Questions tagged [spells]
For questions about specific manifestations of magic that we generically call "spells." Use the [magic] tag for more generic questions about magic, and [spellcasting] for questions specifically about the process of spellcasting.
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If you have resistance and cast Absorb Elements, do you take less damage?
If a creature has resistance to fire damage and takes fire damage they would have half damage (lets say 12 Fire.).
So 12 Fire would become 6 due to racial/class resistance but if they cast absorb ...
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How do the speed reductions from Spirit Guardians and Ray of Frost interact? [duplicate]
The Spirit Guardians spell changes a creature's speed while they're in the area:
An affected creature's speed is halved in the area
The Ray of Frost spell temporarily changes a creature's speed on a ...
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Can you add enlarge person to the ranger spell list without Sword of the Arcane Order?
I want to be casting enlarge person with my Ranger, but for a variety of reasons Sword of the Arcane Order is awkward (low-Int, feat slots, can't take it 'til level 6, etc.). Can it be done without ...
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Faerzress and other teleportation spells
In the D&D 5e module Out of the Abyss, one effect of faerzress is:
Any creature attempting to teleport into, within, or out of a faerzress-suffused area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution ...
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Does the lightning damage clause of Lightning Lure check the target's distance before or after the creature would fall?
The Lightning Lure spell (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Ch. 3) is able to lift a creature into the air, and a creature in the air without the ability to maintain that position falls immediately (...
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Does Polymorph Remove Exhaustion? [duplicate]
In Critical Role Campaign 2 Episode 118, jester was suffering a point of exhaustion from a failed survival roll and chose to cast polymorph on herself. Matt ruled that the point of exhaustion did not ...
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How does spare the dying ranged ability work exactly?
What’s the conditions that need to be met so that spare the dying can work as a ranged spell.
Basically what I’m asking is, do you need to see the target?
The spell doesn’t account for that and the ...
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In gridded combat, how many squares/cubes above ground can the caster of Earth Tremor be in order to affect the ground?
Our campaign uses the optional Using Miniatures rules (Dungeon Master's Guide Ch. 8) and the variant Playing on a Grid rules (Player's Handbook Ch. 9). If a spellcaster is not on the ground (due to ...
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Can you use True Polymorph and an Intellect Devourer to potentially learn Deep Speech and a secret?
I have been thinking of making a homebrewed campaign where, as part of a bigger plot, the party needs to learn Deep Speech and a secret that a particular Intellect Devourer learnt from consuming the ...
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Can I misty step into a location I can see through Clairvoyance?
I hide in a bush that is 2000 feet from "a location familiar to [me] (a place [I] have visited or seen before)". I cast Clairvoyance to "create an invisible sensor" of sight in a ...
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Rouse Skeleton and movement
Rouse Skeleton is a spell with 60 feet range:
On subsequent rounds, the first time you Sustain the Spell each round, you can move the area of skeletons up to 20 feet within the range of the spell and ...
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Can a creature controlled by Dominate Person warn his allies?
My D&D group has run into this problem multiple times and we were never able to find a solution to it according to the RAW.
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If an enemy casts Dominate Person on a PC and commands him or ...
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When is Animate Objects more effective than Fireball?
My wizard has both fireball, and animate objects.
Animate objects at first sight is such a cool and flavorful spell. I was excited when I got it because it is considered one of the highest output ...
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Optimizing Animate Objects spell against nonmagical damage immunities
Suppose I am a Wizard who likes to cast Animate Objects in combat. At my present level, I am likely to encounter foes with resistance or immunity to nonmagical physical damage. As detailed in this ...
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Would a Lich/Wizard casting Globe of Invulnerability, Prismatic Wall, and Shield (as needed) be "invincible"?
In Dnd 5e, would casting Globe of Invulnerability at 8th level (concentration) on a surprise round, then Prismatic Wall (action) around the caster at the top of the next round, and Shield (Reaction) ...
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Do creatures attempt a saving throw immediately when a Whirlwind is moved onto them on a turn subsequent to the initial casting?
