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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How could a moving town work within the rules of PF2E?
For my next homebrew PF2E campaign I am planning to have the BBEG be the mayor of a travelling town/city, made possible by items like Instant Fortress and Campaign Stable, and I am willing to bend/...
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Can I use Watery Sphere to escape a grapple?
I'm theorizing a use of a spell to get out of grapple/restrain, for potential use in upcoming game. I'm playing a Warforged Artificer/Wizard and have low STR. When I am restrained by a grapple, if I ...
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Can you get to Eberron via the Dream of the Blue Veil spell?
The dream of the blue veil spell says:
You and up to eight willing creatures within range fall unconscious for the spells’ duration and experience visions of another world on the Material Plane, such ...
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The Enlarge spell only effects one creature or object and its wording is ambiguous. What happens to a creature's armor or clothing if it grows?
In AD&D 1e Player's Handbook, the Enlarge spell description specifically states:
It can be cast upon only a single creature or object.
It makes a differentiation between living and non-living ...
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Can Magic Aura fool Hallow?
Let's say I'm a PC who would be excluded by a hallow effect, but I don't want my party members to know. I've been casting Magic Aura to hide the fact that I'm undead from the paladin.
Our cleric has ...
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Can you use the Seeming spell to appear invisible?
The Seeming spell gives any number of creatures you can see within range a new appearance. Is it possible to use this spell to make the caster and their friends transparent?
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What happens if the initial damage from the Feeblemind spell reduces the target to 0 HP (or kills them)?
The description of the feeblemind spell says:
You blast the mind of a creature that you can see within range,
attempting to shatter its intellect and personality. The target takes
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Dispelling Arcane Lock
The duration on Arcane Lock is listed as "until dispelled". If I cast Arcane Lock, then have a long rest and remove Arcane Lock from my list of spells, does it become dispelled?
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In Exalted, can a sorcerer choose to cast a distorted spell?
In Exalted, one sorcerer can under some circumstances distort another sorcerer's spell. In most cases, this is massively problematic for the sorcerer casting the spell.
But the distortion for the ...
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Time Ravage on immortal target
The Time Ravage spell (Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 189) states:
The target [takes] 10d12 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the save fails, the ...
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If a creature is hit by a Polymorph spell (becoming a beast), then hit by a Speak with Animals spell, could the creature be understood?
I was wondering if it would be possible to use Polymorph to speak with any creature via Speak with Animals.
However, the spell does have a clause about:
can't speak
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What if ...
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When someone under the effect of Disguise Self casts Mislead, what does their illusory double look like?
Casting disguise self (a first level illusion spell requiring no concentration) on a target of Self results in being able to:
"make yourself [...] look different until the spell ends or until ...
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What does Detect Magic actually detect?
In Pathfinder 2, the cantrip Detect Magic states that:
You send out a pulse that registers the presence of magic. You receive no information beyond the presence or absence of magic. You can choose to ...
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Can I use the Snowblind Stare spell (from Midgard Heroes Handbook) twice on the same target?
I was leveling up and found the snowblind stare spell. I thought it would be cool to use, but now I am curious whether I am able to use it on the same person twice to given them both stages of snow ...
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Would spiritual weapon (or similar) automatically critically hit a paralyzed target? [duplicate]
The paralyzed condition has the clause that
Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature.
Suppose I move a spiritual weapon (or Tentacle of ...
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Enlarge + Enlarge = Huge? (two different sources)
Long story short, one of my players has a bodice that allows her to increase her size (as per the Enlarge/Reduce person, but only the enlarge part of the spell).
Another character asked if he could ...
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After I finish casting Teleportation Circle, can I prevent the portal from immediately opening?
My party often has my wizard start casting teleportation circle while everyone else is still grabbing treasure. If I finish casting the spell but someone hasn't made it back in time, can I wait to ...
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What can a non-wizard do with a spellbook?
I'm running a prewritten module, and after a first level boss fight the party found a spellbook with several spells in it (burning hands, disguise self, false life, shield, unseen servant, and witch ...
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For the purpose of the Comprehend Languages spell, does beast speak (i.e. the language spoken by birds) count as a language?
I got into an argument with somebody regarding whether or not an incomprehensible language spoken by an animal (or monstrosity, as we argued) counts as a language for the Comprehend Languages spell.
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For the Demon Armor magic item, does someone have to cast the Remove Curse spell every time for you to be able to doff it again?
I just read about the Demon Armor magic item (DMG, p. 165). Its description says, in part:
Curse. Once you don this armor, you can't doff it until targeted by the remove curse spell or similar magic. ...
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Can a pet (or friendly wild animal) throw a pebble with the Magic Stone cantrip cast on it?
Example scenario: A Forest Gnome Druid with the Urchin background equips their pet mouse with Magic Stones and asks it to throw them at enemies.
The description of the Magic Stone spell says (EEPC, p. ...
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If my Firbolg lifts a barrel over their head while appearing 3ft taller from their Disguise Self, where does the barrel appear?
Let's say they are 7ft 4in tall, and cast their innate Disguise Self, using the rules from Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse:
Firbolg Magic • MotM, pg. 15
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Can I specifically bury myself with the Mold Earth spell?
I have a Reborn character, so I don’t need to breathe (thanks to the Deathless Nature trait).
Could I use the mold earth cantrip to bury myself if I need to to avoid attacks?
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Can I use the spell Immovable Object to create a castle which floats above the clouds?
The spell Immovable Object when used at 6th level or higher gains a permanent duration. Does this mean that if I have a wizard take enough bricks to make a castle, they could use the bricks to create ...
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Do you have to go all the way up with an updraft spell?
The updraft spell in the spell compendium states you rise 10 ft per level and float back down. Do you have to go all the way up or can you choose to stop at any height? does the rise and float down ...
