Wizard spell: Explosive Runes

[UrsulaMejor]

It looks like regular graffiti... but when you read it.... BOOM.

That's basically the whole idea.

Pros: Many

Cons: A few

Discuss/Make reasonable suggestions below.

[Berrik]

this is a good idea

[Natsumehack]

I think you should get the message, and then boom.

SO the wizard could write things like.

"If you are reading this, you are dead."

[Roomba]

The problem is once everyone knows about this spell's existence, it's trivially easy to avoid: just don't read any graffiti.

What if a wizard could magically enchant random things, so that when those items are examined, they trigger the explosive effect? Would be harder to avoid.

'This is a buttbot. Inscribed on it in arcane writing are the words 'Gotcha, sucker'.' BOOM

[Natsumehack]

The problem is once everyone knows about this spell's existence, it's trivially easy to avoid: just don't read any graffiti.

What if a wizard could magically enchant random things, so that when those items are examined, they trigger the explosive effect? Would be harder to avoid.

'This is a buttbot. Inscribed on it in arcane writing are the words 'Gotcha, sucker'.' BOOM

How powerful are these explosions in the first place?

[Roomba]

Well, I don't know exactly what everyone else has in mind, but personally I think they ought to be about the size of a PDA bomb explosion - debilitating, but fairly localized and not generally outright lethal.

[Natsumehack]

Well, I don't know exactly what everyone else has in mind, but personally I think they ought to be about the size of a PDA bomb explosion - debilitating, but fairly localized and not generally outright lethal.

So can robots set them off, or only PC humans?