The Sage Advice Compendium (pp. 19-20) contains a ruling about the spell moonbeam and other similar spells. The ruling provides a list of spells that are covered by it:
blade barrier
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Can a whirlwind be moved in a straight line only? [duplicate]
The caster of a whirlwind spell can use a subsequent action to "move the whirlwind up to 30 feet in any direction along the ground." Is this up 30 feet in a straight line only? Or can the ...
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Does a Fireball whose damage type was changed via Awakened Spellbook still ignite flammable objects?
A Fireball spell "blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame. [...] The fire spreads around corners. It ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried."
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Can you use Awakened Spellbook to replace a 3rd-level spell's damage type with piercing damage via Summon Fey?
The Awakened Spellbook feature of the Order of Scribes Wizard states that under certain circumstances when casting a spell, "you can temporarily replace its damage type with a type that appears ...
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Can you use Awakened Spellbook to replace a 1st-level spell's damage type with force damage via Mage Armor, RAW?
According to the Player's Handbook Ch. 9, "force" is a damage type, and "damage types have no rules of their own."
The Awakened Spellbook feature of the Order of Scribes Wizard ...
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Does being lifted 10 feet into the air and then dropped count as "moving into or within the area" of Spike Growth?
Let's say that an enemy creature is standing in the center of the area of effect of the Spike Growth spell, which states:
The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and ...
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Would Summoning an Object Inscribed with Glyphs of Warding Via Drawmij's Instant Summons Invalidate the Glyphs?
Drawmij's Instant Summons. You touch an object weighing 10 pounds or less whose longest dimension is 6 feet or less. The spell leaves an invisible mark on its surface and invisibly inscribes the name ...
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Can You Transport a Brick House with Only Drawmij's Instant Summons?
Drawmij's Instant Summons. You touch an object weighing 10 pounds or less whose longest dimension is 6 feet or less. The spell leaves an invisible mark on its surface and invisibly inscribes the name ...
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Can a 14th level College of Creation Bard Create Five Summonable Items for Free with Creative Crescendo and Drawmij's Instant Summons? [duplicate]
Creative Crescendo. At 14th level, when you use your Performance of Creation feature, you can create more than one item at once. The number of items equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of two items)...
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Do hostiles have advantage when attacking friendly affected by self-casted faerie fire? [duplicate]
I have a rather simple question. Suppose I cast faerie fire and a friendly is in the target cube at that time and thus affected, do hostiles have advantage when attacking it?
I believe the PHB's spell ...
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Clarification for Area of Effect Templates
I have seen a lot of AOE templates out there. There seems to be a lot of interpretations.
I have seen some that equate 20' squares and 20' radius circle. However, 20' squares are 4x4 squares on a 1sq=...
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Does Freedom of Movement prevent damage from Spike Growth?
The D&D 5E spell Spike Growth includes:
The ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point within range twists and sprouts hard spikes and thorns. The area becomes difficult terrain for the ...
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Is "extradimensional cheese" the only method of always having Glyphs of Warding ready?
This question covers a delectably lactose-tolerant method of accessing one or more Glyphs prepared in an extradimensional space, which it's assumed a DM would rule does not "move more than 10 ...
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Can you use Glyph of Warding to prepare for a difficult fight and avoid total party kill?
I was wondering if in the past our party could have prepared better to fight a potentially deadly foe. We had time to prepare for this and could have used a Glyph of Warding or two, but we didn't. We ...
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Would an Armorer artificer have to use their action to doff their Arcane Armor if told to do so via the Command spell?
Just a thought experiment I had while I was working on my Armorer artificer. There's a part about their Arcane Armor feature that specifies they can don or doff the armor as an action (TCoE, p. 15-16)....
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What does the transmute golem spell mean by "subtype"?
The transmute golem spell states in the description that "Both types of golems must share the same subtypes, if any". What exactly does it mean by subtype?
I've been interpreting it that a ...
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Could the extra damage from absorb elements extend over different combat encounters?
Absorb elements says:
Also, the first time you hit with a melee attack on your next turn, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage of the triggering type, and the spell ends.
If I were to cast absorb ...
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What are the ways that I can access the spell Find Familiar via magic items or feats?
