So Detect Magic detects whether or not any magic is going on within 30 feet. It's a yes or no. No direction or anything unless the magic is an object that is visible, in which case an action will reveal a faint aura.
So Detect Magic is a magic spell. Thus, wouldn't Detect Magic detect itself?
Additionally, what if the spellcaster (or a nearby party member) has something magic on him such as a healing potion or a Wand of Magic Missiles or even a Ring of Lightning Resistance? RAW, it seems Detect Magic would always detect the magic of these items.
Thus, Detect Magic will pretty much *always* detect magic except in really specific circumstances. This makes the visible aura part the only part of the spell that really matters. And a sheet of paper or an illusion spell is all it takes to make a Magic Mortar of Xploding not visible.
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Blood Frenzy. The quipper has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
I assume that the mage who invented the spell was smart enough to exclude it from its own detection. Otherwise the first effect of the spell is pointless.
Detect Magic isn't going to detect itself. It doesn't produce a magical effect within 30 feet of you.
It's definitely going to pick up magic items unless they're kept in a thick metal box or a container lined with lead though. If detecting magic that's not on a creature or object is important, you should hand your magic items to a friend and tell them to move away.
If the party has magic items yes it will detect them, but when you use your action to look around you will see the magic aura as listed in the Detect Magic so yes a caster using it has to use an action to spot said items or creatures or effects. But they can be seen by the caster as written in the spell.
What about magical items worn/carried by the Detect Magic spellcaster?
Is it similar to the spell "Invisibility" (the effect INcludes items worn or carried by the target), but opposite so that such items would be EXcluded?
Edit: Or alternatively, the fact that the Detect Magic spell doesn't detect the caster might mean that the spell inherently creates an anti-magic field around the caster? Such a built-in anti-magic field would cause the "magic weave" to flow around the caster, and therefore he wouldn't "glimpse" the weave flowing through himself.
This seems like a decent explanation I can see after reading the bottom paragraph of "The Weave of Magic" section on PHB 205. However, it then raises an issue of blurring with the "non-detection" spell.
So Detect Magic detects whether or not any magic is going on within 30 feet. It's a yes or no. No direction or anything unless the magic is an object that is visible, in which case an action will reveal a faint aura.
So Detect Magic is a magic spell. Thus, wouldn't Detect Magic detect itself?
Additionally, what if the spellcaster (or a nearby party member) has something magic on him such as a healing potion or a Wand of Magic Missiles or even a Ring of Lightning Resistance? RAW, it seems Detect Magic would always detect the magic of these items.
Thus, Detect Magic will pretty much *always* detect magic except in really specific circumstances. This makes the visible aura part the only part of the spell that really matters. And a sheet of paper or an illusion spell is all it takes to make a Magic Mortar of Xploding not visible.
Blood Frenzy. The quipper has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
I assume that the mage who invented the spell was smart enough to exclude it from its own detection. Otherwise the first effect of the spell is pointless.
Detect Magic isn't going to detect itself. It doesn't produce a magical effect within 30 feet of you.
It's definitely going to pick up magic items unless they're kept in a thick metal box or a container lined with lead though. If detecting magic that's not on a creature or object is important, you should hand your magic items to a friend and tell them to move away.
If the party has magic items yes it will detect them, but when you use your action to look around you will see the magic aura as listed in the Detect Magic so yes a caster using it has to use an action to spot said items or creatures or effects. But they can be seen by the caster as written in the spell.
It would be illogical for detect magic to detect itself since the caster already knows that they are casting the spell so they dont need to detect it.
It will detect magic items because they are magic effects in the radius of the spes effect.
What about magical items worn/carried by the Detect Magic spellcaster?
Is it similar to the spell "Invisibility" (the effect INcludes items worn or carried by the target), but opposite so that such items would be EXcluded?
Edit: Or alternatively, the fact that the Detect Magic spell doesn't detect the caster might mean that the spell inherently creates an anti-magic field around the caster? Such a built-in anti-magic field would cause the "magic weave" to flow around the caster, and therefore he wouldn't "glimpse" the weave flowing through himself.
This seems like a decent explanation I can see after reading the bottom paragraph of "The Weave of Magic" section on PHB 205. However, it then raises an issue of blurring with the "non-detection" spell.