I have a dragonborn doctor, he has a bunch of medical tools, long story short, would necrotic be able to sanitize those tools? like killing what bacteria n' such is on the tool? or am I speaking nonsense?
This would be an ask your DM situation, as there are no rules on sterilization procedures. I would think that RAW, it would depend on the specific spell. If it’s one that only affects a creature you can see, for example, that would be tough since you can’t see bacteria, but an AoE might work. Either way, it’s going to come down to a ruling.
If it were me, I might let you because it’s kind of weird and I’m liking the flavor, and it doesn’t seem like it would actually break anything, mechanics-wise.
I have a dragonborn doctor, he has a bunch of medical tools, long story short, would necrotic be able to sanitize those tools? like killing what bacteria n' such is on the tool? or am I speaking nonsense?
I'd ask your DM since there are a bunch of assumptions in your question.
Do bacteria/viruses etc exist in the game world? These are too small to see, do people even know about them? In ancient times, some people discovered that boiling water reduced their chances of getting sick. Some others learned that boiling medical instruments could help improve the outcomes for their patients. However they didn't know why it worked or what the boiling water was doing.
Throw in magic and who knows :)
Anyway, personally, I'd allow fire/boiling water, radiant or necrotic damage to "clean" medical instruments but that answer will likely vary depending on DM.
From a rules aspect I would say no. There is no basis for them even existing, we do get "diseases" but no description on the cause of the disease. In a world where existence is magic not atoms, this is a spiralling topic that is not worth getting into. Then you need to get into "types" of these microbes : because while many are similar, some are not actually living creatures, biologically speaking. You then run into the classifications from a D&D perspective because they don't fit anything. They're not Monstrosities or Beasts or whatever.
And then there's targeting like you can't see them so anything that says "a creature you can see" can't affect them, and anything "an object" won't affect them. There's "anything in area" types but those usually have very large areas, require very high level spellcasting or rare magical items or special limited use auras. So either doesn't work or it might but really complicated or dangerous.
Of course, your mileage may vary with DMs.
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From a DM perspective and on a personal level I'd say no. I can't be bothered to stretch things, deep dive into "Necrotic" and "D&D Microbes" and all that shit just because your character is too up themselves to just use basic ******* hot water like everyone else. Way too much hassle. It's a game, I want to have fun not a headache.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I have a dragonborn doctor, he has a bunch of medical tools, long story short, would necrotic be able to sanitize those tools? like killing what bacteria n' such is on the tool? or am I speaking nonsense?
This would be an ask your DM situation, as there are no rules on sterilization procedures. I would think that RAW, it would depend on the specific spell. If it’s one that only affects a creature you can see, for example, that would be tough since you can’t see bacteria, but an AoE might work. Either way, it’s going to come down to a ruling.
If it were me, I might let you because it’s kind of weird and I’m liking the flavor, and it doesn’t seem like it would actually break anything, mechanics-wise.
I'd ask your DM since there are a bunch of assumptions in your question.
Do bacteria/viruses etc exist in the game world? These are too small to see, do people even know about them? In ancient times, some people discovered that boiling water reduced their chances of getting sick. Some others learned that boiling medical instruments could help improve the outcomes for their patients. However they didn't know why it worked or what the boiling water was doing.
Throw in magic and who knows :)
Anyway, personally, I'd allow fire/boiling water, radiant or necrotic damage to "clean" medical instruments but that answer will likely vary depending on DM.
RAW necrotic damage has no sanitizing properties and objects aren't immune to it, which mean doing so would actually damage the object.
The DM might let you do so anyways, or with alcool and other things that is commonplace during the era you play.
From a rules aspect I would say no. There is no basis for them even existing, we do get "diseases" but no description on the cause of the disease. In a world where existence is magic not atoms, this is a spiralling topic that is not worth getting into. Then you need to get into "types" of these microbes : because while many are similar, some are not actually living creatures, biologically speaking. You then run into the classifications from a D&D perspective because they don't fit anything. They're not Monstrosities or Beasts or whatever.
And then there's targeting like you can't see them so anything that says "a creature you can see" can't affect them, and anything "an object" won't affect them. There's "anything in area" types but those usually have very large areas, require very high level spellcasting or rare magical items or special limited use auras. So either doesn't work or it might but really complicated or dangerous.
Of course, your mileage may vary with DMs.
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From a DM perspective and on a personal level I'd say no. I can't be bothered to stretch things, deep dive into "Necrotic" and "D&D Microbes" and all that shit just because your character is too up themselves to just use basic ******* hot water like everyone else. Way too much hassle. It's a game, I want to have fun not a headache.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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As Mentioned Prestidigitation or maybe Heat Metal. But why bother, use alcohol or boiling water, as it's, i assume, just for rp flavor anyway.