Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

Spell Attacks Is a touch range spell considered a melee attack for purposes of subduing foes rather than killing? Having a range of touch doesn’t mean a spell is a melee attack. A spell tells you if

it delivers such an attack. Can spell attacks score critical hits? A spell attack can definitely score a critical hit. The rule on critical hits applies to attack rolls of any sort. When casting a

Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

Spell Attacks Is a touch range spell considered a melee attack for purposes of subduing foes rather than killing? Having a range of touch doesn’t mean a spell is a melee attack. A spell tells you if

it delivers such an attack. Can spell attacks score critical hits? A spell attack can definitely score a critical hit. The rule on critical hits applies to attack rolls of any sort. When casting a

Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Spell Attacks Is a touch range spell considered a melee attack for purposes of subduing foes rather than killing? Having a range of touch doesn’t mean a spell is a melee attack. A spell tells you if

it delivers such an attack. Can spell attacks score Critical Hits? A spell attack can score a Critical Hit. The rule on Critical Hits applies to attack rolls of any sort. When casting a spell that

Spell Attacks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Spell Attacks Is a touch range spell considered a melee attack for purposes of subduing foes rather than killing? Having a range of touch doesn’t mean a spell is a melee attack. A spell tells you if

it delivers such an attack. Can spell attacks score Critical Hits? A spell attack can score a Critical Hit. The rule on Critical Hits applies to attack rolls of any sort. When casting a spell that

Staff of the Woodlands

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This staff has 6 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you have a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls

. Spells. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell

Is the intent that only Melee weapon attacks can knock foes Unconscious, or can melee spell attacks as well?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Is the intent that only Melee weapon attacks can knock foes Unconscious, or can melee spell attacks as well? If you reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points with a melee attack, you can knock the creature

out. That melee attack isn’t restricted to weapons. Even a melee spell attack can be used to knock a creature out.

Is the intent that only Melee weapon attacks can knock foes Unconscious, or can melee spell attacks as well?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Is the intent that only Melee weapon attacks can knock foes Unconscious, or can melee spell attacks as well? If you reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points with a melee attack, you can knock the creature

out. That melee attack isn’t restricted to weapons. Even a melee spell attack can be used to knock a creature out.

Niko's Mace

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This Mace has 6 charges and regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the Mace, you can expend 1 of its charges to cast Summon Celestial (+9 to hit with spell attacks).

Shield of Missile Attraction

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

While holding this Shield, you have Resistance to damage from attacks made with Ranged weapons. Curse. This Shield is cursed. Attuning to it curses you until you are targeted by a Remove Curse spell

Wand of the War Mage

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

While holding this wand, you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls determined by the wand’s rarity. In addition, you ignore Half Cover when making a spell attack roll.

Talisman of Ultimate Evil

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

holding or carrying the talisman. Holy Symbol. You can use the talisman as a Holy Symbol. You gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls while you wear or hold it. Ultimate End. The talisman has 6 charges

Talisman of Pure Good

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

talisman. Holy Symbol. You can use the talisman as a Holy Symbol. You gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls while you wear or hold it. Pure Rebuke. The talisman has 7 charges. While wearing or holding

Staff of the Magi

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This staff has 50 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls

. Spell Absorption. While holding the staff , you have Advantage on saving throws against spells. In addition, you can take a Reaction when another creature casts a spell that targets only you. If

Divine Favor

Spells Player’s Handbook

Until the spell ends, your attacks with weapons deal an extra 1d4 Radiant damage on a hit.

Robe of the Archmagi

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

your Dexterity modifier. Magic Resistance. You have Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. War Mage. Your spell save DC and spell attack bonus each increase by 2.

Staff of Power

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

throws, and spell attack rolls. Spells. While holding the staff , you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you

must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Cone of Cold 5 Fireball (level 5 version) 5 Globe of Invulnerability 6 Hold Monster 5 Levitate 2 Lightning

Antilife Shell

Spells Player’s Handbook

spells or make attacks with Ranged or Reach weapons through the barrier. If you move so that an affected creature is forced to pass through the barrier, the spell ends.

Shocking Grasp

Spells Player’s Handbook

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can’t make Opportunity

Attack;Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn. Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

Swift Quiver

Spells Player’s Handbook

When you cast the spell and as a Bonus Action until it ends, you can make two attacks with a weapon that fires Arrows or Bolts, such as a Longbow or a Light Crossbow. The spell magically creates the

ammunition needed for each attack. Each Arrow or Bolt created by the spell deals damage like a nonmagical piece of ammunition of its kind and disintegrates immediately after it hits or misses.

