They stole Mina Ashido's power move. I am helping her sue the spell and D and D. (This is all a joke)

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In the phb it says “You hurl a bubble of acid. Choose one creature within range, or choose two creatures within range that are within 5 feet of each other. A target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 acid acid damage.”

 The wording was changed in errata: https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/downloads/PH-Errata.pdf

D&D Beyond incorporates all current official errata (and so do newer printings of the physical books).

Thank god this is a joke. I was really worried that the spell and D and D were in danger of being sued. Phew. Well, anyway,

I read some discussion about this not being as "strong" as some other spells, but I can think of a few uses beyond maxing out damage.

For example acid burns and disfigures so roll play it scarring bandits, dehairing a bugbear, bleaching a dragonborn. a fire ball is scary but the idea of being soaked in acid, it seeping into clothes and under armour. this is the kinda thing a terrifying reputation is built on, a gang leader known for acid attacks or as a form of punishment in the most brutal regiments of an army, the scars being a warning for all.

its also silent and not light emitting, leaves no residue or surrounding burning etc, so in the dark as an ambush or surprise attack, distraction  etc

Could this be used to melt through objects, I have a player who is always trying to push the rules with spells, and I know they will try and use this to melt locks or even just straight through the floor or wall, should this be allowed I am not super strict with the rules, rule of cool is almost always the main rule in my games, I just want to know if this might be pushing the rules too much

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Could this be used to melt through objects, I have a player who is always trying to push the rules with spells, and I know they will try and use this to melt locks or even just straight through the floor or wall, should this be allowed I am not super strict with the rules, rule of cool is almost always the main rule in my games, I just want to know if this might be pushing the rules too much

I don't think that would be unreasonable. Many things that say "creatures" in particular reasonably should be able to target objects as well.

It's up to you if this works, but as an actual Chemist I'd point it out that there are plenty of chemicals that have nasty reactions with organic tissue but do very little damage to inorganic materials. Actual acids should all effect metal a bit, but it's massively easier to hurt a person than "melt" through an object.

Using acid to melt through the floor is something that only works in industrial accidents and Alien movies, you'd need huge amounts (as in cubic metres), and you'd need to keep circulating the acid so that fresh acid was constantly introduced to the stone.  Then factor in that not all rock is equally affected by acid (and wood isn't particularly susceptible to acid at all) it's basically a non starter unless it's a very specific situation.

Unless the floor is metal, and pretty thin metal at that, then "melting through it with acid" is a bit like asking if you can cast firebolt at a vault door until it melts.

All that said, rule of cool still trumps all. But for game balance it's not a great idea to let a cantrip do something that would normally require a higher level spell.

I know that there are a lot of comments about how you can't target objects, but just ask your DM. I'm in a game and my DM allows us to target objects with it. It comes in handy especially when me and my party are trying to get into a locked dungeon or out of a sewer.

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I mean yes but I would not let my players do that 

Acid Splash D&D Free Rules, pg. 239

Link to the 2024 version of this spell

Thank you for posting the newer spell alternative, I couldn't find it to save my life.  I wish they would put a little link in the descriptions to the newer spells in the legacy ones and vice versa, would save a lot of time hunting for them to compare the changes

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