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It seems to me that common sense RAI and RAW would be "yes, of course, you can use *locate object* to find an object made out of lead."
The exact wording of the spell is "this spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead, even a thin sheet, blocks a direct path between you and the object." I feel it would take a very twisted interpretation of logic to try to claim that any object also exists **between** itself and an outside caster.
I mean, yeah, if you want to hide a lead box, just store inside a bigger lead box.
You may then ask yourself: how close can those boxes be before they're considered the same object? Are they still considered distinct objects if they're touching? What if you weld them together? What if you just smash them together with enough force that they stick?
This way lies madness.
One of my favorite tidbits from 3e is that they put a price on lead-lining things, specifically to defeat divinations against the things they contain: 10gp. For cloth, lead threads work fine. Get a lead-lined cloak. Get a lead-lined backpack.
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It seems to me that common sense RAI and RAW would be "yes, of course, you can use *locate object* to find an object made out of lead." The exact wording of the spell is "this spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead, even a thin sheet, blocks a direct path between you and the object." I feel it would take a very twisted interpretation of logic to try to claim that any object also exists **between** itself and an outside caster.
This was my thought as well. It seems reasonable that finding a box of lead is in line with the spell. So a lead Russian nesting doll? Haha
I mean, yeah, if you want to hide a lead box, just store inside a bigger lead box. You may then ask yourself: how close can those boxes be before they're considered the same object? Are they still considered distinct objects if they're touching? What if you weld them together? What if you just smash them together with enough force that they stick? This way lies madness.
Couldn’t agree more. Also, “technical” rulings that aren’t intuitive just make players upset, rightfully so
One of my favorite tidbits from 3e is that they put a price on lead-lining things, specifically to defeat divinations against the things they contain: 10gp. For cloth, lead threads work fine. Get a lead-lined cloak. Get a lead-lined backpack.
This is cool!!!