After asking if Revivify is commonly used, I started searching for ways that I could cast Find Familiar, since that was the only other spell that I had trouble justifying an entire feat for. Answers ...
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Can you choose fewer creatures than the value of your spellcasting modifier to automatically succeed on the saving throw of Freedom of the Waves? [duplicate]
The Freedom of the Waves spell from Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says (emphasis mine):
You can choose a number of creatures equal to your spellcasting modifier (minimum of 1) to automatically ...
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Can Bards learn Oath of the Open Sea Spells via Magical Secrets? If so, does it require the GM's discretion?
The Oath of the Open Sea Spells section of Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says:
Paladins of the Oath of the Open Sea automatically gain two new spells through their Oath Spells feature. These ...
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Does a cantrip spell like Spare the Dying work with Glyph of Warding?
From the text of Glyph of Warding (PHB, p.245) the spell glyph version of the spell allows you to store a spell that is 3rd level or lower.
Can you store a cantrip like Spare the Dying in the glyph, ...
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Do objects created by prestidigitation last forever? And are they immune to dispel magic?
The duration of the spell does not indicate the duration of the prestidigitation effects.It instead indicates how long you can create magical effects with a single casting.
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What is the Dream Spirit created by the spell of the same name's move speed? Can they fly?
A shimmering aura takes the shape of a multilegged creature from night mare, instantly leaping into battle against your foes.
This spell creates a manifestation of the dreamspace that attacks your ...
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Can I use Telekinesis to remove armor in a single action (from self or others?)
Telekinesis allows you to affect worn objects.
Normally, to wear armor takes at least 1 minute and up to 10 while you buckle and fasten things, and removing it is up to 5 minutes and as little as one ...
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Is a holy symbol borne on a shield a discrete object for the purposes of being the target of a spell?
Is the holy symbol that a cleric or paladin can use as a spellcasting focus a discrete object? Does it stop being a discrete object when the player decides to bear it on a shield by inlaying it?
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Where does the target of the Imprisonment spell appear when the spell ends?
The spell imprisonment offers several different ways of taking a creature that fails its save 'off the board'. They remain imprisoned until the end of the spell, and then they are released.
Of the ...
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5e Combat economy and darkness
Here's the plan, and I think it's possible..
Move close to my ally Bobby
Bonus action use Metamagic to cast Quickened Spell Darkness on my dagger's blade (or a tennis ball, doesn't matter)
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Can You Hold the Stone that Wall of Stone Springs From?
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A nonmagical wall of solid stone springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall is 6 inches thick and is composed of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel ...
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What spell gives immunity to damage for all creatures in an area?
In a previous game, I encountered a high level spell courtesy of my DM that rendered everyone within that radius, allies and enemies, invulnerable to all damage. I was wondering if anyone recognized ...
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Does the corpse's mouth need to be wholly intact for Speak With Dead to work?
The spell Speak with Dead says, in part:
You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still ...
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Does casting detect magic reveal the school of a spell stored in a Glyph of Warding?
In D&D 5e, If one casts detect magic on a glyph of warding with a spell stored in it, does it only reveal Abjuration school, or do you get an undercurrent or hint at the school of the stored spell ...
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How quickly can you dig a pit trap hole with Mold Earth?
The hole for "the simplest of pit traps" consists of "a 10-foot-deep hole" in the ground (Xanathar's Guide to Everything p.114, and Dungeon Master's Guide p.122) because "at ...
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Are thrown Magic Stones thrown weapons for the purposes of Thrown Weapon Fighting Style?
Magic Stone says: "You or someone else can make a ranged spell attack with one of the pebbles by throwing it or hurling it with a sling. If thrown, it has a range of 60 feet. If someone else ...
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Is Revivify Commonly Used? [closed]
As I'm planning out my bard character, I've found myself at a small impasse: I'm stuck between whether I should take Shape Water, a versatile spell I can see myself using quite often, or Revivify, ...
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Mirror Image and vampire charming [duplicate]
Is a mirror image effective against the vampire charm? Does the vampire have to target the right target with his/her gaze? Meaning that if he/she target an image the effect is null.
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