melee spell with only aren fire for life

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

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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.

Fire Storm

Spells Player’s Handbook

creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 7d10 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried start burning.

A storm of fire appears within range. The area of the storm consists of up to ten 10-foot Cube;Cubes, which you arrange as you like. Each Cube must be contiguous with at least one other Cube. Each

Banshee

Monsters Monster Manual

Detect Life. The banshee magically senses the direction of creatures up to 1 mile away that aren’t Constructs or Undead. Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through other creatures and

turn inside an object.Multiattack. The banshee makes two Corrupting Touch attacks and uses Horrify. Corrupting Touch. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction

Burning Hands

Spells Player’s Handbook

. Flammable objects in the Cone that aren’t being worn or carried start burning. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 1.

A thin sheet of flames shoots forth from you. Each creature in a 15-foot Cone makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one

Vampiric Touch

Spells Player’s Handbook

The touch of your shadow-wreathed hand can siphon life force from others to heal your wounds. Make a melee spell attack against one creature within reach. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 Necrotic

damage, and you regain Hit Points equal to half the amount of Necrotic damage dealt. Until the spell ends, you can make the attack again on each of your turns as a Magic action, targeting the same

Fireball

Spells Player’s Handbook

Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried start burning. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

Torch

Equipment

A Torch burns for 1 hour, casting Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. When you take the Attack action, you can attack with the Torch, using it as a Simple Melee weapon. On a hit, the target takes 1 Fire damage.

Robe of the Archmagi

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This elegant garment is made from exquisite cloth and adorned with runes. You gain these benefits while wearing the robe. Armor. If you aren’t wearing armor, your base Armor Class is 15 plus

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.

Fire Shield

Spells Player’s Handbook

you choose. The warm shield grants you Resistance to Cold damage, and the chill shield grants you Resistance to Fire damage. In addition, whenever a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with a melee

attack roll, the shield erupts with flame. The attacker takes 2d8 Fire damage from a warm shield or 2d8 Cold damage from a chill shield.

Web

Spells Player’s Handbook

the webs aren’t anchored between two solid masses (such as walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next

Restrained condition while in the webs or until it breaks free. A creature Restrained by the webs can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it is

Specter

Monsters Monster Manual

rolls.Life Drain. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Life Drain"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain

", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, its Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the damage taken.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Piercing, Slashing, Thunder

Animate Objects

Spells Player’s Handbook

Proficiency Bonus) Actions Slam. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: Force damage equal to 1d4 + 3 (Medium or smaller), 2d6 + 3 + your spellcasting ability modifier (Large), or 2d12 + 3 + your spellcasting ability modifier (Huge).

Objects animate at your command. Choose a number of nonmagical objects within range that aren’t being worn or carried, aren’t fixed to a surface, and aren’t Gargantuan. The maximum

Flame Blade

Spells Player’s Handbook

as a Bonus Action. As a Magic action, you can make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes Fire damage equal to 3d6 plus your spellcasting ability modifier. The flaming

blade sheds Bright Light in a 10-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 10 feet. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 2.

Flaming Sphere

Spells Player’s Handbook

You create a 5-foot-diameter sphere of fire in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. It lasts for the duration. Any creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of the sphere makes a Dexterity

saving throw, taking 2d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. As a Bonus Action, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet, rolling it along the ground. If you move

Elementalism

Spells Player’s Handbook

and shutters, all in a 5-foot Cube. Doors and shutters being held open by someone or something aren’t affected. Beckon Earth. You create a thin shroud of dust or sand that covers surfaces in a

5-foot-square area, or you cause a single word to appear in your handwriting in a patch of dirt or sand. Beckon Fire. You create a thin cloud of harmless embers and colored, scented smoke in a 5

Will-o'-Wisp

Monsters Monster Manual

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shock", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.Lightning, PoisonAcid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Necrotic, Piercing, SlashingConsume Life. Constitution

"} Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.Shock. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Shock"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d8+2

Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

saving throw or take 2d4 Psychic damage. You can play the instrument to cast one of its spells. Once the instrument has been used to cast a spell, it can’t be used to cast that spell again until

the next dawn. The spells use your spellcasting ability and spell save DC. Instruments of the Bards Instrument Rarity Spells All — Fly, Invisibility, Levitate, Protection

Staff of Fire

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Burning Hands 1 Fireball 3 Wall of Fire 4 Regaining Charges

You have Resistance to Fire damage while you hold this staff. Spells. The staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your

Myconid Adult

Monsters Monster Manual

Sun Sickness. While in sunlight, the myconid has Disadvantage on d20 test;D20 Tests. The myconid dies if it spends more than 1 hour in sunlight.Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2

. Rapport Spores. The myconid expels spores in a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself. Creatures in that area with an Intelligence score of 2 or higher that aren’t Constructs, Elementals, or Undead gain telepathy with a range of 30 feet for 1 hour.

