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Can Nystul's Magic Aura's False Aura option be used on creatures?
This question was inspired by a question on whether detect magic can sense feign death. I believe it would, which raises the question of how you could foil detect magic in this case. The obvious ...
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Would webs catch fire if Fire Bolt is used on a creature inside of them?
When using the Web spell it states that:
The webs fill a 20- foot cube [...].
The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round
If Fire Bolt is cast on a ...
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Can Fire Bolt be twinned?
Spells that can target more than one creature can't be twinned, even if they are used to target only one.
Spells targeting objects can't be twinned, and Fire Bolt can target either creatures or ...
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What are all the ways to damage more than one creature in a single attack? [closed]
The slow spell states:
[...] Regardless of the creature's abilities or magic items, it can't make more than one melee or ranged attack during its turn [...]
I realized that one way around this ...
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What are the targeting range limitations of Glyph of Warding?
Glyph of warding states, in part:
When the glyph is triggered, the stored spell is cast. If the spell has a target, it targets the creature that triggered the glyph.If the spell affects an area, ...
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Can the Guiding Bolt spell be aimed at an invisible target?
Most spells state that the target must be something you can see. for example the magic missile spell says:
Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range.
But recently I ...
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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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Can the Message cantrip be used to communicate with a sentient object?
Can the Message cantrip be used to communicate with a sentient object?
I just want some clarification, since my DM gave me a sentient staff and my character only really communicates through the ...
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Does the total cover provided by being swallowed work both ways? [duplicate]
Say a character ends up being swallowed by a monster, for the sake of an example say the monster is a Kraken.
The rules for being swallowed by a Kraken include this sentence:
While swallowed, the ...
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Is there a penalty for switching targets?
I'm playing a fighter with the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style. Several times in the game tonight, I killed my target with my first attack, and so I wanted to use my bonus attack to go at one of ...
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Can You Recast Hunter's Mark Whenever You Want? [duplicate]
Hunter's mark states the following:
If the target drops to 0 hit points before this spell ends, you can
use a bonus action on a subsequent turn of yours to mark a new
creature.
Does that mean ...
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Can an NPC use the Teleport spell to affect an object they can see with the Scrying spell?
Teleport shows that it has a range of 10 feet and uses the following language:
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures
of your choice that you can see within range, ...
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Should I allow a PC's spells to affect a very large space vehicle?
I'm running a sci-fi campaign using D&D 5e, Ultramodern 5e (an add-on that allows you to run modern and sci-fi settings using D&D 5e), with Esper Genesis space combat rules. I have a player ...
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How can I become an invalid target for spells that target humanoids?
One of my players is a druid who would like to be able to change their creature type so that they become an invalid target against spells that target humanoids. First party WotC content (including UA)...
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Does the wording of the Wrathful Smite spell imply that there are other living beings that aren't considered "creatures"?
I've been playing D&D 5e for about a year, and as I've understood, every living being falls under the "creature" category: humanoids, beasts, monstrosities, monsters, constructs, undead, ...
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Can you mark a new target with the Hunter's Mark spell if the original target shifts to a different plane?
In the description for the Hunter's Mark spell, it says:
If the target drops to 0 hit points before this spell ends, you can
use a bonus action on a subsequent turn of yours to mark a new
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Can you create water inside someone's mouth?
We just finished the latest session and one of my characters gain access to the spell Create & Destroy Water. The Create and Destroy Water spell says:
You create up to 10 gallons of clean water ...
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Does the Scrying spell require you to have a clear path to the target in order to work?
The section "A Clear Path to the Target", on page 205 of the PHB states "To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can’t be behind total cover."
The description of the Scrying ...
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Does the Enemies Abound spell make you your own enemy?
The enemies abound spell states:
[...] On a failed save, the target loses the ability to distinguish friend from foe, regarding all creatures it can see as enemies until the spell ends...
Does the ...
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Can you attack yourself while affected by the Enemies Abound spell?
The enemies abound spell (XGtE, p. 155) states:
[...] On a failed save, the target loses the ability to distinguish friend from foe, regarding all creatures it can see as enemies until the spell ends....
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In AL, can an evocation wizard protect themself from their own spell with the Sculpt Spells feature?
At 2nd level, a Wizard of the Evocation School gains the Sculpt Spells feature (PHB p 117).
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative safety within the effects of your evocation ...
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What sorts of objects can you target with the Enlarge/Reduce spell?
The enlarge/reduce spell has the following text specifying its target:
You cause a creature or an object you can see within range to grow larger or smaller for the duration. Choose either a ...
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Is my soulless catatonic body a valid target for the Imprisonment spell?
I want to cast Magic Jar to transfer my soul into a gem, then possess someone, then cast Imprisonment on my now-soulless body to store it safely and be able to carry it everywhere with me in case my ...
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How does targeting work when casting the Call Lightning spell through Glyph of Warding?
The Call Lightning spell targets an area, then the caster chooses a point in that area and anybody within a 5-foot radius of that point is damaged. Then on each of their turns, the caster can use an ...
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Can you copy a Tiny Hut spell onto a Medium-sized mount from the Find Steed spell?
Tiny hut is a "self"-target spell that allows the target (typically one's self) to exist in the hut with up to 9 other Medium creatures.
Find steed allows spells that only target yourself to be ...
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Does grappling an Animated Object let you cast Shillelagh on it?
