Gardian of faith Priest spell is not working

[blacksun115]

Hello,

I have try this spell Gardian of faith, but the guardian don't move or do nothing.
I cannot select it or control it either.

[Alien Pizza]

Hi!

That is how the spell works: it does not move or attack on its own, but the Guardian of Faith will damage any enemy creature that goes into its area of effect for 20 Radiant Damage (or 10 if the creature succeeds on their saving throw).

That is also why it should not appear in the Turn Order (just like your Flaming Sphere or Spiritual Weapon), since it's not actually a creature you can control

[blacksun115]

I don't see any aura either around the "guardian of faith" and he did not hurt my enemy? With the "spirit guadian" spell you see an aura around you and see the damage on the enemy at each round but not with the "guardian of faith"
This is why i think the guardian have a bug.

[Alien Pizza]

Okay!

Another player reported a similar issue earlier, we'll take a look!

Have you noticed if Guardian of Faith does not work at all, or if it sometimes damages enemies?

[blacksun115]

No damage at all

[Alien Pizza]

Okay!

I tried to replicate this bug, but the spell seems to work properly on our end. Could you send us a save file where you have the issue?

This link will tell you where you can find the files:
https://forums.solasta-game.com/forum/important-rolling-bug-report-with-advantage

[blacksun115]

Email sent

[Alien Pizza]

Mail received, we'll try to reproduce the issue soon!

[Alien Pizza]

Hi again!

We've received your save file, I could use Guardian of Faith (with your save file) without issues.

I was wondering: were you in an area where enemies can use "Counterspell" ?

[blacksun115]

no i try it in a random travel encounter twice. Each time the guardian will stay there and do nothing to monster around him.

[blacksun115]

Ok it work when they pass the guardian and enter the zone after the guardian was cast. If they are in the zone when it invoke it do nothing.

[Alien Pizza]

Okay!

Guardian of Faith only damages creatures when they enter its area of effect willingly (so, if they decide to move into its area of effect). It will not damage creatures that start their turn within the area, and it will not damage them either when you cast the spell

We will test a bit more just in case though!

[blacksun115]

that detail should be added in the spell description

[Boku]

Originally posted by blacksun115:

that detail should be added in the spell description

ABSOLUTELY. The spell description suggests this guardian will attack enemies nearby, there is no suggestion whatsoever it will sit there dumbly if you cast it where enemies are already in the zone. That also makes no sense whatsoever - this Guardian is supposed to protect you but simply ignore enemies it starts off next to?

The spell is already near useless - 20 damage on an enemy that MIGHT step into the area of effect of the spell for a 4th level spell slot usage? Horrible. The 3rd level spell (spirits) is considerably better - a 10 minute buff which moves with you and attacks / effects enemies from the start PLUS has a debuff effect.

Guardian is simply horrible. Part of that is the 5e ruleset (it's a bizarre spell and I have no idea what they were smoking when they set its characteristics) but partly the description of the spell in Solasta makes it sound MUCH better than it is. Please change, this is a bad description and spell.

[Cartesian Duelist]

Originally posted by Boku:

The spell is already near useless - 20 damage on an enemy that MIGHT step into the area of effect of the spell for a 4th level spell slot usage? Horrible. The 3rd level spell (spirits) is considerably better - a 10 minute buff which moves with you and attacks / effects enemies from the start PLUS has a debuff effect.

The spell is pretty much useless for a crpg because it's not meant to be a combat spell, really.

[WPizzA]

now i understand, this speel is totally useless if it works like this, and it is also a tier 4 speel ,
no sense