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Can the Faerie Fire spell be oriented in a small space to not affect allies?
Faerie fire creates a cube:
Each object in a 20-foot cube…
A cube’s point of origin is described in the rules for Spellcasting:
You select a cube’s point of origin, which lies anywhere on a face of ...
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Are non-damaging effects obvious in combat without a check?
No to first part
Spellcasting rules that you've mention state that...
your spellcasting creates obvious visual manifestations of the gathering magic
...and that there are feats, like Conceal Spell ...
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What is the etymology of Mind Blank?
Other answers are in error as to the first appearance of the mind blank spell in D&D. The first appearance was in Supplement-I for the original Dungeons & Dragons game, the Greyhawk booklet by ...
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Is this Visions of Danger spell balanced for level 7?
This should probably be a level 8 spell
There are multiple factors influencing how good a pure damage spell is to deliver impact: area, range, the raw damage output per round, how fast that damage is ...
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What is the etymology of Mind Blank?
Given the name "mind blank" and especially given that it was first introduced in an eastern/oriental themed supplement, seems that the inspiration is "no-mind" (or "mushin&...
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What is the etymology of Mind Blank?
The first spell named mind blank in D&D was in the original Oriental Adventures, from 1985, for AD&D 1st Edition (it was originally a wu jen spell).
The mind blank spell protects the ...
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Is this Visions of Danger spell balanced for level 7?
Not strictly a numerical balance thing but "as an action" type recurring saves don't look like a very good fit for illusion type effects.
After all, if the target fails the initial saving ...
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Is this Visions of Danger spell balanced for level 7?
Let's compare to Maddening Darkness, an 8th level spell that I consider a good 8th level spell.
MD:
60 ft radius, significantly larger
8d8 psychic versus Wisdom save
Magical Darkness
VoD:
20 ft ...
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Can Warp Mind's effect be mitigated just by hitting your friend?
Yes, and I would not recommend that your GM rule otherwise
tl;dr
As I was reviewing and commenting on other answers, I think I've determined that the answer to this question is yes. Furthermore, it ...
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Can Warp Mind's effect be mitigated just by hitting your friend?
No, Permanent is More than a Duration
Warp mind's effects happen instantly, so dispel magic and other effects that counteract spells can't counteract them. However, alter reality, miracle, primal ...
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Do bonus rolls, like guidance and Bardic Inspiration, affect a passive check?
Only if they last long enough and are done automatically
When Passive checks are used, they are used for two completely different reasons, as explained in the PHB (emphases mine):
A passive check is ...
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Can Warp Mind's effect be mitigated just by hitting your friend?
Permanent here is stronger than persistent
Any condition is by default (that is, if the duration given is not limiting) already permanent in duration. The rules about conditions say:
Conditions are ...
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Do bonus rolls, like guidance and Bardic Inspiration, affect a passive check?
No, because these are not modifiers in the sense of the rules
The PHB clearly outlines what it means when it uses the term modifier on page 171, under Ability Scores and Modifiers:
The three main ...
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What level should this version of Warp Mind be?
8th level, like feeblemind, would probably be best
Ignoring the pedigree here, and just looking at the pure effect. The text of this is not only modeled after, it is essentially identical to ...
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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
I think overall that spell is reasonable. Here I am mostly nitpicking.
You can cast Electric Arc as an innate spell. When you cast Electric Arc, you can choose up to three targets.
The main issue I ...
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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
Swim Seems Out of Place
Most elementals that deal electricity damage seem to be similar to storm clouds as air elementals like the living thunderclap, which generally have fly speeds rather than swim ...
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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
This looks pretty balanced now
Sligthly reordering for better comparability
Fiery Body
Electric Body
Level: 7
same
Cast: 2 actions (somatic, verbal)
same
Duration: 1 minute
same
You become living ...
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Does Shielded Arm require a free hand to raise/block?
No Free Hand Required
As you've noted nothing in the spell's description or the Raise a Shield action mention a requirement to have a free hand, so there's no such limitation for shielded arm.
Raise ...
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Can a dispelled zombie's remains be reanimated?
You cannot dispel Zombies in D&D 5e
Animate Dead, the spell that creates zombies is a spell with an instantaneous duration. You cannot dispel effects of spells with an instantaneous duration.
This ...
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How does an angel's Protective Aura affect its spells and allies' spells?
Short Answers
How does the protective aura ability of an angel work in practice? Clumsily. So, so clumsily.
Does the lesser globe of invulnerability effect of the protective aura ability prevent the ...
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Is a concentration check required when temporary hit points absorb all the damage?
Yes, the concentration check is required even if you have temporary hit points.
A concentration check is required in any case the caster takes damage:
The following factors can break concentration:
[....
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What is the AoE of Acid Splash?
Only the Target is Affected
There's no generic rule for splash damage affecting creatures in any particular area.
Rules exist for weapons and attacks with the splash trait, but acid splash doesn't ...
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What is the AoE of Acid Splash?
For attacks or weapons with the Splash trait, the radius is 5 feet (1 square) around the creature.
If an attack with a splash weapon fails, succeeds, or critically succeeds, all creatures within 5 ...
