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RAW got a big buff.

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RAW got a big buff.

What buff is that? I don't see any meaningful changes to this spell between the 2014 and 2024 versions.

No longer requires concentration

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No longer requires concentration

It still requires concentration. That's what the little diamond-shaped C icon next to the duration means.

Alrighty guys I am DMing a campaign for a group of DMs and one new player. The new Player is was asking a question about Faerie Fire and how it works, comparing the new version and old version of the spell. Everyone pretty much agrees on how it used to work, but we are unable to find a consensus on how it works now. One of the DM players thinks it works the old way but they just change the wording. Another believes that a creature must make a save when it enter the space and if it fails they become affected. And the last opinion is that the effect takes place whenever a creature fails a dexterity save while within the area of effect during the duration of the spell.
The confusion is around the second sentence it states "Objects in a 20-foot Cube within range are outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Each creature in the Cube is also outlined if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed Dim Light in a 10-foot radius and can’t benefit from the Invisible condition." Unlike Cloud of daggers which states "Each creature in that area takes 4d4 Slashing damage. A creature also takes this damage if it enters the Cube or ends its turn there or if the Cube moves into its space. A creature takes this damage only once per turn." or Fireball that states "Each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on that point makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one." They removed cast from the spell description completely which is why their arguments about when it goes off. If it were to happen on cast why not phrase it like fireball or Cloud of daggers and say "Each creature in the cube make a dexterity saving throw." or something similar as to how the spell was previously stated "Any creature in the area when the spell is cast is also outlined in light if it fails a Dexterity saving throw." which lead the group to have different opinions on how it works.

There is one saving throw check for whomever is caught in the 60 ft distance 20 ft cube when the spell is casted. If the creature fails they are outlined regardless if they remain in the 20 ft cube. There is nothing in the spell description that states the spell remains in this area other wise they would put the statement creatures entering this cube also need to make saves, something to this nature.

The spell has a duration of 1 minute it doesn't mean anyone entering that 20 ft cube needs to make the save additionally. The concentrate condition is for the caster to maintain the outline around creatures that failed the save as they move about with their 10ft radius of glowing dim light.

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Does this spell affect creatures who are partially within the cube, or does it only affect creatures who are fully within the cube?

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Does this spell affect creatures who are partially within the cube, or does it only affect creatures who are fully within the cube?

There isn't really any notion in the rules of something being partially within an area of effect; you're either in it or you're not. It's up to the DM to decide which is which in any particular case.

If you're playing on a grid, the Dungeon Master's Guide has some guidance here about how to handle situations where an area of effect only hits part of a square; the short version is that if the area of effect covers at least half of the square, it counts as affecting the whole square.