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Can Ogre clerics use Purify Food and Drink on humanoid characters?
Can Ogre clerics use Purify Food and Drink on humanoid characters to cure them as humanoid creatures are regarded as food in Ogre culture?
Similarly, can Ogre clerics use Create Food and Water to ...
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Can spells be cast through a Wall of Force?
The spell description of wall of force is silent on the question of whether spell effects can pass through the wall. The semi-relevant part of the description states:
Nothing can physically pass ...
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Can you cast banishment on yourself?
Can you cast banishment on yourself from a non-native plane, as a way of returning to your native plane?
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For the purpose of magic immunity, does Counterspell target the caster or the spell?
In the MM it states that the rakshasa is immune to magic of 6th level or lower. Does this include the counterspell spell or does counterspell target the spell and not the creature?
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What happens when a caster targets an object that looks like a creature with a spell that targets only creatures?
There are many spells which explicitly target creatures:
Choose one creature within range
The target creature is normally supposed to make a saving throw in this case.
What happens when the ...
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Can Polymorph end spells that require the target to be humanoid?
There are several spells that require the target to be "humanoid" such as Hold Person, Dominate Person, etc.
However, if the target is Polymorphed after that spell has been successful, then what ...
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Is it possible for a swallowed caster to cast Fireball outside of a Giant Toad?
I had a situation last week where my DM and I completely disagreed how the following situation should have been ruled:
I'm a Circle of the Moon druid wild-shaped into a Giant toad and I had swallowed ...
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Sleep's hp total and (half-) elf targets
Situation: A Gnome Bard sits in a prison cell, next to her in another cell sits a half-elf Ranger. There is one guard with them in the room, with two or three more in the next room. The Bard casts ...
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Would Spawn of Kyuss worms infesting a Paladin die?
At third level, Paladins gain the feature Divine Health:
By 3rd level, the divine magic flowing through you makes you immune to disease. (PHB, p. 85)
There's a monster in Volo's Guide to Monsters ...
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Does Mirror Image affect spells that have no attack roll?
I have two questions concerning the mirror image spell.
If I am under the effect of mirror image and was targeted by a spell like blight, do I roll a 1d20 to determine whether myself or an image was ...
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Are undead and creatures immune to charm excluded from the HP count of Sleep?
From the spell description:
Sleep (...) Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring unconscious creatures). ...
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Is a pregnant creature considered a single entity for spells such as Banishment? [closed]
Using the D&D 5e RPG system. We'll use a Brown Bear and the spell Banishment as an example. What, if anything, occurs when you attempt to cast such a spell on a creature that is currently pregnant?...
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Can you prevent players using cantrips to tell whether a creature is disguised as an object?
As it is established in the question below that there is some distinction between a cantrip that targets a creature and targeting an object:
What happens when a caster targets an object that looks ...
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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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Can a spell be readied to trigger when its intended target comes into view?
Can I ready witch bolt, for instance, with the condition of attacking "the first goblin to come out of the cave" if I cannot see the goblin at the time of my (Ready) action? To be perfectly clear: at ...
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