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If a druid uses Wild Shape to turn into a Cranium Rat, and has the Pass Without Trace spell active, do they become effectively untraceable?
You can no longer do this
As yeastgoblin recently pointed out in their answer to Can a druid Wild Shape into a Cranium Rat and use Telepathy?, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (p. 83) ...
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Ways to expand a Beguiler's spell list?
It's a little bit wider than you found:
So, you will have one feat from level 1, one from level 3, and one from level 6 for three in total.
All Bloodline Feats from Dragon Compendium & Dragon ...
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Does Burning Hands really require touching thumbs?
Fanning the hands is an effect of Burning Hands
This is not a question if the first sentence of a spell is flavor text or not. SSD's answer provides an in-depth, convincing argument that it can not be ...
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Yes, Wind Wall blocks Cone of Cold
As answered in this question all text in the spell description is rules text. You quote the relevant passages of both spells. Wind Wall keeps gases at bay and a ...
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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?
Let's analyze each of your question.
1) Does the sword hit all of them?
Yes, since Slashing Fury
cause[s] the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit and to any other creature of your ...
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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 orcs have not been hit by a melee weapon attack
Slashing Flourish:
You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit and to any ...
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Cone of Cold is not affected by Wind Wall.
The text of Wind Wall says (emphasis mine):
A wall of strong wind rises from the ground at a point you choose within range. [...] The strong wind keeps fog, ...
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Check with your DM
Terms that have no game specific definition are to be interpreted by their common English meaning. So, cold air is a gas, and wind wall blocks gases. Is that enough?
First, there is ...
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Can Wind Wall block a Cone of Cold?
Can a Wind Wall keep a Cone of Cold from affecting someone on the other side?
Several things in the descriptions you've posted at play here answer that question, but first, the real clincher is this - ...
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What would happen if somebody raises someone whose soul has become a demon?
There is no way that this works
You can only use a resurrection spell successfully on somebody whose soul is free and willing to be resurrected. This requires the soul to still exist in the first ...
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What would happen if somebody raises someone whose soul has become a demon?
Doesn’t work
All resurrection magic references Raise Dead, which says “… the subject’s soul must be free and willing to return.“ The demon’s soul is not free and probably isn’t willing to return.
In ...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
Honorable mention should go to the spell "Haunt Shift", from Libris Mortis. Level 5 spell for Clerics, Sorcerers and Wizards. Turn all those pesky ghosts haunting your abandoned castles into ...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
I offer you an alternative. A reusable one, even!
When paired with the proper engineering, a Decanter of Endless Water can get almost any task of the sort you're looking for done:
Decanter of Endless ...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
I can think of a lot of ways to create "work force" with spells, but it's important to know what your resources are and what your wanting to accomplish. So other answers have addressed a few ...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
Unseen Servant, Animate Dead, Telekinesis, Planar Binding
Unseen Servant
The classic spell for this is Unseen Servant. The servant is not very strong, but it's only a level 1 spell, it lasts for hours,...
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In D&D 3.5, are there any spells that can do simple work?
Should work:
Greater Mage Hand (Spell Compendium, p. 136, Sorcerer/Wizard/Spellthief 1):
Lets you manipulate objects up to 40 pounds for as long as you concentrate on the spell. Explicitly works for ...
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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"?
Purely rules-as-written yes, but designer intent is that you only can regain hit points by the alchemical procedure
There is this answer, which argues that since simulacrum's text explicitly states
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How does the Dream Spell manipulate the target?
The reaction of the target to the dream is up to the target
The normal version of dream merely states:
If the target is asleep, the messenger appears in the target’s dreams and can converse with the ...
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Is this Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic casting cost calculation correct?
Yes, you seem to have an editing error there. Here's the errata I've just submitted, having figured out what's going on.
There are inconsistencies in the description of Air Jet on p. 39. These are ...
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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 spell persists
While it is implied that the material component for imprisonment spell is a sort of anchor for the spell there is no mentioning that the spell is dispelled if something were to ...
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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"?
Yes, UNO
The Monster Manual (p.5) says of Monster Types:
A monster's type speaks to its fundamental nature.
Certain spells, magic items, class features, and other
effects in the game interact in ...
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How can an unwilling Elemental planar ruler be drawn into the Material Plane?
Use a Ring of Djinni Summoning
The question asks if there is a magic item that can "draw" a particular noble djinni into the material plane, i.e., without having to go to their plane yourself. This ...
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Does an Enlarge/Reduce spell on a druid affect the beast form if the druid Wild-Shapes?
Chiming in 8 years later because this is the first page that comes up on google when asking about wild shape and enlarge/reduce interactions, and I want to give the simple RAW answer.
If you cast ...
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Must a warlock replace spells with new spells of exactly their Pact Magic spell slot level?
My interpretation of the passage is:
New Spell must be on the warlock spell list
AND
Be of a level you have a slot for or can cast it in
So no 3rd level spells when you're only warlock level 3. You ...
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How can an unwilling Elemental planar ruler be drawn into the Material Plane?
Plane Shift can send an unwilling planar ruler to the Material Plane.
The wording in Gate applies only to Gate itself, it does not apply to all conjuration spells.
From Plane Shift:
You and up to ...
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