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Hallow cast on the courtroom with a Tongues effect would eliminate any language barriers, permitting everyone present to understand all testimony introduced.

The description of the booming blade spell (SCAG p. 142) says only that "[i]f the target willingly moves" while the spell is in effect, it takes damage. The in-narrative effect is "booming energy" env …

For poisons and diseases, try unseen servant. It's a 1st-level ritual spell, and one of the functions the servant can perform is "cleaning." See PHB p. 284-285. For poisons, diseases, etc., depending …

Granted, analysis of all other spells published to date that impose the charmed condition confirms they do indeed use the words "charmed by you" -- but I submit that is not determinative. …

The general rule is that spells do only what they say they do, and anything more is up to the DM. There are no "hidden rules." …

The player asks how his PC, who has no other relevant spells and no magic items, might determine whether the familiar is alive or dead. …

Spells like fog cloud (PHB p. 243) and darkness (PHB p. 230) create areas of heavy obscurement. … As a result, creatures caught in one of these spells usually start out being able to see their surroundings before the spell takes effect. …

The description of arcane eye states that the eye created by the spell "can't enter another plane of existence." PHB p. 214. Consider this scenario: a warlock casts arcane eye (perhaps using the Visi …

First things first: remember that spells do only what they say they do, and anything more is up to the DM. … The description of fog cloud doesn't say it imposes disadvantage on saves versus other spells. …

The general rule is that spells do only what they say they do, and anything more is up to the DM. …

No, counterspell must target the caster casting the spell to be countered, not the familiar through which the spell would be delivered. The description of find familiar says "your familiar can delive …

Other Q&As on RPG.SE have discussed the by-now-familiar rules for mounted combat, including the differences between controlled and independent mounts. See, e.g., When can you choose to control a mount …

Consider the following elaborate scenario, which nevertheless actually occurred at our table. Two PCs, Sophie Sorcerer and Roger Rogue, sneak into the hideout of hapless villain Tarley Target. While h …

The by-now-familiar wisdom that spells do only what they say they do (and anything more is left up to the DM) seems not to resolve this issue, because it is not clear what the spell is saying it does. …

Are there particular spells, or types of spells, that really need to be constrained to some mid-range between "whatever you can touch" and "whatever you can see"? …