Dispel Magic help please (in General)

Just reading through the forums and now I'm confused all over again :-(
Does Dispel Magic not work against your opponents AMF? The spell description seems to say this, but I had always assumed that it affected ALL AMFs.
Help??!!??

Dispel magic when cast on an opponent dispels all enchantments cast on that opponent. However their AMF is cast on you not them. So Dispel Magic doesn't affect it.

From the wiki:

Dispel Magic (DM)

* Used to weaken your opponents enchantments. (Enchantments they cast on themselves)
* Weakens the casting of your own Antimagic Field and Ethereal Chains spells.

Your Dispel Magic works against your own AMF because you cast AMF on your opponent. By using both spells, unless you are clever about it and have an AMF larger than your Dispel Magic, you are negating your own AMF.

LOL <sigh> back to the ole drawing board

Thats some good info , never knew that

Cheers guys - just done some experimentation (well, what else is the NUB for?).
It seems that I have some more thought to put into my strategy, coming down to a straight choice between GA and DM.
Thanks for everyones help

VC

choice between GA and DM? you can use both perfectly together :)

Only if you take another 'slots worth' of XP.

I'm no fan of DM. You'll find in the future that the fairly common base decays employed by characters will make AMF the superior choice.

Is DM an "all or nothing" deal? Or does it weaken enchantments? I ask because if it's not all or nothing, I can't see how having both AMF and DM would work even if AMF is larger than DM.

It weakens. But its effect is very strong and can fizzle (or greatly reduce) much higher enchantments.

AMF doesn't affect DM. DM affects the AMF you cast.

Ok, so if your AMF is higher than your DM, is your AMF totally unaffected by your DM? Moreover, does DM have zero effect when it is weaker than an enchantment, or will it still cause a small reduction?

Your DM will fizzle (or reduce)

1. Things your opponent casts:
   • Ablative Shield
   • Giant Strength
   • Guardian Angel
   • Haste
   • Protection
   • Vampiric Aura
2. Things you cast:
   • Ethereal Chains
   • Antimagic Field

So, if you have DM

1. Anything from #1 that your opponent casts gets reduced.
2. Anything from #2 that you cast gets reduced

Likewise, if your opponent has DM, anything in #1 that you cast gets reduced

DM always reduces other enchantments. If its level is low, the amount it reduces is low. If its level is high, it completely wipes out other enchantments.

Good explaination Sukotto.

If anyone needs more help understanding then maybe you should give up on ever understanding it.