Hat of Many Spells

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This pointed hat has the following properties. Spellcasting Focus. While holding the hat, you can use it as a Spellcasting Focus for your Wizard spells. Any spell you cast using the hat gains a

special Somatic component: you must reach into the hat and “pull” the spell out of it. Unknown Spell. While holding the hat, you can try to cast a level 1+ spell you don’t know. The

Enlarge/Reduce

Spells Player’s Handbook

For the duration, the spell enlarges or reduces a creature or an object you can see within range (see the chosen effect below). A targeted object must be neither worn nor carried. If the target is an

unwilling creature, it can make a Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the spell has no effect. Everything that a targeted creature is wearing and carrying changes size with it. Any item

Fount of Moonlight

Spells Player’s Handbook

A cool light wreathes your body for the duration, emitting Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. Until the spell ends, you have Resistance to Radiant damage, and

your melee attacks deal an extra 2d6 Radiant damage on a hit. In addition, immediately after you take damage from a creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself, you can take a Reaction to force

Shillelagh

Spells Player’s Handbook

attacks using that weapon, and the weapon’s damage die becomes a d8. If the attack deals damage, it can be Force damage or the weapon’s normal damage type (your choice). The spell ends early if

Summon Construct

Spells Player’s Handbook

Throw: DC equals your spell save DC, the target. Failure: Until the start of its next turn, the target can’t make Opportunity Attack;Opportunity Attacks, and its Speed is halved. Actions

Multiattack. The spirit makes a number of Slam attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round down). Slam. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1d8 + 4 + the

Otiluke's Resilient Sphere

Spells Player’s Handbook

physical objects, energy, or other spell effects—can pass through the barrier, in or out, though a creature in the sphere can breathe there. The sphere is immune to all damage, and a creature or

object inside can’t be damaged by attacks or effects originating from outside, nor can a creature inside the sphere damage anything outside it. The sphere is weightless and just large enough to

Summon Beast

Spells Player’s Handbook

You call forth a bestial spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Bestial Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an environment: Air, Land

Points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal

Rope Trick

Spells Player’s Handbook

smaller creatures. Attacks, spells, and other effects can’t pass into or out of the space, but creatures inside it can see through the portal. Anything inside the space drops out when the spell ends.

to an extradimensional space that lasts until the spell ends. That space can be reached by climbing the rope, which can be pulled into or dropped out of it. The space can hold up to eight Medium or

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location

until they or someone else reveals it. Nothing less than a Wish spell or divine intervention can end the NPC’s hostility toward you. Ruin. All forms of wealth that you carry or own, other than

Green Hag

Monsters Monster Manual

, +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Dancing Lights, Disguise Self (24-hour duration), Invisibility (self only, and the hag leaves no tracks while Invisible), Minor Illusion, Ray of Sickness (level 3 version)

spell’s normal casting time, and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must

Githzerai Zerth

Monsters Monster Manual

Multiattack. The githzerai makes two Psi Strike attacks. Psi Strike. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Psi Strike"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4

Strike", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage. Spellcasting. The githzerai casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell

Githzerai Psion

Monsters Monster Manual

Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Psychic Warp attacks. Psychic Warp. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Psychic Warp"}, reach 5 ft. or

of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16): At Will: Mage Hand (the hand is Invisible) 1/Day Each: Plane Shift, See

Quaggoth Thonot

Monsters Monster Manual

Bloodied Fury. While Bloodied, the quaggoth has Advantage on attack rolls.Multiattack. The quaggoth makes two Claw attacks. Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage. Spellcasting. The quaggoth casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as

Githyanki Dracomancer

Monsters Monster Manual

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18, +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Mage Hand (the hand is Invisible) 2/Day

Multiattack. The githyanki makes three Draconic Strike attacks. Draconic Strike. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Draconic Strike

Shield Guardian

Monsters Monster Manual

caster’s spellcasting ability. The stored spell is then lost.Multiattack. The guardian makes two Fist attacks. Fist. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit

the guardian. Regeneration. The guardian regains 10 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns if it has at least 1 Hit Point. Spell Storing. A spellcaster who wears the guardian’s amulet can

Stone Golem

Monsters Monster Manual

Immutable Form. The golem can’t shape-shift. Magic Resistance. The golem has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The golem makes two attacks, using

":"Force Bolt", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage.Poison, PsychicSlow (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Slow"}. The golem casts the Slow spell, requiring no spell components and using Constitution as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17).

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