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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Casting Leveled Action Spell and Bonus Action Scroll in the same turn? [duplicate]
I'd like to cast Spirit Guardians and Sanctuary (Bonus) in the same turn, but I can't. So I bought some Sanctuary scrolls. Can I cast Spirit Guardians and read a Sanctuary (Bonus) Scroll in the same ...
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Looking for RAW features or items that allow a PC to modify the outcome of a d4+1 that also isn't damage
I'm looking at Time Stop and wondering if there is any way at all to modify the rolled d4+1. I know that Extend Spell doesn't work because the duration is Instantaneous despite the extra rounds it ...
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Can you use the Message cantrip to grant Bardic Inspiration?
I have never chosen Message (PHB, p.259) as a cantrip for my Bard but I wonder whether it could come in handy at times. For instance, if we are setting up a trap and I need to grant Bardic Inspiration ...
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What spells or features can be reasonably used to convey inspiration in place of an instrument for a bard with an action or reaction?
One of the common rulings my DM allows at my table is the usage of any source of music or wordplay to grant Bardic Inspiration, if you have that class feature. For example, I commonly use Minor ...
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What is the maximum amount of reusable spells a character can have at the same time that do not require spell slots to cast?
I enjoy casting spells in D&D, but spell slots have always felt big and important to me. Regardless of the build I make, I always feel some compulsion to save them for a more important and pivotal ...
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If a flying dragon drops you 100ft, can you use misty step to avoid the fall damage? [duplicate]
So to clarify I know in Xanathars fall damage happens immediately, but does it happen on your turn or in this case the dragons turn when it drops you? And to follow up could a player use misty step ...
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Heroism Spell removes Frightened's effect, or does Frightened's effect still exist but is just not effective due to immunity? [duplicate]
In one session, my character got Frightended because he failed a save roll. Then my friend cast Heroism on my character, but after 1 minute the spell ran out. My question is, after 1 minute will the ...
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Do Shadar-kai retain their memory after their death and how do they resurrect (are they born as an infant or as from a Resurrection spell)?
In the book Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, we are presented with the prehistory of the raven queen and the subrace of the Shadar-kai elves. The book says that the Shadar-kai are not afraid of death, ...
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Can Homunculi Wield Weapons?
Say I want to equip my homunculus with a halberd. A homunculus' STR stat is 4, which means it can carry 30 pounds of weight. Since 4 x 15 is 60 lb. for base carrying capacity, divided by 2 for its ...
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What statistics are exactly eligible for polymorph?
This question came from trying to understand if you can polymorph someone into an armored sabre-tooth tiger, if that creature has no explicit printed stat block.
It's clear that an actual stat blocks, ...
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Can you polymorph to a creature that is wearing armor?
Can you polymorph to a creature that is wearing armor?
In game GM polymorphed an NPC to an armored sabretooth tiger (plate armor). Is that legal?. The NPC would turn into a regular sabretooth with no ...
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How do cantrip improvements work when multiclassing? [duplicate]
I'm currently playing a D&D 5e campaign. My character is an Artificer/Cleric multiclass.
I was wondering if cantrips work off of a character's class level, or a character's total level, since ...
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Does Contact Other Plane allow the contacted entity to be targeted by other spells such as Sending and Dream?
Relevant text from Contact Other Plane:
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other mysterious entity from another plane. ... you can ask the entity up to five ...
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Spike Growth on man made flooring [duplicate]
Can you cast Spike Growth spell on a normal hardwood or marble floor.
if yes, Do you see the spikes or they are 'invisible' and a perception check need to be rolled to detect the area as hasardous ...
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Can a summon monster type spell be made permanent?
Is there a RAW way to summon a monster of some variety and make it permanent? In my scenario I'm thinking of Oozes specifically, in case that makes a difference.
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Can the Faerie Fire spell be oriented in a small space to not affect allies?
