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I know that the brb says,

Magic Missle Spells can't be cast into combat, and it says that some other spells can't be cast into combat or something like that, see the details of the spells.

So what about something like flames of the phoenix? And what if my mage casting it, is in the combat that he wants to cast flames of the phoenix into?

I think the general rule of thumb is "If it doesn't say you CAN cast into combat, assume you can't". At least that's how I always tend to play it.

It's a passage in the general spell rules page. Along with the ones about Remains in Play spells, Dispel scrolls, etc.

IMO - spells that target models / units cannot target models / units engaged in hth unless it says they can. That is a generalization though, because - like you said - the book says that Magic Missiles can't be case into HTH.

I'm still lost on this. I was told that somewhere, someone did a whole thing on what spells you can cast and which ones you can't. Like its on warseer or librarium online, or somewhere. Does anyone know where that might be? Link?

A spell-by-spell rundown? Haven’t seen that.

Sazzlefrats wrote:I know that the brb says,

Magic Missle Spells can't be cast into combat, and it says that some other spells can't be cast into combat or something like that, see the details of the spells.

So what about something like flames of the phoenix? And what if my mage casting it, is in the combat that he wants to cast flames of the phoenix into?

You have the quote wrong. Magic Missile Spells cannot be cast while IN combat. This is just saying that in general you can cast spells while in combat, following all the normal restrictions, ie line of sight, range, etc.

There's a separate thing under the basic magic rules that talks about viable targets.

Page 107. 6th paragraph under "CASTING SPELLS" Read it, love it!

If its a magic missile, or shooting attack, or specifically says cannot be cast into combat, then your good to go!