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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 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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Can I cast spells requiring pointing at the target by looking in a mirror?
I am trying to cast a spell, like Message which requires "pointing" at the target, but without looking directly a the target.
I think there are two possible situations that could occur:
As ...
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Can I cast the Light cantrip on an 11-foot pole?
The description of the Light spell in D&D 5e says:
You touch one object that is no larger than 10 feet in any dimension. Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius ...
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If there is no other enemy within 5 feet of the initial target of the Green-Flame Blade cantrip, must the fire leap to a friendly creature in range?
When I use the green-flame blade cantrip to attack a creature, then it can bounce the flame to a creature within 5 feet of my target.
If there is no enemy within 5 feet of my target, but there is a ...
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Would the Sacred Flame cantrip hurt a person whom the target is holding as a hostage/human shield?
An enemy had grabbed a friendly NPC and was using him as a hostage and standing behind him as cover. The (new) DM seemed to be implying that the archers in our party would risk shooting the friendly.
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Do multiple beams from Eldritch Blast happen simultaneously or not by RAW? [duplicate]
After reading Can you move between the separate attacks of a spell?, I was quite surprised to learn that eldritch blast can be considered to not fire the beams simultaneously.
Given that the spell's ...
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Can the Blade Ward cantrip be cast on other people?
Can the blade ward cantrip be cast on other people?
On the page I read it on, it said blade ward had a range of 5 feet, but in the description, it used terms that made it seem like it could only be ...
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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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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 the Mending cantrip be used on plants?
The description of the mending cantrip says:
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such
as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a
leaking ...
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Does Minor Illusion break only when someone spends an action to investigate it?
Using Minor Illusion to create a 5x5' cube of stone, one of my players who was a 6'4" ranger claimed it gave him three quarters cover and that he was shooting over it. I was okay with that. But ...
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Can Mage Hand be attacked?
Mage Hand "can't attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds." (PHB 256). Can Mage Hand be attacked? Part of me says that Mage Hand is simply unable to engage in combat as a combatant ...
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Can the Green-Flame Blade cantrip be cast as a reaction using the War Caster feat?
The War Caster feat (PHB, p. 170) allows a single-target spell ("must target only that creature") to be cast instead of an opportunity attack.
The Green-Flame Blade cantrip (SCAG, p. 142) ...
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Limitations of targeting of 'Friends' cantrip
The "Friends" cantrip (PHB pg 244) has a range of "self", but it also affects "one creature of your choice". Can this creature be one you can't see, such as one behind a door?
This question: What ...
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