Counterspell:  Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell  What does &quot;you see&quot; refer to, the creature or the casting of a spell? In other words, can you Counterspell for example, if you hear a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell, and see the creature? Example: You are looking at someone with full-face helmet, and they cast a verbal-only spell at someone else next to them. Can you Counterspell?
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Counterspell requires the following:     [a reaction], which you take when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell   The Flameskull's spellcasting block reads the following:     [The Flameskull] requires no somatic or material components to cast its spells.   If the Flameskull requires no visible components, can its spells be counterspelled?
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I can't work this one out. For example:  I declare a creature attacking one of my opponents (who's on 5 life). Before he/she declares blockers another player casts  (or similar), reducing his/her life to 0. They would then leave the game, correct?  What happens to my attacking creature, does it still attack the player who is no longer there,  or is it no longer attacking?  In a similar situation, if my opponent has a planeswalker and I attack it, if that planeswalker is destroyed or exiled before it gets to combat damage what happens with the attacking creatures?  My guess is the damage is still dealt to the player/planeswalker no longer there and therefore doesn't do anything except tap the creature, but I'm not sure about this.
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Is it true that not even the person/creature/thing doing the initial action that starts a combat is able to use a full-round action?  According to all sources I can find, the initial attack already is part of the surprise round, so you're only entitled to a move action or standard action; but that leads to an (in my opinion) absurd scenario, so I just wanted to be sure whether there is something I'm missing:  Let's say sorcerer A is hiding in the bushes, 1HP left, waiting to finish sorcerer B (1HP left) off with magic missiles before B does the same to A. Then he suddenly spots sorcerer B - but sadly, he's some feet out of range. Now sorcerer A wants to use metamagic to double his magic missiles range and fire that on sorcerer B ... but now his magic missile takes a full-round action to cast, so sorcerer A cannot surprise sorcerer B with it anymore.  Is this interpretation right RAW-wise or am I missing something?
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Let's suppose I'm a wizard casting a ranged spell. An enemy is behind cover but I suspect he'll come out, so I ready an action to cast at him when he comes out; but I don't want to risk getting charged at by another enemy and losing concentration or taking disadvantage. Can I say:  "I ready a spell. When that guy over there leaves cover, or when any enemy gets within 5 feet of me, I will cast it on that enemy"?
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Suppose a Fighter/Wizard without the War Caster feat is wielding a sword and shield.  If she is hit and wants to cast the Shield spell as a reaction (it has a somatic component), can she drop her sword and cast the spell all as part of the same reaction?  The rules don't seem to specify anything about object interactions other than as part of your main turn's move or action.    As a DM, I think I would rule that she could, since opening her hand seems like a reasonable start to whatever gestures she might need to make to cast the spell.  But I wanted to check, is this just a DM discretion thing, or are there explicit rules/examples somewhere that help clarify how this should be ruled?
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This came up in game tonight.   is a spell with Range: Self (15-foot cube).  The description reads:     A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you.  Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you...   Players Handbook, 282-283  Does the area of effect center on the caster (extending 7.5 feet in each direction), or does it begin from the caster, and extend in the direction desired (for a full 15 feet)?
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The  spell states, in part, that:  You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range.  The spell also requires a Verbal component. When I cast the command spell, is the &quot;one-word command&quot; the only verbal component?
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So, say you are a wizard 15/warlock 2. You have the Lance of Lethargy invocation, which pushes an enemy you target with eldritch blast and hit back 10 feet. Say you put a demiplane entrance ~5 feet behind the enemy you target with it. When you hit, you throw the enemy in. Before all this, you had put a Glyph of Warding in there on one of the surfaces. What would be the limit to the trigger for this? Would it be forced to be touch or proximity, or could you base it off something like hostility towards the caster?      ... When you cast this spell, you inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect ... You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include touching or standing on the glyph, ... (PHB 245)   The key word here is "typical". Based on Google's definition, the informal definition of "typical" is     showing the characteristics expected of or popularly associated with a particular person, situation, or thing.   This means, if my assumption is true, that the triggers in the PHB are only the most common ones. Other than the one about being forcibly at maximum 10 feet in diameter in the PHB, I cannot see a limit. Though I probably should assume this would all be DM discretion, (and I know that I sound like a broken record here) but could the trigger be hostility toward the caster, or something else, like being a specific race, gender, from a specific place, etc., or would it be forced to being something from the PHB?
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If I have priority and cast an  on a just summoned 2/3 creature, then, passing priority, my opponent casts a  on that creature, does my creature survive? The first spell that resolves is obviously the bolt, that deals 3 point of damage to the creature; but immediately after, will the  Unholy Strength resolve (giving +2/+1), allowing the creature to survive?
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I first thought that the answer to this question was a definite 'yes.' The target is "A creature of your choice that you can see within range" (PHB 250). Presumably the caster is a creature, can be seen by him/herself, and is within range of 60' of him/herself.  Then I read the description for Greater Invisibility which specifies "You or a creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends" (PHB 246). It seems that Wizards have emphasized that Greater Invisibility can be applied to oneself while the same option is not emphasized for Healing Word.  Am I to interpret the lack of a specific option to heal oneself as meaning Healing Word cannot target self?  Bonus question: does this apply to Cure Wounds (PHB 230) as well?
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says:     You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range.    says:     You create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon....   If one caster creates an illusory creature with silent image what happens when another caster targets that illusory creature with magic missile?  Assuming of course that the mm caster is shooting first and asking questions later, ie, rather than using his or her action to investigate the illusion is simply choosing to attack it.  Or I suppose the magic missile caster might have failed the investigation check.  Either way, the magic missile caster believes the illusion to be real.  My own inclination would be to rule that magic missile would in fact appear to hit the illusory creature, but I can't find much to either support that conclusion, or to support another.
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When casting a spell as a bonus action, you can't cast another spell on the same turn except a 1-action cantrip - can the order be "reversed"? Can you cast a cantrip first as a bonus action, then any other spell? If not, would it be broken to allow it?  I'm thinking a Sorcerer casting a Quickened true strike, then casting a leveled spell requiring a touch attack. Seems like a great use of the cantrip + Metamagic feature, but it seems like it is not allowed.
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Wish allows you to duplicate the effects of any spell L8 or lower. Does that include a lower-level spell, cast at L8? Say, as a Wizard, casting Heal at L8.  I'm leaning towards yes, but it wouldn't be the first time I assume the wrong answer...
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Merle the Wizard is fighting enemies with his friends on a bridge. He wants to cast a spell on the BBEG, but they are currently out of range and so he uses his action to ready a spell for when the BBEG is in range.  However, before that happens one of Merle's friends is knocked off the bridge. Can Merle ignore the spell he had readied and use his reaction to cast feather fall?
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I was wondering what exactly does X-foot cube mean in a spells range description.  Let's look Thunderwave for example. It says:     A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each   creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you must   make a Constitution saving throw.   We took that to mean, all points a square 15 feet from the caster. Or does it mean a 15&times;15 foot square with the caster in the middle?  Let P be the player and X a 5 foot block that the spell affects.  We decided it to be:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or is it Really:       xxxxxxx                        xxx      xxxxxxx                        xPx       xxxxxxx                        xxx        xxxPxxx      xxxxxxx      xxxxxxx      xxxxxxx
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Let's say I have  and my one opponent has a  and no creatures in play. I might still want to cast Lightning Bolt to delve it later or to buff up my  or whatever. My question is...  can I cast Lightning Bolt without targeting anyone? Can I just decline to name a target and let the spell fizzle? Or if either I or my creatures are the only valid targets do I have to target myself?
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The description of the  spell states (emphasis mine):  Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends. For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target, make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a successful check, the spell ends.  There has been a lot of debate in my D&amp;D group about the specific wording of Dispel Magic, and it has not  been not resolved by the D&amp;D . Can Dispel Magic remove multiple magical effects on a single target? The primary issue revolves around the interpretation of the word &quot;any&quot; here. In English, the word &quot;any&quot; could mean &quot;any one&quot; or &quot;any of your choice&quot;. I have seen a couple of forum posts suggesting that if three mages each cast Haste on a single target, and you use Dispel Magic on that target, then it will only remove one instance of Haste. This seems to run counter to the next sentence:  For each spell of 4th level or higher on the target, [...]  The word &quot;each&quot; is not ambiguous in English; however, there is an alternate interpretation of this sentence which I included in another question: