Hello, meaby this topic has been discused before but i couldn’t find it. The druid cantrip “ Produce flame”. states that it produces a flame which sheds bright light... what about heat?
You can fire it from your hand to do fire damage.
So, can the druid cast it as a flame to warm himself or his party?
I've seen this played out both ways at different tables, because it specifically says it does NOT harm you or your equipment. .. it's going to be a table rule most of the time, but here are two examples of how it is interpreted
Most people interpret that it doesn't make heat or fire damage until you throw it at a creature, and even if you hit an item or object, it doesn't do fire damage... by this logic someone else could not use the held flame to light a torch... this stems off of the idea that a spell only does what it says and nothing more... and I personally don't like this approach, but most people imo think interpret it this way. In this case, no, it wouldn't provide you heat if it was just in your hand.
The more common DM ruling i have seen is that it's still a flame, and you and your equipment are immune to its fire damage unless you throw it. You can light objects with it, not just creature.. Someone else could light a torch from it if it was in your hand, as it does radiate heat... but if you were try to light a torch from your other hand, you would have to actively make a conscious decision to do so. IE: you couldn't accidentally light it without actively concentration to do it. So there is more control to it than what is written. Pertaining to keeping yourself warm in this scenario yes... you could use it for a bit of warmth if you wanted to
Realistically? not enough to be all that useful. Yes it makes fire. But not really enough fire. A torch doesn't make enough heat to keep you warm but it does make a useful radius of light. it burns when you strike somebody with it the way sticking your handle or a candle does. But that is because of the direct contact with the fire more than the amount of heat that it's producing in a radius around it.
RAW Produce Flame won't ignite flammable objects, as it lacks the line saying so (compared to Fire Bolt, which specifically says it does).
It definitely won't produce enough heat to warm the party. It's described as a flickering flame, and only produces 10+10ft light, compared to 30+30ft for a torch. It's closer to a candle in its lit form, rather than a torch.
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Hello, meaby this topic has been discused before but i couldn’t find it.
The druid cantrip “ Produce flame”. states that it produces a flame which sheds bright light... what about heat?
You can fire it from your hand to do fire damage.
So, can the druid cast it as a flame to warm himself or his party?
I've seen this played out both ways at different tables, because it specifically says it does NOT harm you or your equipment. .. it's going to be a table rule most of the time, but here are two examples of how it is interpreted
Most people interpret that it doesn't make heat or fire damage until you throw it at a creature, and even if you hit an item or object, it doesn't do fire damage... by this logic someone else could not use the held flame to light a torch... this stems off of the idea that a spell only does what it says and nothing more... and I personally don't like this approach, but most people imo think interpret it this way. In this case, no, it wouldn't provide you heat if it was just in your hand.
The more common DM ruling i have seen is that it's still a flame, and you and your equipment are immune to its fire damage unless you throw it. You can light objects with it, not just creature.. Someone else could light a torch from it if it was in your hand, as it does radiate heat... but if you were try to light a torch from your other hand, you would have to actively make a conscious decision to do so. IE: you couldn't accidentally light it without actively concentration to do it. So there is more control to it than what is written. Pertaining to keeping yourself warm in this scenario yes... you could use it for a bit of warmth if you wanted to
Realistically? not enough to be all that useful. Yes it makes fire. But not really enough fire. A torch doesn't make enough heat to keep you warm but it does make a useful radius of light. it burns when you strike somebody with it the way sticking your handle or a candle does. But that is because of the direct contact with the fire more than the amount of heat that it's producing in a radius around it.
RAW Produce Flame won't ignite flammable objects, as it lacks the line saying so (compared to Fire Bolt, which specifically says it does).
It definitely won't produce enough heat to warm the party. It's described as a flickering flame, and only produces 10+10ft light, compared to 30+30ft for a torch. It's closer to a candle in its lit form, rather than a torch.