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Can you counter a spell through wall of force? [duplicate]
The party wizard has cast a hemispherical wall of force to trap the evil sorcerer and isolate him from the battle. The sorcerer however knows dimension door, and tries to cast it to escape. Can the ...
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Can I use the Guiding Bolt spell to attack a creature that burrowed underground where I can't see them?
Recently, I was in a 4-player level 12 free-for-all, and one of the other characters transformed into an earth elemental and burrowed underground, meaning I couldn't see them. This is an afterthought, ...
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Can I shoot or use spells from one room to another?
Can I shoot or use spells from one room to another? I can see my opponents through an open door that is between the rooms. My DM told me I could not do that.
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Is a "clear path to the target" needed for non-spell effects?
The PHB (p.205) specifies the general rule that a "clear path to the target" is required to cast a spell. The rules on cover (p.196) tell us that total cover prevents an attack or a spell.
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Can the Raulothim's Psychic Lance spell hit a creature behind full cover if you utter the creature's name?
The spell Raulothim's Psychic Lance (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, p. 21) can hit a creature without having to see it, so long as the caster utters the name of the target:
You unleash a shimmering ...
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Can moonbeam cast through a wall of force? [duplicate]
Moonbeam states that:
A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, dim light fills the cylinder.
There ...
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Can you summon a spiritual weapon into the bubble created by Bead of Force? Can whoever is inside cast charm person on someone outside the bubble? [duplicate]
The wording for Bead of Force says "Only breathable air can pass through the sphere's wall. No Attack or other Effect can." which obviously means that spells such as firebolt or ray of ...
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Does the Hex spell require a Clear Path when moved to a second target?
The Hex spell reads (PHB, p. 251):
You place a curse on a creature that you can see within
range. [...]
If the target drops to 0 hit points before this spell ends, you can use a bonus action ...
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Are there any spells that can damage a creature in another creatures stomach?
Under Casting a Spell > targets there is the following section:
A Clear Path to the Target
To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an ...
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Do I need a clear path to the target, or just my familiar, when delivering spells with Find Familiar?
Here's the setup:
My familiar is adjacent to the creature I want to target with my touch spell, and is within 100' of me.
Both the target and my familiar are around a corner, and I do not have a ...
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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 Eyebite Spell Work Through a Wall of Force?
Does the Eyebite spell work through a Wall of Force? Or is it blocked by Full Cover, even if the target can be seen?
This question is similar to this, but contrarily to Gaze effects the spell Eyebite ...
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What happens when you cast Fog Cloud behind a wall?
I'm puzzled by the "a clear path to the target" rule.
To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be behind total cover.
This seems straightforward: you can't target a ...
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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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