targets spell - Search

Invalid Spell Targets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Invalid Spell Targets A spell specifies what a caster can target with it: any type of creature, a creature of a certain type (humanoid or beast, for instance), an object, an area, the caster, or

something else. But what happens if a spell targets something that isn’t a valid target? For example, someone might cast charm person on a creature believed to be a humanoid, not knowing that the target

Invalid Spell Targets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Invalid Spell Targets A spell specifies what a caster can target with it: any type of creature, a creature of a certain type (humanoid or beast, for instance), an object, an area, the caster, or

something else. But what happens if a spell targets something that isn’t a valid target? For example, someone might cast charm person on a creature believed to be a humanoid, not knowing that the target

Invalid Spell Targets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Invalid Spell Targets A spell specifies what a caster can target with it: any type of creature, a creature of a certain type (humanoid or beast, for instance), an object, an area, the caster, or

something else. But what happens if a spell targets something that isn’t a valid target? For example, someone might cast charm person on a creature believed to be a humanoid, not knowing that the target

Staff of Charming

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Languages from it using your spell save DC. Reflect Enchantment. If you succeed on a saving throw against an Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge from the

staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell. Resist Enchantment. If you fail a saving throw against an Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can turn your failed save

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

or similar magic. Removing the Shield fails to end the curse on you. Whenever an attack with a Ranged weapon targets a creature within 10 feet of you, the curse causes you to become the target instead.

Magic Circle

Spells Player’s Handbook

targets outside it. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The duration increases by 1 hour for each spell slot level above 3.

. The creature has Disadvantage on attack rolls against targets within the Cylinder. Targets within the Cylinder can’t be possession;possessed by or gain the Charmed or Frightened condition

Sanctuary

Spells Player’s Handbook

You ward a creature within range. Until the spell ends, any creature who targets the warded creature with an attack roll or a damaging spell must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or either choose a

new target or lose the attack or spell. This spell doesn’t protect the warded creature from areas of effect. The spell ends if the warded creature makes an attack roll, casts a spell, or deals damage.

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.

Chain Lightning

Spells Player’s Handbook

You launch a lightning bolt toward a target you can see within range. Three bolts then leap from that target to as many as three other targets of your choice, each of which must be within 30 feet of

half as much damage on a successful one. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. One additional bolt leaps from the first target to another target for each spell slot level above 6.

Cloaker

Monsters Monster Manual

against other targets. In addition, the cloaker halves the damage it takes (round down), and the target takes the same amount of damage. The cloaker can detach itself by spending 5 feet of movement. The

: The target is immune to this cloaker’s Moan for the next 24 hours. Phantasms (Recharge after a Short or Long Rest). The cloaker casts the Mirror Image spell, requiring no spell components and

Unicorn

Monsters Monster Manual

. Spellcasting. The unicorn casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): At Will: Detect Evil and Good

;Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Radiant Horn attack. Shimmering Shield. The unicorn targets itself or one creature it can see within 60 feet of itself. The target gains 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation

Seeming

Spells Player’s Handbook

. You can give the same appearance or different ones to the targets. The spell can change the appearance of the targets’ bodies and equipment. You can make each creature seem 1 foot shorter or

You give an illusory appearance to each creature of your choice that you can see within range. An unwilling target can make a Charisma saving throw, and if it succeeds, it is unaffected by this spell

Rust Monster

Monsters Monster Manual

"} Piercing damage. Antennae. The rust monster targets one nonmagical metal object—armor or a weapon—worn or carried by a creature within 5 feet of itself. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, the

is destroyed if its penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor or weapon. Destroy Metal. The rust monster touches a nonmagical metal object within

Sending

Spells Player’s Handbook

sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other

, a creature can block your ability to reach it again with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.

Mass Suggestion

Spells Player’s Handbook

achievable and not involve anything that would obviously deal damage to any of the targets or their allies. For example, you could say, “Walk to the village down that road, and help the villagers

can continue for the entire duration, but if the suggested activity can be completed in a shorter time, the spell ends for a target upon completing it. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The duration is longer with a spell slot of level 7 (10 days), 8 (30 days), or 9 (366 days).

Astral Projection

Spells Player’s Handbook

spell ends for all the targets if you take a Magic action to dismiss it. When the spell ends for a target who isn’t dead, the target reappears in its body and exits the state of suspended animation.

You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your astral bodies into the Astral Plane (the spell ends instantly if you are already on that plane). Each target’s body is left

Animal Shapes

Spells Player’s Handbook

. You can choose a different form for each target. On later turns, you can take a Magic action to transform the targets again. A target’s game statistics are replaced by the chosen Beast’s

target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the Hit Points of the first form into which it shape-shifts. These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends. The transformation lasts for the duration or until the target ends it as a Bonus Action.