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Blizzard spell area of effect larger than range
The blizzard spell in Frostburn has a larger area of effect than range. An 11th level druid casts at max range 840ft. area of effect is 1100ft. He is 160 ft. inside area of spell. How does this work?
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Can the target of a dream spell simply choose to wake up to end the spell?
According to the spell description from the Dream spell, the spell can end in the following ways:
The messenger can emerge from the trance at any time, ending the effect of the spell early.
If the ...
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What would happen if my PC cast Dream on her unborn baby?
This is purely flavor for the game and holds no real impact on the overall story, but I thought it could be kind of fun. My character is currently only a few weeks pregnant so I don't think it would ...
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Does a Counterspelled spell break Sanctuary?
Let's say I've cast Hold Person on an enemy while protected by Sanctuary. Enemy Counterspells, making the save for my Sanctuary and successfully countering my spell. Does this break my Sanctuary?
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What is the upper size limit for an object that True Polymorph can change a creature into?
True Polymorph says:
Creature into Object If you turn a creature into an object, it transforms along with whatever it is wearing and carrying into that form. The creature's statistics become those of ...
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How can I deal positive damage to non-undead?
The Stone-Breasted Owl is an incorporeal beast (and spirit), has resistance 5 to all damage, except for force, ghost touch and positive.
Each spell I found that deals positive damage only does so to ...
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Is there a way to obtain, from one's own spells, creatures that could be True Polymorphed into objects?
TL;DR: How can a character produce, ->via spells<-, creatures that can be True Polymorphed into objects without disappearing later?
[NOTE: for the scope of the question, I am not concerned with ...
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Can you cast True Polymorph to turn a creature into an object, and then into a (new) creature? How would it work?
I am DMing a level 20 "3-shot" set in the present day. I am trying to run the sessions as RAW as possible.
After our first session, a player whose character can cast True Polymorph wanted to ...
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Do Smite spells work on Tiamat?
Tiamat has the Limited Magic Immunity trait, I know that much. But the wording confuses me:
Unless she wishes to be affected, Tiamat is immune to spells of 6th level or lower. [...]
I understand ...
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Is This Homebrew "Protective Ward" Spell/Ability Balanced?
I am in the process of creating a homebrew class.
or potentially a subclass...
I haven't decided yet if I wanted to make this class a type of caster or martial character, but either way, I want it to ...
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Does Chain Lightning deal damage to its original target first?
When Chain Lightning deals damage, does it deal damage to all targets at once, or does it's original target takes damage first? I ask this question because after damage was taken concentration checks ...
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Can material spell components be reused? [duplicate]
Some spells with material components are consumed in some spells, such as the resurrection spell. Most spells with a material component do not claim anything about what happens to their materials ...
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Stacking Shapechange and Wild Shape: what happens when reduced to 0 hp?
Let's say a Druid casts Shapechange and then Wild Shapes (or vice versa), which seems stackable since they are not the same named game effect.
Both abilities say almost the same thing regarding what ...
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Does the effect of Hypnotic Pattern persist after concentration is lost?
I have a question about the spell hypnotic pattern: if nobody attacks or shakes the creature, the creature stays in that condition for the duration even if the concentration is lost?
The spell is ...
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Do I know all the abilities of a Dominated creature?
Let's say I used Dominate Person on an enemy spellcaster and they failed their save. Should I be able to know what spells they can use? If not, should I still be able to order something like
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If a Wizard uses Shapechange to become an Ancient Brass Dragon and then used Change Shape, do they still have their Wizard abilities in the new form?
The question basically sets the scene. If a lvl 20 Wizard used the Shapechange spell to become an Ancient Brass Dragon, then they retain all their Wizard class features. Simple enough.
However if the ...
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For the purposes of the Regenerate spell, does a snail shell count as a limb?
Looking at the article for Flail Snails on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, it states that removed flail snail tentacles can be regrown or restored using the regenerate spell.
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Can use a spell to infuse an item into a weapon or a weapon with ammo. (A Gun with fireball bullets or a Sword with Blindness/Deafness) [closed]
I sort of want to do the things in the title like having a shotgun with a fire resistant build so I can have ammunition that can use fireball (multiclassing as a Artificer and a sorcerer balancing ...
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Assuming the overall shape is still 10x10x10 cubes, can you subdivide cubes to create more floorspace with Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion?
With the simplest arrangement possible, Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion allows for 5000 sq ft. of space.
But suppose I was okay with slightly cramped quarters, would it be possible to arrange 25 ...
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Wish casting stress: How fast is recovery while resting?
Part of the description of the wish spell:
The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. ... In addition, your Strength drops to 3, if it ...
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When and how can targets be chosen for concentration spells such as Fly or Invisibility?
Spells like fly or invisibility have a casting time of 1 action and a range of touch. The spells are worded so that you touch a creature and they can either fly or become invisible with limits up to ...
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Can you maintain a spell from inside a leomund's tiny hut?
Specifically, if you were one of the creatures given permission to move in and out of the Hut, can you cast a concentration spell from outside the Hut, then step inside it and maintain concentration?
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True polymorph and meld into stone
So my players came up with the idea of turning adult dragon into object using true polymorph and than taking this item into the mountain using meld into stone. Plan is that dragon turns back it gets ...
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What are the best questions when using Speak with Dead as a tool for investigating murder? [closed]
In larger cities in Dungeons & Dragons, just like in real life, murder is probably commonplace enough that the city guard would have specialists for investigating corpses that turn up similar to ...
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Tempest domain ability Destructive Wrath with multiple targets
How does Destructive Wrath interact with Chain Lightning? Do you need to expand a Channel Divinity slot on each enemy or is one slot enough for every enemy?
What about Shatter?
I've seen the twinned ...
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