Myconid Sprout

Monsters Monster Manual

Sun Sickness. While in sunlight, the myconid has Disadvantage on d20 test;D20 Tests. The myconid dies if it spends more than 1 hour in sunlight.Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +1;{"diceNotation":"1d20+1

. Creatures in that area with an Intelligence score of 2 or higher that aren’t Constructs, Elementals, or Undead gain telepathy with a range of 30 feet for 1 hour.

Wraith

Monsters Monster Manual

Drain. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Life Drain"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 21 (4d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life

specter is under the wraith’s control. The wraith can have no more than seven specters under its control at a time.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Piercing, Slashing

Speak with Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was

Undead when it died. The spell also fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the past 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what

Helm of Brilliance

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

specified type as a component: Daylight (opal), Fireball (fire opal), Prismatic Spray (diamond), or Wall of Fire (ruby). The gem is destroyed when the spell is cast and disappears from the helm

. Taking Fire Damage. Roll 1d20 if you are wearing the helm and take Fire damage as a result of failing a saving throw against a spell. On a roll of 1, the helm emits beams of light from its remaining gems

Summon Elemental

Spells Player’s Handbook

. 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: 1d10 + 4 + the spell

You call forth an Elemental spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Elemental Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an element: Air, Earth

Rod of Lordly Might

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

height above it. Drain Life. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using the rod, you can force the target to make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes an extra

. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 40 feet, and the blade functions as a magic Longsword or Shortsword (your choice) that deals an extra 2d6 Fire damage

Arcane Vigor

Spells Player’s Handbook

You tap into your life force to heal yourself. Roll one or two of your unexpended Hit Point Dice, and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the roll’s total plus your spellcasting ability

modifier. Those dice are then expended. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The number of unexpended Hit Dice you can roll increases by one for each spell slot level above 2.

Delayed Blast Fireball

Spells Player’s Handbook

’s space or collides with a solid object, the spell ends, and the bead explodes. When the bead explodes, flammable objects in the explosion that aren’t being worn or carried start burning. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The base damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 7.

A beam of yellow light flashes from you, then condenses at a chosen point within range as a glowing bead for the duration. When the spell ends, the bead explodes, and each creature in a 20-foot

Rary's Telepathic Bond

Spells Player’s Handbook

communicate in any languages aren’t affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can’t extend to other planes of existence.

Summon Fiend

Spells Player’s Handbook

attack hits or misses, the spirit can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Fiery Strike (Devil Only). Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. or range 150 ft. Hit: 2d6 + 3 + the spell’s level Fire damage.

spell save DC, each creature in a 10-foot Emanation originating from the spirit. Failure: 2d10 plus this spell’s level Fire damage. Success: Half damage. Devil’s Sight (Devil Only). Magical

Ring of Elemental Command

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

through which you pass. If you end your turn in solid earth or rock, you are shunted out to the nearest unoccupied space you last occupied. Ring of Elemental Command (Fire);Fire. You know Ignan, and you

have Immunity to Fire damage. Ring of Elemental Command (Water);Water. You know Aquan, you gain a Swim Speed of 60 feet, and you can breathe underwater. Spellcasting. The ring has 5 charges and

Fire Bolt

Spells Player’s Handbook

You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or an object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Fire damage. A flammable object hit by this spell

Gulthias Blight

Monsters Monster Manual

Life-Draining Root. Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"4d8+7", "rollType":"damage

ft. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"3d8+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Thorn Volley", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. Life-Draining Root. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 20

Efreeti

Monsters Monster Manual

following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16): At Will: Detect Magic, Elementalism 1/Day Each: Gaseous Form, Invisibility, Major Image, Plane Shift, Tongues, Wall of Fire (level 7 version)Fire

Elemental Restoration. If the efreeti dies outside the Elemental Plane of Fire, its body dissolves into ash, and it gains a new body in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction

Daern's Instant Fortress

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

in the area that aren’t being worn or carried are also pushed clear of the tower. The tower is 20 feet on a side and 30 feet high, with arrow slits on all sides and a battlement atop it. Its

a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is immune to the Knock spell and similar magic. Magic prevents the

Myconid Sovereign

Monsters Monster Manual

Pacifying Spores. Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1", "rollType":"damage

Intelligence score of 2 or higher that aren’t Constructs, Elementals, or Undead gain telepathy with a range of 30 feet for 1 hour.

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