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Can a character with the War casterCaster feat cast a Touch/5ft5-foot range spell instead of making an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft5-foot Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft10 feet away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here here. In this scenario, Waclaw does not have any additional ability    (such as the Distant Spell metamagic option or the Spell sniper featSniper feat) to increase the regular reach of his spells.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft5-foot range (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip)  ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

Can a War caster cast a Touch/5ft spell instead of making an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here. In this scenario, Waclaw does not have any additional ability  (such as the Distant metamagic option or the Spell sniper feat) to increase the regular reach of his spells.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip)  ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

Can a character with the War Caster feat cast a Touch/5-foot range spell instead of making an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5-foot Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10 feet away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here. In this scenario, Waclaw does not have any additional ability  (such as the Distant Spell metamagic option or the Spell Sniper feat) to increase the regular reach of his spells.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5-foot range (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip)?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

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This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here. In this scenario, Waclaw does not have any additional ability (such as the Distant metamagic option or the Spell sniper feat) to increase the regular reach of his spells.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here. In this scenario, Waclaw does not have any additional ability (such as the Distant metamagic option or the Spell sniper feat) to increase the regular reach of his spells.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

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Can a War caster cast a Touch/5ft spell when provokinginstead of making an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon such as a whip is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster, wields a reach weapon (ex: aa whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here.

Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell when provokinginstead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

Can a War caster cast a Touch/5ft spell when provoking an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon such as a whip is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster, wields a reach weapon (ex: a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell when provoking an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

Can a War caster cast a Touch/5ft spell instead of making an opportunity attack with a reach weapon?

This is a follow-up to an answer to a question about War Caster & Reach weapons. It is not the accepted answer, but it is the most upvoted one by a large margin so let's stipulate that yes, a War Caster may cast a spell instead of making an attack of opportunity with a reach weapon is true for the sake of this question.

The scenario

  1. Waclaw the War Caster wields a reach weapon (a whip) and is able to cast Single-Target Touch Action spells like Inflict Wounds, as well as Single-Target 5ft Action spells like Booming Blade.

  2. Fred the Futile Foe is standing 10ft away from Waclaw, and decides to move away from him, provoking an opportunity attack.

  3. Waclaw decides he's going to cast a Single-Target Action spell instead of whipping Fred, as per the War Caster feat, but wonders whether Inflict Wounds and/or Booming Blade would be valid to use here.

Can a War Caster (Waclaw) cast a Touch (Inflict Wounds) or 5ft (Booming Blade) spell instead of making an opportunity attack (towards Fred) with a reach weapon (whip) ?

Logic would say "probably not" to me, but I don't know what RAW and/or RAI would say.

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