I had a question about Eldritch Cannon: Flamethrower... I am running a Artillerist Artificer, and so I was planning on taking Elemental Adept (Fire) at level 4 to make my firebolt and scorching rays more useful when we start running into more difficult encounters. So I see where the Force Ballista is a ranged spell attack so that makes sense, but I don't see anything about the flamethrower being considered a spell. Which is a issue when considering my feat I was wanting to take. So I guess my question is would you consider the flamethrower a spell? Since is it coming from a Cannon that is imbued with magic that you create. Second question would be, if it isn't technically going to be considered a spell, would you as a DM, allow that feat to still effect the flamethrower? Thanks for any and all feedback.
No form of the eldritch cannon is a spell, not even force ballista. "Spell attack" is not synonymous with "spell" because WotC really liked reusing as many terms as possible for different (often related) things.
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Hey guys,
I had a question about Eldritch Cannon: Flamethrower... I am running a Artillerist Artificer, and so I was planning on taking Elemental Adept (Fire) at level 4 to make my firebolt and scorching rays more useful when we start running into more difficult encounters. So I see where the Force Ballista is a ranged spell attack so that makes sense, but I don't see anything about the flamethrower being considered a spell. Which is a issue when considering my feat I was wanting to take. So I guess my question is would you consider the flamethrower a spell? Since is it coming from a Cannon that is imbued with magic that you create. Second question would be, if it isn't technically going to be considered a spell, would you as a DM, allow that feat to still effect the flamethrower? Thanks for any and all feedback.
No form of the eldritch cannon is a spell, not even force ballista. "Spell attack" is not synonymous with "spell" because WotC really liked reusing as many terms as possible for different (often related) things.