This brings up the question of... does the character<em>know</em>what effects a spell has, or what spell is being cast? Unless you're doing the classic shouting your action to the world so the audience knows what a "Karate Chop!" or "Mega-charge stuper-ppendous power activate!" sort of thing, how many lay-persons would actually know what spell is being cast, or the effects therein? Stating effects and spell in OOC is helpful, but at the same time, I wouldn't know a particular martial's art move from another if my life depended upon it. or, or what one poison's effects would be over another for that matter if a thief was using a poison in combat.... unoless said thief was shouting out "Bladder control losing poison!" as an example.<br/><br/>Unless there's a tell-tell that Lydia would recognize, for example, she wouldn't know one spell effect from another unless there's n immediately visable effect like burning hands or similar effect.<br/><br/>Aside from an undead creature apparently pausing in mid step, if there was a step being taken, is there a visable effect, or would anyone but a spell caster know instinctively if it worked or not? Confusion, for example, as far as I know, has no visable effect between the spell being cast and the target actually doing something unexpected.<br/><br/>Then again, perhaps he was merely taking advantage of the spell to get in a telling strike and take it down...