I was looking at shillelagh whose description states (emphasis mine):
The wood of a club or quarterstaff you are holding is imbued with nature's power... The spell ends if you cast it again or if ...
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What does the Find Familiar spell target?
Directly pulling from this Q/A about who controls a summoned steed's familiar, I am wondering what the find familiar spell targets.
Does the find familiar spell target the caster, a point in space, ...
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What happens when you try to charm or otherwise control a creature that has been Intellect Devoured?
If a creature has been taken over by an Intellect Devourer, what happens when a Charm Person, Suggestion, or other similar spell is cast on it? Can it even be targeted with such spells?
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Who controls a summoned steed’s familiar?
The spell Find Steed allows you to cast a spell and have it also effect your steed.
While mounted on your steed, you can make any spell you cast that
targets only you also target your steed.
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Can an attack of opportunity be made against a net if the restrained creature is being moved?
A creature, other than the one restrained by the net, can make an attack against the net (AC 10) which by dealing at least 5 slashing damage will free the restrained creature.
If a player restrained ...
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Are plants creatures or objects?
This has occurred to me due to conflict between Fabricate and Blight. Fabricate says it can not target creatures and lists trees as example targets. Blight on the other hand can only target creatures ...
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Which types of spells can damage vehicles? [closed]
When considering spells that require a target, and spells with area affect, which types of spells can also damage vehicles? My assumption for this question is that a vehicle is an object rather than ...
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What counts as a target for a spell?
There have already been several questions regarding what counts as a target for a spell; some, such as this Q/A, are regarding glyph of warding as it states:
The spell must target a single creature ...
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Is it possible to target 2 allies with the Warding Bond spell using the Sorcerer's Twinned Spell metamagic option?
Is it possible to target 2 allies with the Warding Bond spell using the Sorcerer's Twinned Spell metamagic option?
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Does the Dispel Magic spell work on the Mirror Image spell?
Looking at both this question about how faerie fire interacts with mirror image and this question about whether you can target the illusory duplicates themselves, I saw that both quote this section of ...
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Can the image from Mirror Image be a target of an attack or effect?
The mirror image spell description says
Each time a creature targets you with an attack during the spell's duration, roll a d20 to determine whether the attack instead targets one of your ...
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How does the Melf's Minute Meteors spell interact with the Evocation wizard's Sculpt Spells feature?
The evoker wizard feature Sculpt Spells is worded thusly:
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative safety
within the effects of your evocation spells. When you cast an
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How is the Distort Value spell's surface area determined?
When I cast Distort Value on an object, how big can the object be, can I cast it, for instance, on a almost conical shape which has a small flat top side that is no more than 1 foot, but has an ...
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Can I attack with the Spiritual Weapon spell as an action, and how do I determine the target?
The description of the Spiritual Weapon spell says:
... When you cast the spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon. ...
Does it mean I can attack ...
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Can you cast the Shape Water spell without an existing obvious pool of water?
Can I, say, take an area of soil and use the moisture from it for the spell? Since technically, I can see mud, thereby seeing the moisture.
So, can you cast shape water without an obvious pool of ...
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Are there any balance-breaking consequences of house-ruling that the Spider Climb spell can be upcast to affect additional creatures?
I have a broader question that is the root of this question. I thought I'd ask what I would think is a relatively simple question and see if the answers can help me answer the broader question.
As ...
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Does a Globe of Invulnerability spell block outsiders from teleporting inside with a spell?
The Globe of Invulnerability spell states:
Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can't affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level ...
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Can you twin the Nystul's Magic Aura spell?
The sorcerer's Twinned Spell Metamagic option states:
When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn’t have a range of self... Emphasis mine
I am not sure how to interpret this ...
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What specifically counts as "anything" in spell text?
Inspired by this answer to this question about greater invisibility, it occurred to me that certain readings of the spell don't make sense, specifically in relation to this comment.
Is it clarified ...
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Can you twin the Light cantrip?
This question is very similar to my previous question here, and is more what I was originally trying to ask.
Jeremy Crawford clarified in the 19/JAN/2017 Sage Advice segment of the Dragon Talk ...
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Can you use the Twinned Spell Metamagic on Greater Invisibility?
Jeremy Crawford clarified in the 19/JAN/2017 Sage Advice segment of the Dragon Talk podcast that a spell targets something if it affects that thing.
The Twinned Spell Metamagic states:
When you ...
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How does the Hunter's Mark spell cast on a Roper interact with attacks against its tendrils?
If I cast Hunter's Mark on a Roper and I attack its tendril, do I get the 1d6 bonus damage? Each tendril has its own HP/AC, but it's a part of the Roper's body.
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What methods exist to damage or destroy worn or carried objects?
Most spells/abilities only allow the targeting of creatures rather than objects.
Of the few that do allow object targeting, most explicitly except "worn or carried" objects.
It ignites flammable ...
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Can the Sickening Radiance spell pass through a Wall of Force? [duplicate]
The spell sickening radiance states:
Dim, greenish light spreads within a 30-foot-radius sphere centered
on a point you choose within range.
Wall of force states:
An invisible wall of force ...
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Does the Paladin's Aura of Protection affect only either her or ONE ally in range?
Aura of Protection on PHB p. 85 states:
Starting at 6th level, whenever you or a friendly creature within 10
feet of you must make a saving throw, the creature gains a bonus to
the saving throw ...
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