Generalized Effects
These act in many ways the same as circles but encompass much larger areas and normally last much longer as well. Another difference is that the caster can typically freely leave the area of effect without worry of the spell dissipating, but instead the act of raising and lowering the barrier is depicted by some other action such as a lever being thrown or a lock being opened or closed. Most barriers are required to have their line of effect be very obvious to players, be it via tape on the ground or a series of rope lights (preferred). Raising and lowering the barrier is done in much the same way as with a circle: the player in charge of lowering or raising the barrier will announce either “Barrier Up” or “Barrier Down” pending on the action being taken.
