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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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Is there any way to fake/conceal your identity when casting Sending?
I'm playing in a campaign that involves an interdimensional hub of sorts, wherein adventuring parties are given missions and teleported across space/dimensions to the location. Upon completion, in ord …
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Effects of Magic Jar on a possessed/catatonic body?
After further digging, it seems case 2 has been specifically addressed by Jeremy Crawford via Sage Advice:
"If I magic jar a person's body, then can someone try to Magic jar into the body I magic jar …
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Can a "find steed"-sourced mount actually talk to you (telepathically)?
Yes, communication is both ways (as of November 2018)
This has been established via the November 2018 Player's Handbook Errata:
Find Steed (p. 240). In the next-to-last paragraph, “communicate with i …
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Can I cast a spell as a reaction when a creature enters the reach of my quarterstaff if I ha...
This works fine by RAW
There's no reason this wouldn't work, and generally meets the intent of both feats. Running through the checklist though:
Are you wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff …
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How does the Death Ward spell work if you are at 0 hit points and take massive damage?
The purpose of that section is to protect against spells like Power Word Kill, which instantly kills without dealing any damage. …
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Does Death Ward protect a Simulacrum from a Dispel Magic?
One casting of Dispel Magic can dispel all spells applied to the target.
There is nothing in Death Ward that negates being dispelled. …
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Effects of Magic Jar on a possessed/catatonic body?
Was recently considering usages for the Magic Jar spell, particularly what occurs when two instances of the spell cast by different people interact, and ran into a bit of a conundrum. There are two ca …
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What happens if a wizard reaches level 20 but has no 3rd-level spells that they can use with...
If you have no qualifying spells to choose from, you don't meet the requirements for the feature, which by RAW means they would lose the ability to select spells for this feature. … Since Signature Spells are selected when you level up, gaining 3rd level spells later won't be able to retroactively meet the requirements. …
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Can the Elemental Adept feat cause the Chaos Bolt spell to chain this way?
Yes, that combo works
By the wording of Chaos Bolt:
The number rolled on that die determines the attack's damage type as shown below.
And as you quoted from the Elemental Adept feat:
In add …
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How does dismissing my familiar from the Find Familiar spell interact with the Flock of Fami...
In the wording of the Flock of Familiars spell (Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, p. 57), we find:
You temporarily summon three familiars – spirits that take animal forms of your choice. Each familiar u …
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Can the Witch Sight warlock invocation see through the Mirror Image spell?
Yes, Witch Sight sees through Mirror Image
Mirror Image is illusion magic, which Witch Sight sees through. While not concealing them in the same way Invisibility might, it is concealing them in the sa …
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Do sorcerers' Subtle Spells require a skill check to be unseen?
Somatic components are specific hand gesture requirements necessarily for all somatic spells. …
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Can the Paper Bird magic item from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist be opened by the Dispel Magic spell?
Non-magical objects can still be affected by magical effects
While the item itself is no longer magical, that doesn't mean it can't be under a magical effect. Consider that plants affected by Plant G …
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How does an Evocation wizard's Overchannel feature interact with the Chaos Bolt spell?
Dealing max damage is not the same as rolling max damage
According to the wording of the spell Chaos Bolt:
If you roll the same number on both d8s [...]
This effect occurs specifically when num …
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If my Simulacrum possesses me via Magic Jar, to whom will my magic items attune?
RAW uncertain, RAI no attunement transfer
Whether or not it is your Simulacrum double or another creature possessing you is irrelevant, as a Simulacrum is not you, but rather "an illusory duplicate" …