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When are targets picked for spells with multiple "missiles"?
For spells like Magic Missile and Scorching Ray that involve multiple ranged attacks, when do you pick targets for each ray/missle?
Do you pick them all up front and then roll attack/damage? Or do ...
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How do I rationalize to my players that the Mirror Image is completely useless against the Beholder rays? (also non-attack spells)
Some context:
We're running Dragon Heist and the party is brainstorming on a smart combo game plan to fight the Xanathar himself. In this question I've clarified why in our encounter and generally it ...
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Can the Telekinesis spell be used to manipulate liquids?
The description of the telekinesis spell in the PHB states, under the "Object" section of the spell:
You can try to move an object that weighs up to 1,000 pounds.
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You can exert fine ...
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Can "Friends" be used to make any creature in the universe hostile?
Friends is a cantrip with a range of self that reads (PHB, p. 244):
For the duration, you have advantage on all Charisma checks directed at one creature of your choice that isn’t hostile toward you....
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How does an NPC guess where an invisible PC is when attacking?
How does the DM have an NPC guess where to attack me if my PC is invisible, since the DM always already knows? Unseen Attackers and Targets says:
When you attack a target that you can't see, you ...
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Can a spell with a target of Self be stored in Glyph of Warding?
When using Glyph of Warding to store a spell, it gives the following restriction on what spells can be stored:
You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower in the glyph by casting it as ...
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Do you count as "a creature within X feet" of yourself?
There are various features that affect "targets within X feet".
For example, the Wild Magic Sorcerer's Wild Magic Surge table (PHB, p. 104) has the following result on a d100 roll of 83-84:
Each ...
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Does the secondary damage of the Green-Flame Blade cantrip damage the caster if no other targets are available?
The description of the green-flame blade cantrip (SCAG, p. 143) reads:
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the ...
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Can you cast Mass Cure Wounds on someone who has been swallowed by a creature?
Mass Healing Word and other healing spells specifically say that you have to see someone in order to cast the spells. In contrast, Mass Cure Wounds just says that you choose a point and then choose 6 ...
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Can a familiar from the Find Familiar spell use the Dragon's Breath spell?
One of the new spells from Xanathar's Guide to Everything is dragon's breath (p. 154). Even though the spell seems like it involves attacking, nowhere in the spell description does it specifically say ...
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Does the DM choose the target for monster attacks?
Pretty much what the title says. Say 4 goblins attack the party of adventurers, who do the goblins attack? Can each goblin attack a different target?
I guess in case of characters that fall ...
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Can I successfully cast the Message cantrip targeting a familiar creature in range when I have no idea where they are to "point toward"?
This came up last night in-session, and RAW, I do not believe the verbiage of the Message Cantrip matches RAI. The issue arises due to the fact that the spell seems to be two spells in one.
You point ...
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Can the sorcerer's Metamagic option Twinned Spell be used on the Eldritch Blast cantrip?
I was just reading this on an online max-DPR build. There were some who thought using the Metamagic option Twinned Spell on the warlock's Eldritch Blast cantrip was illegal, and some who thought the ...
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What are the unintended or dangerous consequences of allowing spells that target and damage creatures to also target and damage objects?
Inspired by my previous question, I've begun to feel that life might be easier if I just had every spell be able to target both creatures and objects with attacks, and damage objects as well as ...
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Is a spell suppressed or removed when the target temporarily becomes invalid? [duplicate]
Based on Jeremy Crawford's tweet, if a target is under the effect of an ongoing spell, and then the target changes such that it is no longer a valid target, the spell no longer effects them.
But does ...
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