Timeline for Do spells with a range of "Self" target the caster?
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| Mar 2, 2023 at 17:27 | history | edited | Eddymage | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 18:44 | comment | added | V2Blast | Another relevant Crawford tweet from 2020: "A note about D&D spells with a range of "Self (XYZ)": the parenthetical—which says "5-foot radius," "15-foot cone," or something else—means you are the spell's point of origin, but you aren't necessarily its target. You're creating an effect that originates in your space." | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 2:42 | comment | added | V2Blast | As for the paladin smite spells (assuming the querent doesn't mean Divine Smite, which isn't a spell), this Q&A is somewhat relevant: Paladin Smite Spells and the Steed: Can either or both trigger the damage? (...That said, unlike find steed, Share Spells doesn't require that the spell target only you in order to be shared; something like bless that targets multiple creatures could be shared with your animal companion. I'm less sure how it interacts with Share Spells.) | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 2:40 | comment | added | V2Blast | That said, thunderwave is a cube area of effect, and "self" is just its point of origin, which isn't included in the spell's effect unless you choose otherwise; also, the Share Spells feature says "you can also affect your beast companion with the spell", so you have the option not to. Why would you include either yourself or your animal companion to be affected by thunderwave unnecessarily? | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 2:37 | comment | added | V2Blast | I slightly disagree with the last sentence's claim that thunderwave has no targets; as an AoE spell, it affects multiple creatures, and thus effectively has multiple targets. That said, "target" is vaguely/inconsistently defined. See this related Q&A: What counts as a target for a spell? | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 10:05 | vote | accept | Jyuasnteisn | ||
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| Dec 9, 2015 at 18:15 | history | answered | mezzode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |