So, in the books we see the spell accio being used a few times to bring forth a desired object to the caster. However, we also see that to get the desired effect, one doesn't have to be too accurate in their description of the object (Harry says accio firebolt and his broom alone comes to him), and yet sometimes they get a range of objects that fit the description (Hermione calls for books about Horcruxes, and many of them come to her).  So I think that begs two questions.   What is the range of Accio? Could I call for something that was on the other side of the country? What about the other side of Hogwarts? How accurate is it? If I said "Accio Notebook" would it bring me my own notebook, or all the notebooks in the room?
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We know that Accio spell (aka ) has some limits:   It can be blocked (e.g. Harry couldn't Accio the Diadem in RoR in Deathly Hallows). Many more failures are listed on Wikia.   But what are the exact full rules and limitations governing the spell in Harry Potter world?   Distance?  Line-of-sight?  Knowing exact or approximate location?  Specificity of item (e.g. "Accio Broom" seemed to work for Weasleys in OotP to bring their locked-up brooms - why not just a random broom?) Types of Accio-able stuff? Can you Accio water? Lump of earth? Gases/liquids/etc...? Can you Accio based on jQuery selector (or an SQL where clause), for lack of a better description? E.g. "Accio the book that has the word 'Flammel'"? "Accio biggest green ball from this room"? Can you Accio ALL items of a kind? (the reason I thought of this whole question was seeing "Accio all guns" comment in ). Can you Accio vague stuff? ("Accio meal"). Other rules that can be inferred.   NOTE: While Wikia article has some of the info, it is clearly very lacking in details on specific rules based on specific instances in canon. I'm looking for a fully comprehensive, organized ruleset for the charm, not merely 1-2 tidbits in Wikia article.
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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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What would happen if a wizard w successfully casts the Imperius curse on a equally powerful wizard a and then order him to cast the same curse back on w?  Follow-up questions.  It is established that casting the curse can be done .  What would happen in the case of a chain of casts that would hit back the original wizard? w-&gt;a-&gt;b-&gt;c-&gt;w  The original wizard could rather command the last wizard c, in the chain, to curse his first target instead. w-&gt;a-&gt;b-&gt;c-&gt;a wich would create a loop of a-&gt;b-&gt;c-&gt;a...  In what kind of limbo would wizards a, b and c exist in?  ( for the sake of simplicity, we can assume that every curse target is not very good at resisting the curse )
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In the Harry Potter world, when a magical person casts a spell, sometimes they target a specific object, like when Harry has a wand only and needs his broom, he casts "Accio Firebolt" and his broom comes to him.  But a lot of the time people point their wands just in the direction of someone to cast a spell.  One example would be in a duel.  When they do this, are they casting a spell on a particular person or at that person?  It seems, from what I remember of the movies, that some spells travel in a straight line while others specifically target a person or object.  Do any spells travel in one direction, like a laser beam?  What kind of spells are directional (instead of focusing on a particular person or object)?  And can directional spells be deflected or blocked by something like a mirror or another physical object?  (By "directional," I could have said linear, but didn't want to start sounding mathematical or scientific.  In other words, do they travel in one direction, like a laser beam would, or will they change direction to hit the intended target?)
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Never had an issue with spellcaster scaling until today. A player in the group claims he can cast Eldrich Blast twice on his turn. Once as an action, and a second time as a bonus action since it is a cantrip. Allowing him to shoot 4 beams for a d10 each (he's 5th level so 2 beams per cast). This seems vastly stronger than anyone else's max 2 attacks. After the session which ended early with many players angry this player ruined all encounters, there was much talk of re-rolling into all caster party. One wanting to do the same with a wizards Firebolt spell as a bonus every turn, others still browsing.  So, is it possible for a caster to cast multiple spells in 1 turn? From what I was quoted from the PHB, it's possible to cast any spell as an action, then cast a second spell; as long as the bonus action spell was a cantrip with a cast time of 1 action? So 99% of all cantrips? Please tell me this is wrong, because I feel that if anyone else does this our melee characters will never see a fight again before the casters nuke them down.
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If you're a contestant, away you go and do your things - good luck. But what could the students of Hogwarts watch? The first task seems ace - dragons and brooms, but task two happens under a lake, and task three is in a maze.  I wonder if somehow the students could see the action on a screen (a magic screen) but then the chapter after the lake we hear that everyone's hassling Harry and trying to find out what went on, because for them it was just an hour of lake.   What do you think? Do they do something in the films to imply what the audience gets to see?
