Level
Cantrip
Casting Time
1 Bonus Action
Range/Area
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
1 Minute
School
Transmutation
Attack/Save
Ranged
Damage/Effect
Bludgeoning
You touch one to three pebbles and imbue them with magic. You or someone else can make a ranged spell attack with one of the pebbles by throwing it or hurling it with a sling. If thrown, it has a range of 60 feet. If someone else attacks with the pebble, that attacker adds your spellcasting ability modifier, not the attacker’s, to the attack roll. On a hit, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier. Hit or miss, the spell then ends on the stone.
If you cast this spell again, the spell ends early on any pebbles still affected by it.
THIS. Everyone who keeps claiming it cant be used with Sneak Attack, hasnt read the sneak attack description. All it requires is the "use" of a ranged weapon. This spell allows the use of such a weapon. That is ALL that matters.
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No, it does not because Extra Attack works with the stones.
Im pretty sure how the spell is worded you make a spell attack whether you use a sling or throw it. You wouldnt add your normal dex bonus for using it with a sling you or whomever would still use spellcasting modifier. That being said Im not sure it counts as a weapon attack since it doesnt do the damage of the weapon. It just gives you a way to have a bit more range.
not really
since you add your spell mod to the damage at 1st level this spell (using an 18 attribute) 5-10 dmg (1d6+4) Where as the stacking cantrips would just be 1d6 right now.
by 5th level assuming still an 18. 5-10 dmg while the 2d6 would be up to 2-12 dmg. Meaning it would take until 11th lvl to make this not worth having. 5-10 dmg without having weapon in sight can be handy. from 1st to 5th this is more powerful than other standard damaging cantrips. While after 5th the max damage is slightly better than Magic stones. Also they can have less min. damage. So they stay comparable.
Warlocks would just use EB anyways, unless for flavor. But Clerics & Druids, depending on what you are building. Could be useful & stay useful for quite sometime.
Would a rock be considered a thrown weapon? Because if it is then Sharpshooter and a few other feats would work very well with this spell. You could have a 20, wisdom, intelligence, or charisma fighter dealing decent damage with magic stone. This would be a very unique character build.
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Under Rules As Written, no, since the spell says you make a ranged spell attack to attack with the stone, and all of the Sharpshooter feat's benefits say they apply to ranged weapon attacks. That said, as a DM I'd probably allow it because it a) makes sense and b) sounds awesome.
Few points.
1) The class lists this spell is on. Why warlock? Next, where is cleric? This spell has been on the cleric list dating back into AD&D. The cleric cantrip list is already the shortest list so why not add it?
2) This spell's primary purpose was to take down undead. Where did that go? Early editions had the spell do double against undead (and for those meta gamers, the spell used to last half an hour and if you have spell slots, you could stockpile).
Overall its a good conversion. I would rule it should have advantage to hit undead creatures and add it to the cleric list. This spell was always divine, not arcane. Most other points people are making here. Answer: Its a simple spell for a simple purpose: To give clerics and their allies a magic attack with range, which lets them take down level draining undead (yes, most undead would quite literarily take your xp levels each time they hit, forever...) from range.
This could be far too overpowered in certain situations