-like creature" monster? Not that I've seen one in a decade...

You mean these?

https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Dwarf-Like_Creature

I think they were given names and exist as these now, although I'm not sure of the history:

https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Elba_Darvager

<<There can't be more the one or two areas in the game with a "creatures" object chilling out in it. That's a rather unusual noun. As such, fixing those specific rooms would make far more sense.

Agreed. It's not a pressing issue, and some of the other options people mentioned would work as well.

cast critter
cast monster
cast hostile?

Or just fix those rooms. Either way, no rush. I'll just avoid that room when group hunting.