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

Telekinesis

Spells Player’s Handbook

You gain the ability to move or manipulate creatures or objects by thought. When you cast the spell and as a Magic action on your later turns before the spell ends, you can exert your will on one

creature or object that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect below. You can affect the same target round after round or choose a new one at any time. If you switch targets, the prior

Glyph of Warding

Spells Player’s Handbook

spell takes effect. If the spell has a target, it targets the creature that triggered the glyph. If the spell affects an area, the area is centered on that creature. If the spell summons Hostile

) to conceal the glyph. The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If the surface or object is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the

Tarkanan Marauder

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

the attack roll. Spellcasting. The marauder casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Constitution as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At Will: Message

1/Day: DisintegrateThis powerful assassin relies on teleportation to catch targets unaware and deal out rapid death.Tear Through Space. The marauder teleports to a space it can see within 30 feet

Vadalis Heir

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

benefit from the Invisible condition until the end of the heir’s next turn. Spellcasting. The heir casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13

Beast. The heir targets a Beast it can see within 30 feet. The target can take a Reaction to move up to half its Speed and make one melee attack.

Ring of Spell Turning Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

While wearing this ring, you have advantage on saving throws against any spell that targets only you (not in an area of effect). In addition, if you roll a 20 for the save and the spell is 7th level

or lower, the spell has no effect on you and instead targets the caster, using the slot level, spell save DC, attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the caster.

Staff of Charming Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

magic quarterstaff. If you are holding the staff and fail a saving throw against an enchantment spell that targets only you, you can turn your failed save into a successful one. You can't use this

property of the staff again until the next dawn. If you succeed on a save against an enchantment spell that targets only you, with or without the staff's intervention, you can use your reaction to

Blast Staff

magic-items

with dragonshards. Activating a Siege Staff takes 3 Magic actions: one to prime the staff; one to aim it; and one to release the spell. This model was typically used to bombard massed troops or

villages, unleashing a wide burst of energy. It has a normal range of 300 feet and a long range of 1,200 feet. It targets all creatures within a 60-foot-radius Sphere. Targets must make a Dexterity saving

Cubic Gate Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

an action to press one side twice, you can cast the plane shift spell (save DC 17) with the cube and transport the targets to the plane keyed to that side. The cube has 3 charges. Each use of the cube expends 1 charge. The cube regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.

linked to planes determined by the GM. You can use an action to press one side of the cube to cast the gate spell with it, opening a portal to the plane keyed to that side. Alternatively, if you use

Helm of the Sentinel

magic-items

establish a defensive ward with a contingent Counterspell. The next time you can see an unfriendly creature within 60 feet of you casting any spell that either targets you or causes you to make a saving throw

, the Counterspell immediately takes effect whether or not you want it to, as if you had cast it using your Reaction. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. The ward ends immediately

Ferguson's Talons

magic-items

this magic weapon, you have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet. Feline Form. While you are holding this magic weapon, you can cast Polymorph from it. When you do, the spell targets only yourself and

Long Rod

magic-items

’s area of effect is increased to 150%. If the spell normally affects a single target, it instead affects a 10-foot-radius Sphere; if the spell normally requires an attack roll, targets must

spell that requires an attack roll or saving throw can be cast through a Long Rod. The range is magnified by a factor of 3, with a long range of up to 6 times the spell’s standard range. The spell

Magic Circle Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

spell, you can elect to cause its magic to operate in the reverse direction, preventing a creature of the specified type from leaving the cylinder and protecting targets outside it. At Higher

. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets within the cylinder. Targets within the cylinder can’t be charmed, frightened, or possessed by the creature. When you cast this

Instrument of the Bards Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

targets to be charmed on a failed saving throw, thereby imposing disadvantage on the save. This effect applies only if the spell has a somatic or a material component. Instrument Rarity

succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 2d4 psychic damage. You can use an action to play the instrument and cast one of its spells. Once the instrument has been used to cast a spell, it can

Telepathic Bond Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

of 2 or less aren't affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they have a common language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can't extend to other planes of existence.

Bookmark

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

. Cast dimension door from the dagger. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Cast compulsion (save DC 15) from the dagger. The range of the spell

increases to 90 feet, but it targets only spiders that are beasts. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Focus Staff

magic-items

a single target, it instead affects a 20-foot-radius Sphere; if the spell normally requires an attack roll, targets must instead make a Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, the target takes half damage and suffers no other effect.

with dragonshards. Activating a Siege Staff takes 3 Magic actions: one to prime the staff; one to aim it; and one to release the spell. This model amplifies the spells cast by an attuned spellcaster

Shield Master Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield. If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other

harmful effect that targets only you. If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself and the source of the effect.

Search Results