Many AOE spells use a point as their origin, and from this point, area is calculated. Faerie Fire doesn't state where spells start. Often, AOE spells are cast in rooms near walls to avoid friendly ...
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Are non-damaging effects obvious in combat without a check?
This question came about in response to a debate relating to this answer, wherein I stipulated that the effects of the Warp Mind spell are not immediately obvious to your allies.
The reasoning I had ...
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What is the etymology of Mind Blank?
The spell mind blank protects you from divinations.
For most spells, I can figure out how their name reflects what they do: mind fog produces fog that makes your mind foggy; meteor swarm creates a ...
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Is this Visions of Danger spell balanced for level 7?
So I am looking to homebrew a 7th level sorcerer spell because I am not entirely happy that the options match my characters theme.
I have seen Visions of Danger in Pathfinder 2e and have made an ...
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Do bonus rolls, like guidance and Bardic Inspiration, affect a passive check? [duplicate]
After reading this question: Bless/Bane and their effects on Passive checks, I want to ask about the general bonus rolls to passive ability checks.
The description for passive check is:
A passive ...
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Can Warp Mind's effect be mitigated just by hitting your friend?
The Warp Mind spell says the following:
You scramble a creature's mental faculties and sensory input. The
target must attempt a Will saving throw. Regardless of the result of
that save, the target is ...
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What level should this version of Warp Mind be?
I have taken this spell from Pathfinder 2e, where it is a level 7 spell (I think here are 10 levels there though), and converted it into a 5e spell.
I think it is still around the correct power level ...
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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
Stark Rost, look away!
Version 2 of this question.
I've omitted most of the redundant discussion from this iteration of the question and instead focused on what changes I made and why. For the ...
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Can a dispelled zombie's remains be reanimated? [closed]
How the animate dead spell works in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 has me wondering:
Can I reanimate the remains of a dispelled zombie?
Does it remain a zombie (undead creature) after dispelling, and ...
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Does Shielded Arm require a free hand to raise/block?
The description of Shielded Arm reads (emphasis mine):
Reinforcing veins of ore run through the target's arm, letting it ward off blows with its bare skin. It can use the Raise a Shield action to ...
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How does an angel's Protective Aura affect its spells and allies' spells?
Angels in Pathfinder 1E all have the Protective Aura supernatural ability:
Protective Aura (Su) Against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures, this ability provides a +4 deflection bonus ...
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What is the AoE of Acid Splash?
The description of Acid Splash says (emphasis mine):
Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature
You splash a glob of acid that splatters your target and nearby creatures. Make a spell attack. If you hit, you ...
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Ways to expand a Beguiler's spell list?
Which options exist for a Beguiler in an E6 campaign to expand their spell list?
I'm aware of
the Beguiler’s own class feature Advanced Learning
the feat Arcane Disciple from Complete Divine
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Can a College of Swords bard use the Slashing Flourish option to apply a Smite spell to all creatures in range?
The description of the Wrathful Smite spell says (PHB, p. 289):
The next time you hit with a melee weapon attack during this spell's
duration, your attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage. ...
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Wind Wall says: "The strong wind keeps fog, smoke, and other gases at bay."
Cone of Cold says: "A blast of cold air erupts from your hands."
Given Cold of Cold is cold air, and air ...
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Is there a statement from Gygax on the origin of the Unseen Servant spell?
Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions is is cited in Appendix N of the original Dungeon Master's Guide as one of the inspirations for D&D, and is an influential source that contributed to ...
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What would happen if somebody raises someone whose soul has become a demon?
Assuming there's a party fighting that demon, they failed to kill it and let it escape several times.
The spellcaster comes up with the idea that they can just resurrect that demon's original creature'...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
As the title says... are there any spells that can do simple work, such as pulling on a rope or turning a capstan? The work would be simple and constant, and would require no decisions other than to ...
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How does the Dream Spell manipulate the target?
