"You don't need to meet "any" requirements in that spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect." in the wish spell description.
And I thought about spells where you must hit with a roll for the spell to take effect, and it may sound like a requirement for the spell to take effect. Does it make sense?
Also, the spell contingency states that you must use a spell of 5th level or lower. When replicated with wish, Is that a requirement that I can ignore, or are there two types of requirements?
"You don't need to meet "any" requirements in that spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect." in the wish spell description.
And I thought about spells where you must hit with a roll for the spell to take effect, and it may sound like a requirement for the spell to take effect. Does it make sense?
Also, the spell contingency states that you must use a spell of 5th level or lower. When replicated with wish, Is that a requirement that I can ignore, or are there two types of requirements?
Thanks for your time :)
The requirements are the components you need to cast the spell. You perform the Verbal component for Wish, and you don't need to provide the Verbal, Somatic, or Material components for the spell being duplicated. Attack rolls or triggered saving throws are part of the spell's effects after it has been cast, not part of its requirements to be cast, which is why you'd still need to make any attack rolls associated with the spell, even if you use Wish to cast it.
If you cast Contingency, and use Wish to produce the effect you're tying to the Contingency, the spell you're duplicating still has to be of 5th level or lower, because the Wish doesn't change the requirements for what type of spell Contingency can bind.
"The requirements are the components you need to cast the spell. You perform the Verbal component for Wish, and you don't need to provide the Verbal, Somatic, or Material components for the spell being duplicated. Attack rolls or triggered saving throws are part of the spell's effects after it has been cast, not part of its requirements to be cast, which is why you'd still need to make any attack rolls associated with the spell, even if you use Wish to cast it."
I thought that the phrase "any requirements in that spell, including costly components" means that you have additional requirements apart from costly components because of the use of the word "including." And below is the description for the attack roll:
Attack rolls (phb. 205): Some spells "require" the caster to make an attack roll to determine whether the spell effect hits the intended target.
"The requirements are the components you need to cast the spell. You perform the Verbal component for Wish, and you don't need to provide the Verbal, Somatic, or Material components for the spell being duplicated. Attack rolls or triggered saving throws are part of the spell's effects after it has been cast, not part of its requirements to be cast, which is why you'd still need to make any attack rolls associated with the spell, even if you use Wish to cast it."
I thought that the phrase "any requirements in that spell, including costly components" means that you have additional requirements apart from costly components because of the use of the word "including." And below is the description for the attack roll:
Attack rolls (phb. 205): Some spells "require" the caster to make an attack roll to determine whether the spell effect hits the intended target.
An attack roll is not a part of the prerequisite components to cast a spell, it is an effect involved in the resolution of the spell. Meeting the requirements allows you to make the roll.
The requirements also includes things like class restrictions.
For spells that require an attack roll I would say the spell takes effect hit or miss. If you fire a bow and miss the target you have still shot an arrow. The same applies if you fire a guiding bolt. The same applies to spells that require a saving throw. Using wish to banish the bad guy doesn't guarantee the banish the get to make a save (and can use legendary resistances if they fail)
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Hi all!
I was wondering about the phrase:
"You don't need to meet "any" requirements in that spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect." in the wish spell description.
And I thought about spells where you must hit with a roll for the spell to take effect, and it may sound like a requirement for the spell to take effect. Does it make sense?
Also, the spell contingency states that you must use a spell of 5th level or lower. When replicated with wish, Is that a requirement that I can ignore, or are there two types of requirements?
Thanks for your time :)
The requirements are the components you need to cast the spell. You perform the Verbal component for Wish, and you don't need to provide the Verbal, Somatic, or Material components for the spell being duplicated. Attack rolls or triggered saving throws are part of the spell's effects after it has been cast, not part of its requirements to be cast, which is why you'd still need to make any attack rolls associated with the spell, even if you use Wish to cast it.
If you cast Contingency, and use Wish to produce the effect you're tying to the Contingency, the spell you're duplicating still has to be of 5th level or lower, because the Wish doesn't change the requirements for what type of spell Contingency can bind.
@FayetteGamer
"The requirements are the components you need to cast the spell. You perform the Verbal component for Wish, and you don't need to provide the Verbal, Somatic, or Material components for the spell being duplicated. Attack rolls or triggered saving throws are part of the spell's effects after it has been cast, not part of its requirements to be cast, which is why you'd still need to make any attack rolls associated with the spell, even if you use Wish to cast it."
I thought that the phrase "any requirements in that spell, including costly components" means that you have additional requirements apart from costly components because of the use of the word "including." And below is the description for the attack roll:
Attack rolls (phb. 205): Some spells "require" the caster to make an attack roll to determine whether the spell effect hits the intended target.
An attack roll is not a part of the prerequisite components to cast a spell, it is an effect involved in the resolution of the spell. Meeting the requirements allows you to make the roll.
The requirements also includes things like class restrictions.
For spells that require an attack roll I would say the spell takes effect hit or miss. If you fire a bow and miss the target you have still shot an arrow. The same applies if you fire a guiding bolt. The same applies to spells that require a saving throw. Using wish to banish the bad guy doesn't guarantee the banish the get to make a save (and can use legendary resistances if they fail)