Adder wrote:
xxx brandishes a knotted pine staff.
???) xxx's spell passes ineffectually through someone.
1)You start to float.
2)A broad-shouldered black bear floats a few feet in the air.
3)xxx floats a few feet in the air.
xxx blinks innocently.
Group: xxx's Party (<--- HAS ONLY 3 PEOPLE IN IT)
(11:F1)  [a broad-shou]   (12:F2)  [       me]   (13:F3)  [------------]   
(21:M1)  [      xxx]   (22:M2)  [------------]   (23:M3)  [------------]   
(31:B1)  [------------]   (32:B2)  [------------]   (33:B3)  [------------]   
Characters            Rank    Pos    In room  Follow    H     ME    PE  
3) xxx             Leader  21:M1  Yes      No      100%   45%  100%
2) A broad-shouldered black bear  Member  11:F1  Yes      Yes     100%  100%  100%
1) me         Member  12:F2  Yes      Yes     100%  100%  100%
Um.  What?  That was in Exile, by the Cross.
I think his point was that the spell hit someone obviously not in the group to begin with, not that it passed through an ethereal person.