One of my players uses the Dream spell regularly as pretty much a visual telephone. He casts it to contact people he wants/ needs to talk to, who are otherwise unavailable due to distance. This has ...
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Is this Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic casting cost calculation correct?
I'm looking at the example spells in Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic and the very first example, Air Jet, seems to have an error in the calculation of casting cost.
I'm aware that SJG sources often ...
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Can a lvl 20 CoC Bard waive the spell cost to cast and sustain the spell, Imprisonment, for six hours?
The relevant quotes are as follows:
Performance of Creation. Also at 3rd level, as an action, you can channel the magic of the Song of Creation to create one nonmagical item of your choice in an ...
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Can the current HP of a damaged Construct/Simulacrum be increased by spells or class features that don't specify "Healing"?
As of the 2018 PHB errata, the creature generated by Simulacrum is a construct. Constructs cannot be healed by many spells or features, such as Cure Wounds or a Paladin's Lay on Hands (that ...
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How can an unwilling Elemental planar ruler be drawn into the Material Plane?
Gate would normally be the answer, but if the planar ruler is unwilling, they would prevent this spell from opening near them:
You conjure a portal linking an unoccupied space you can see within ...
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Does Blinking creature loss the benefit on attacking if the opponent can see invisible creature?
You strike as an invisible creature (with a +2 bonus on attack rolls), denying your target any Dexterity bonus to AC. (Blink)
If the attacker can see invisible creatures, the miss chance is also only ...
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How does Solid Fog work with flying creatures?
...the solid fog is so thick that any creature attempting to move through it progresses at a speed of 5 feet...
So that a flying creature would have to reduce its flying speed to 5 feet when it is in ...
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Can the Detect Magic spell sense an object that is followed by Locate Object?
A character used Detect Magic on a non-magical object that was being followed by a Locate Object spell.
Does the wizard player sense an aura on it, or not?
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How much does the Enlarge/Reduce spell increase weapon damage? [duplicate]
If we enlarge a character with the Enlarge/Reduce spell, he grows with the weapon
We have a rule for interacting with larger weapons on p.278 of the DMG. Which says that enlarged weapons have double ...
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How would Snowcasting and Mastery of Elements interact?
Mastery of Elements
The archmage can alter an arcane spell when cast so that it utilizes a different element from the one it normally uses. This ability can only alter a spell with the acid, cold, ...
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Would a group of creatures floating in Reverse Gravity have any chance at saving against a fireball?
I have a character with reverse gravity and fireball at their disposal. Would floating creatures affected by reverse gravity get a chance to make a dex save against fireball if they have no flying ...
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Interaction between reaction attacks and concentration spells
I was considering the following scenario with a Wild Magic Sorcerer (this uses a houserule where the player chooses when to refresh Tides of Chaos ability) where they are targeted by a concentration ...
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Can Commune predict the indefinite future?
The spell:
Commune 5th-level divination (ritual) ...
You contact your deity or a divine proxy and ask up to three questions that can be answered with a yes or no. You must ask your questions before ...
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Are there consistent rules or lore guidelines about what creatures cannot be magically put to sleep?
I've recently become unreasonably annoyed by sleep effects and how the game seems to handle them. There is a story tied to this:
I play a level 11 bard in our bi-weekly 5e game. Our party was recently ...
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Is this homebrew "Shimmering Barrier" spell balanced?
I'm trying to make a spell based on a scene from the Dungeon and Dragons movie where a spellcaster protects a group of people around him with some sort of magical barrier:
Shimmering Barrier
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How many servants can this Vampire summon to “moon” the party?
The city in which my current campaign is based has been recently divided along social lines. An in-universe counterpart of the Twilight series has become the basis of a werewolf vs vampire factional ...
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Is there any in-game reason for Inflict xx Wound to be necromancy school?
I reviewed the spells and found this interesting fact:
Cure xxx wounds are channelling positive energy (likely via positive energy plane), so is conjuration; inflict xxx wounds are channelling ...
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