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What defines a worn or carried object, for the purposes of spells like Burning Hands and Firebolt? They ignite items, but specifically not things worn or carried.  Does carried mean wielded in hand, such as a staff? And does Worn pertain to only clothing and armor?  For instance, if a Wizard gets hit by Firebolt, would his component pouch and spellbook that are just on his person be ignited?
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At the very start of the movie adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry attempts the spell Lumos Maxima in his bedroom. He then inflates his Aunt Marge and makes her float in the air.  How come he is doing this outside of Hogwarts as an underage wizard? The Trace is clearly still on him!  I understand the quote by the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, "Oh, come now, Harry. The Ministry does not send people to Azkaban for blowing up their aunts." But isn't that pretty much saying that casting any smaller spell is something that an underage wizard or witch can get away with?
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What are the requirements for a wizard to successfully copy a spell from a scroll into their spellbook?  First, I’m thinking that copying a spell from a scroll is similar to copying a spell from my own book into another book (as the scroll is in my possession just like my spellbook), but I could be wrong on this too.   Otherwise, the cost goes to 2 hours and 50 gp per spell level to copy (as opposed to the 1hr &amp; 10gp).  It seems like one would have to succeed the intelligence check and pay the cost in terms of time and gold. But then I’m wondering about the order in which one would make the check and spend the resources (hopefully the check comes first, so as to not waste time and gold in the unfortunate event of a failed check).
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I just saw a , where one of the characters says:     it must be cast back in the fire from whence it came!   This struck me as odd, since I expected them to say "whence it came"; but now I find that "from whence" seems to occur as well.  Does anybody know whether this is correct, or whether it has been correct at some point and subsequently fell into disgrace (or vice versa)?
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I'm now wondering after googling for a while, what are the different sources a Wizard can learn his spells from? Is it only limited to scrolls and tomes, or can a Wizard learn spells from other magic items?  The following quotes are from the PHB, page 114 Your spellbook      You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard's chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.      Copying a Spell into the Book   When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a level for which you have spell slots and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.      For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50gp. The costs represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.   The way this is worded and considering the few examples we're given, shouldn't it be possible to learn a spell from more than just written sources?  An example would be Wand of Magic Missile: would it be possible for a Wizard to learn the spell Magic Missile by studying the spell when used by the item and write down his research and thus learning how to use the spell on his own and eventually master it?
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So, I bought the book, read it, but I have a question, and just to be sure:  The max level from an skill in rank can't be more than your level, so, a starting character can only have a skill on level 1 rank, right?  Later in the book, it says that the max rank on a skill can't be more than your hit dice, so, for example, a bard has a d8 hit die, so, does that means he can only rank his skill up to 8, once he leveled up once?
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In Harry Potter, how does the broomstick know who to listen to when there is more than one person on it?  Is it the person in the front? The person using hands holding it? The first person to get on? Or is it its owner?  If not, can two people control a broomstick at the same time?
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Can magical spells actually damage objects?  So something standalone, e.g. the pile of wood over there in the corner of the room?  And on a character, e.g. the quarterstaff in a character hand?  [I think they can, but I'm concerned I'm confusing DnD 5e with earlier versions]
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I'm new to game development and a bit confused about how to effectively store an object's access to certain spells/abilities.  The player and mob objects are all generated from the same class. However, each object may have access to different abilities and spells. How do I keep track of a specific object's access to these?  Example: My player object might have access to Fireball and Haste, while a goblin might have access to Confusion.  I followed , and I understand how to attach a spell function to scroll use. I'm just not sure how to emulate a character memorizing a spell and using it as an ability.
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In the PHB under The Book's Appearance the text give two examples of how a spellbook looks like a book and one example with it being just a collection of notes.  Does a Wizard's spellbook need to be a book? Can a spellbook look or even be something else rather than just a book?  For example, could it be a series of small scroll tubes tied together like a rope ladder?  A necklace of marbles where each marble was inscribed with a single spell?  Elaborate wood carvings on a puzzle-box?  Colourful tattoos on the backs of slaves? (I'm not saying it won't be awkward when a Dragon eats pages 21 to 34 when adventuring, just asking if it would be allowed.)  Runes on the faces of convex regular icosahedron? ;)
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How do muggles with children at Hogwarts (for example, Hermione's parents) communicate with their children while they're at school? The students are able to send owls but does that mean the parents can only send letters when their students send an owl? What if it's an emergency? What if their children never send an owl?