You choose an area of water that you can see within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways:
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You instantaneously move or otherwise change the flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any direction. This movement doesn’t have enough force to cause damage.
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You cause the water to form into simple shapes and animate at your direction. This change lasts for 1 hour.
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You change the water’s color or opacity. The water must be changed in the same way throughout. This change lasts for 1 hour.
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You freeze the water, provided that there are no creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
Could you also use this to vacuum up the water, or any potion that has been shattered?
Something to mention for all the people talking about the weight of 5x5x5 cube of ice, this spell does not create a 5x5x5 cube of ice because when water freezes it expands. The weight of 125 cubic feet of water (a five foot cube) is 7,807 pounds roundabout, thus the ice cube in question would be just as heavy.
Fun thing I just did with Shape Water. Ships getting attacked by a Kraken. It punched a hole in the ship, I used Shape water to plug the hole with ice. Hopefully it doesn’t keep punching holes cause I can only have two going at once. We just ended the session and I’m very worried about my poor little level 4 Sea Elf Rogue.
Fun thing I just did with Shape Water. Ships getting attacked by a Kraken. It punched a hole in the ship, I used Shape water to plug the hole with ice. Hopefully it doesn’t keep punching holes cause I can only have two going at once. We just ended the session and I’m very worried about my poor little level 4 Sea Elf Rogue.
Technically yes, but it wouldnt last you long, since breathable air supply is limited and with every breath you exhale CO2, which mixes with the air in your bubble. You could prolong the time you can stay underwater though.
I used it in a similar way once when a party member was trapped underwater and we needed to find a way to free her, I had my Sorcerer constantly pushing down new air bubbles, let her take a few deep breaths, and then push down a fresh bubble.
Why is this showing up as a Critical Role spell? The following search shows all the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount spells, but also shape water?
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>> You choose an area of water that you can see within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube.
If I am reading this right this mean I can manipulate water that covers wider area than 25 ft. squared as long as it has volume lesser or even to 125 cubic ft. and is within the range.
gravity is a thing, but so is surface tension. Imagine a fighter in full plate armour standing in a lake, cast shape water to have the water immediately around their armour to retain the shape around the armour and as they walk out, the water stays adhered to the plate armour deafening it's clanking negating the disadvantage on stealth.
2 party members wearing heavy armour become a lot quieter with armour filled with water, so long as you have access to the water to manipulate. (I've spent a few downtimes searching for a decanter of endless water)
Have used to save a drowning child being rushed downstream in rapids. We were supposed to give chase, but by burning a sorcery point for quickened spell, moved the kid 10 feet,, from near the centre, to the side of the river and to safety.
Could you use this to move a boat? kinda like the swamp dwelling water benders from avatar
Spell description says, "freeze the water, provided that there are no creatures in it". IMO, that also applies if _in_ creatures...
"You freeze the water"
Given there's water in the air (& there is), why can't you freeze that & create hail? Or snow?
Can i create a water cube around someones head and move it with the creatures movement so it drowns?
I'm imagining this combined with fog cloud might be interesting I'll have to see what my dm thinks. It may not be the solid 5'^3 of ice I keep seeing be brought up but I can only imagine a 5'^3 area full of Hail isnt going to be pleasant
The eyes are mostly water, you can freeze and burst creatures eyes to blind them, once you see their eyes that's all you need as the creature is not in the water , the water is in the creature.
If you have holy water or poison liquid you can chuck it at a creature and shape water allows you to control it's flow so you can shape it up their nose and they are burning internally doing more or constant damage, all of this is DM discretion of course
Also if they have an open wound and you can see their blood you can reverse it's flow causing heart failure
it may sound iffy but you lack the foresight to see its power, you could put a "mask" of water over someone to suffocate them and unless they want to blow their face off they cant get rid of it, you could make instant simple weapons out of ice, and when you shape it you can freeze it to attach it to other things building complex things that fall under 1 freeze, if they are bleeding you could forcefully pull out the blood you see or if its a friend you could freeze it to stop the bleeding or just hold it in place, point is there are many things that you can do with this if you apply a little bit of creativity
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I would say that, since water is the liquid state of H2O, only "water" the liquid can be effected by this spell. Also, that would infringe on other cantrips, like gust, since if you can freeze the H2O in the air with this spell, why can't you "make simple shapes" from the water in the air or "change the flow of water" in the air.
Saying that water = all forms of H2O would also mean that say, I could use "flesh to stone" to turn someone into lava, instantly killing them since "If the creature is physically broken while petrified, it suffers from similar deformities if it reverts to its original state.", and being deformed into the shape of a liquid would kill most people. If all forms of H2O are considered water, than wouldn't stone and lava be considered the same as well?
RAW: "You instantaneously move or otherwise change the flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any direction. This movement doesn’t have enough force to cause damage."
Upwards is a direction.
More importantly, can I use this to stir soup?
HOW TO TRAVEL THE REALMS AT LEVEL 1:
Step 1: Be a Teenage Triton. Stand at under 5 feet tall
Step 2: Cast shape water to make a sphere of water around your body
Step 3: Slowly move yourself into space
Step 4: Move in the direction of the realm you wish to go to
Step 5: 1 year before your death, continually roll until you crit a persuasion check on your dm to give you the boon of immortality
Step 6: BEFORE Step 5 you die after falling asleep
Step 7: This was a bad idea
Step 8: You just wasted 20 seconds of your time haha you fool