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11 questions linked to/from When must the wizard choose to overchannel?
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Is Overchanneling announced before or after determining if a spell hits? [duplicate]
School of Evocation Wizards in 5E gain Overchannel at level 14. It states:
When you cast a wizard spell 1st through 5th level that deals damage, you can deal maximum damage with that spell. The ...
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Sanctuary + readied spell that affects an enemy
If I am under Sanctuary and ready an action to cast a spell such as Shocking Grasp, what actually happens? Sanctuary says:
If the warded creature makes an attack, casts a spell that affects an enemy, ...
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Does casting Web interrupt the spell Sanctuary?
Does casting web interrupt the spell sanctuary on the caster? If yes, in which moment? Let us consider the case in which there is an enemy creature in the area covered by the web.
Maybe it can be ...
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Does the Monster Slayer ranger's Supernatural Defense feature benefit Constitution saving throws you make to maintain concentration?
The Monster Slayer ranger's 7th-level feature, Supernatural Defense (XGtE, p. 43), states:
Whenever the target of your Slayer’s Prey forces you to make a saving throw [...], add 1d6 to your roll.
If ...
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When does a UA Sea Sorcerer choose to use the Curse of the Sea feature's additional effect?
The Sea Sorcerer's Curse of the Sea feature states, in part:
Once per turn when you cast a spell, you can trigger the curse if that spell deals cold or lightning damage to the cursed target or forces ...
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Using a familiar to deliver a spell attack while both of us are under Sanctuary
Suppose both my familiar and myself have the sanctuary spell on.
Sanctuary states that it ends when the warded creature makes an attack, casts a spell that affects an enemy, or deals damage to another ...
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Does a targeted creature still get a "save for half" against an overchanneled spell?
The Evocation Wizard's 14th level ability Overchannel says (in part):
When you cast a wizard spell of 5th level or lower that deals
damage, you can deal maximum damage with that spell.
I assume ...
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Does casting a spell that scares/lies to an enemy count as "affecting them" for the purpose of Sanctuary?
Sanctuary is a spell with the following clause:
If the warded creature makes an attack, casts a spell that affects an enemy, or deals damage to another creature, this spell ends.
The bolded part ...
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Does maintaining a spell with a longer casting time count as casting a spell?
The section on "Longer Casting Times" states:
When you cast a spell with a casting time longer than a single action or reaction, you must spend your action each turn casting the spell...
In trying ...
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How does readying a spell interact with the Sorcerer's Metamagic feature?
The Ready action states (emphasis mine):
[...] When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction when the trigger occurs. [...]
Thus, when you ...
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At what point in the casting of a spell would twinning the spell still be possible? [duplicate]
This came up when a sorcerer cast chromatic orb in my campaign. It was only after hitting and rolling damage that the sorcerer decided he wanted to twin the chromatic orb, and I ruled that he should ...
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