Ok, I've got a few questions regarding the Antimagic Field spell...
1) Where does the whole idea of blocking LoE to AMF? It seems silly and far-fetched to me that a trick such as using a large iron bell with shink object as a hat that will expand automatically in an AMF would exempt you from the effects of the AMF. And even if you can block the LoE to an AMF, why would an area already exposed to the effects suddenly lose it? Wouldn't it be more likely to trap a portion of the field inside the bell with you?
Because that's how
emanations work, and AMF is a emanation. There is nothing far-fetched going on here at all. The object blocking LoE itself actually remains within the LoE, and so no longer shrank (shrunken?).
The linked section says: 1) Emanations work like bursts except... (things that don't matter).
2) Things with total cover are not affected at all by bursts (emanations).
3) So if an object (giant tinfoil hat, etc) provides total cover, then it blocks any emanations. Since AMF is an emanation, it is blocked.
2) Do conjuration spells such as Orb of ___ really work in an AMF? My understanding from reading AMF is that they would be treated like any other conjuration and wink out while passing through the area affected by the AMF. They are not "normal missiles" they are conjured missiles.
Yes, per all of the D&D FAQs, Rules of the Game articles, etc, that have ever addressed this (and there have been a few, IIRC).
3) This one's more of a silly question... If someone under the effects of a spell such as Hide Life (Who has severed the body part) enters an AMF, would they fall dead? Or at the very least appear to be dead while within the AMF?
It's not actually that silly... The fact that this is an instantaneous effect means that the magic which made it happen is over and done with immediately after the casting is finished. So technically AMF wouldn't affect this at all.
