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Tagged with area-of-effect targeting
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Do hostiles have advantage when attacking friendly affected by self-casted faerie fire? [duplicate]
I have a rather simple question. Suppose I cast faerie fire and a friendly is in the target cube at that time and thus affected, do hostiles have advantage when attacking it?
I believe the PHB's spell ...
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Can Temple of the Gods be cast on a small floating area at sea?
Players want to cast Temple of the Gods on a small floating square at sea. (It involves the shape water cantrip, but I want to put that aside for this question). The spell says it requires to be cast ...
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Heat Metal vs Sanctuary
My druid cast Heat Metal on an armor-wearing enemy's armor. Then the enemy cast Sanctuary. Then, when while Sanctuary was in effect, I used my bonus action to heat the armor.
The DM said I was ...
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Does Cloud of Daggers affect the caster?
New to 5e and this has been a painful rabbit hole coming for 3.5. I have a pc who wants to cast cloud of daggers centered on himself as a sort of shield to protect himself from melee attackers. I said ...
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Is a creature that is not on the ground affected by the Sleet Storm spell's risk of falling prone?
The spell sleet storm on page 276 in the Player's Handbook says, in part:
The ground in the area is covered with slick ice, making it difficult terrain. When a creature enters the spell's area for ...
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Are the targeting-based restrictions for Twinned Spell metamagic and the Shield Master feat treated differently?
After an erratum, Twinned Spell metamagic says:
To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current level. For example, magic missile and scorching ...
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Can the Erupting Earth spell be cast somewhere that isn't on "ground"?
The description of the spell Erupting Earth says:
Choose a point you can see on the ground within range.
Does the use of the word "ground" limit this spell to floors that would be ...
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What is the sound's origin of an audible Alarm targeting a cubic area?
The Alarm spells reads as (emphasis mine)
You set an alarm against unwanted intrusion. Choose a door, a window, or an area within range that is no larger than a 20-foot cube. Until the spell ends, an ...
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Does Arms of Hadar hit the caster?
The text is unclear to me.
Tendrils of dark energy erupt from you and batter all creatures within 10 feet of you.
I assume I'm a creature within 10 feet of me, so am I also a target of this spell?
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How exactly do cylinder spells and effects "ignore obstructions" in their areas? Or what kinds of obstructions they can realistically ignore?
So, Spell descriptions on Area entry says:
When casting a cylinder-shaped spell, you select the spell’s point of origin. This point is the center of a horizontal circle, and the spell shoots down ...
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Does the Hallow spell remove an existing charm/fear/possession effect from creatures that are already in its area when the spell is cast?
Part of the description of the hallow spell includes the following effect (emphasis mine):
First, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead can't enter the area, nor can such creatures charm, ...
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Can the Silence spell be cast on a character or object that can then be moved?
A PC Cleric wants to cast the silence spell on one of the two PC Fighters in their party so that the Fighters can enter a room to kill orcs without having the noise of the battle alarm orcs in other ...
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How do I handle targeting and areas of effect in 3-D?
I'm totally OK with regular grid and counting squares for purposes of movement, spell and weapon targeting, and determining areas of effect. Area shapes neatly match with measurements made square-by-...
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How much room is needed for the Call Lightning spell?
The description of the Call Lightning spell says:
A storm cloud appears in the shape of a cylinder that is 10 feet tall with a 60-foot radius, centered on a point you can see within range directly ...
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When you cast a spell with "effect" entry, do you have to have line of effect to every portion of the effect to be created?
When you cast a spell with “effect” entry, do you have to have line of effect to every portion of the effect to be created?
Some examples of where it can be relevant:
Casting Summon Monster to ...
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