As for Touch range and the no body clause. I always figured you had to touch the new body the spell provided to have it all work right.
Like, you speak the name while casting. New body is made. You touch it like you would any other already-dead body you wanted to true resurrection.
I don't see it that way since the new body could appear 10 feet away which could be outside of the range for the spell. Instead, this seems to just happen simultaneously to the actual resurrection.
To me, a common scenario might be that the body was cremated, and the ashes exist in a decent-sized urn that is located in a square that's 5 feet away from you. The new body cannot really appear in that same square since that square is occupied. So, you have options for where the new body will appear after the creature's name is spoken -- who knows why 10 feet was chosen for this.
EDIT: I can sort of see where you're coming from though. Like, if you cannot begin the spellcasting by touching the creature because it has no body, then the spell can provide one as a preparatory step for the spellcasting. That's sort of interesting. And if you decide to choose a square that's 10 feet away but you do not actually have enough reach to be able to touch that body then the spell just fails -- so you might as well just choose a square for the new body that's 5 feet away instead, unless you actually do have enough reach to touch a body that's 10 feet away (and in this case, that body would be within the range of Touch). That's interesting, I could see it both ways now.
May be their RAW take is that fire bolt is not a spell that targets only one creature, but a creature or object.
Perhaps its due to the way Twinned Spell is worded, not refering to the spellcaster's choice of target during casting, but the spell target description.
I don't think it breaks anythink to allow it though.
May be their RAW take is that fire bolt is not a spell that targets only one creature, but a creature or object.
Perhaps its due to the way Twinned Spell is worded, not refering to the spellcaster's choice of target during casting, but the spell target description.
I don't think it breaks anythink to allow it though.
That comes down to how you interpret the wording.
Only one creature = When you cast the spell, the only possible target is a single creature.
Only one creature = When you cast the spell and target a creature, it cannot target other creatures.
I think the consensus has fallen upon interpretation #1, but improved wording would be nice in the upcoming material. Or maybe there's additional clarification on that somewhere?
IMHO, RAW, fire bolt can be Twinned. RAI (answer from the SAC) it cannot.
Choose your own adventure!
This tweet from the Dev is also interesting, because he didn't say "no" to the person who asked :-? (link to sageadvice.eu)
@Phoenix_Rion How/when would Elemenal Affinity bonus apply in these 3 cases: 1. Melfs Min Meteors 2.Scorching Ray 3.Twinned FireBolt? @JeremyECrawfordElemental Affinity benefits one damage roll of a spell. (1. One meteor. 2. One ray. 3. One fire bolt.)
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I could nitpick this, but it's enough of an edge case that what you say applies in basically every situation, so yeah.
"Not all those who wander are lost"
I don't see it that way since the new body could appear 10 feet away which could be outside of the range for the spell. Instead, this seems to just happen simultaneously to the actual resurrection.
To me, a common scenario might be that the body was cremated, and the ashes exist in a decent-sized urn that is located in a square that's 5 feet away from you. The new body cannot really appear in that same square since that square is occupied. So, you have options for where the new body will appear after the creature's name is spoken -- who knows why 10 feet was chosen for this.
EDIT: I can sort of see where you're coming from though. Like, if you cannot begin the spellcasting by touching the creature because it has no body, then the spell can provide one as a preparatory step for the spellcasting. That's sort of interesting. And if you decide to choose a square that's 10 feet away but you do not actually have enough reach to be able to touch that body then the spell just fails -- so you might as well just choose a square for the new body that's 5 feet away instead, unless you actually do have enough reach to touch a body that's 10 feet away (and in this case, that body would be within the range of Touch). That's interesting, I could see it both ways now.
May be their RAW take is that fire bolt is not a spell that targets only one creature, but a creature or object.
Perhaps its due to the way Twinned Spell is worded, not refering to the spellcaster's choice of target during casting, but the spell target description.
I don't think it breaks anythink to allow it though.
That comes down to how you interpret the wording.
I think the consensus has fallen upon interpretation #1, but improved wording would be nice in the upcoming material. Or maybe there's additional clarification on that somewhere?
"Not all those who wander are lost"
IMHO, RAW, fire bolt can be Twinned. RAI (answer from the SAC) it cannot.
Choose your own adventure!
This tweet from the Dev is also interesting, because he didn't say "no" to the person who asked :-? (link to sageadvice.eu)