I have listened to and read a few descriptions of SG and MB.
SG descriptions allow for another party member to force a target into the AoE thus making them take damage. Then the target would take damage again if they start thier turn there or another party member moves them out and back in again before target's turn.
Since the wording for what triggers the effect(damage) is the same for Moonbeam, does it work the same way? Can a target be forced into that 4 squares of Moonbean and take damage immediately?
That's what I figured but I have not found a discussion of Moonbeam that talks about being forced into it and then having to take damage aside from starting a turn there.
That's what I figured but I have not found a discussion of Moonbeam that talks about being forced into it and then having to take damage aside from starting a turn there.
There is a question in Sage Advice Compendium that the Dev tackle on this spell notion;
Does moonbeam deal damage when you cast it? What about when its effect moves onto a creature? The answer to both questions is no. Here’s some elaboration on that answer. Some spells and other game features create an area of effect that does something when a creature enters that area for the first time on a turn or when a creature starts its turn in that area. On the turn when you cast such a spell, you’re primarily setting up hurt for your foes on later turns. Moonbeam, for example, creates a beam of light that can damage a creature who enters the beam or who starts its turn in the beam. Here are some spells with the same timing as moonbeam for their areas of effect:
blade barrier cloudkill cloud of daggers Evard’s black tentacles forbiddance moonbeam sleet storm spirit guardians
Reading the description of any of those spells, you might wonder whether a creature is considered to be entering the spell’s area of effect if the area is created on the creature’s space. And if the area of effect can be moved—as the beam of moonbeam can—does moving it into a creature’s space count as the creature entering the area? Our design intent for such spells is this: a creature enters the area of effect when the creature passes into it. Creating the area of effect on the creature or moving it onto the creature doesn’t count. If the creature is still in the area at the start of its turn, it is subjected to the area’s effect. Entering such an area of effect needn’t be voluntary, unless a spell says otherwise. You can, therefore, hurl a creature into the area with a spell like thunderwave. We consider that clever play, not an imbalance, so hurl away! Keep in mind, however, that a creature is subjected to such an area of effect only the first time it enters the area on a turn. You can’t move a creature in and out of it to damage it over and over again on the same turn. In summary, a spell like moonbeam affects a creature when the creature passes into the spell’s area of effect and when the creature starts its turn there. You’re essentially creating a hazard on the battlefield.
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I have listened to and read a few descriptions of SG and MB.
SG descriptions allow for another party member to force a target into the AoE thus making them take damage. Then the target would take damage again if they start thier turn there or another party member moves them out and back in again before target's turn.
Since the wording for what triggers the effect(damage) is the same for Moonbeam, does it work the same way? Can a target be forced into that 4 squares of Moonbean and take damage immediately?
Moonbeam also affect a creature when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there...
That's what I figured but I have not found a discussion of Moonbeam that talks about being forced into it and then having to take damage aside from starting a turn there.
It doesn’t care how you enter the space––only that you enter it for the first time on a turn.
"Not all those who wander are lost"
There is a question in Sage Advice Compendium that the Dev tackle on this spell notion;