Originally posted by Weaver:

Yeah, that's totally the part of the game where the undead guys in a flat mystical realm break physics :p

Look, we have established rules for this. If you're gonna be launching magic projectiles while undead you're supposed to look like a litch.

Seriously though, mystic fantasy realms still need to mostly operate the same as our universe or you'd have the gameplay equivalent of reading House of Leaves.