Sacred fire dnd4/15/2023 On a final note, check out invocations and spell combos before making your decision, most especially for Warlocks. ![]() But still, remember to make it fun and choose spells that fit your concept. Okay, I wrote that and remembered characters I had that were not so great in combat and, yeah, that can suck. And if you can does that mean you could target 3 or 4 creatures with sacred. Play for fun with your friends rather than trying to “win” D&D. Just wondering if you play a lunar sorcerer and cast sacred flame, can you twin the spell using metamagic The spell targets 1 person so technically it can be twinned, but the level 1 ability Moon fire allows you to target a 2nd which seems to invalidate twinned spell. If you’re not able to take both, Toll the Dead is always a good option.Īlso, as always, I would suggest making your spell choices based on the character you want to play rather than the most effectively min-maxxed character that you can figure out. Facing a wounded opponent who isn’t undead? G for Toll the Dead.īasically, if you’re choose which one to have access to, I would say… BOTH! That means a creature with total cover cannot be targeted by Sacred Flame. Although Sacred Flame’s Dexterity saving throw isn’t affected by cover, you still can’t target a creature you cannot see and don’t have a clear path to. Also, as a divine flame coming from above, the target’s cover doesn’t apply. The rules for Sacred Flame in DnD 5e are as follows: You can’t target a creature you can’t see with Sacred Flame. Facing undead, Toll the Dead won’t help you much but your Sacred Flame is going to kick ass. Should a Cleric use Sacred Flame or Toll the Dead? Fire bolt has a better range but if that’s not an issue, go for the necrotic damage, especially if the target is wounded. ![]() I definitely lean toward Toll the Dead here. Should a Wizard use Fire bolt or Toll the Dead? Also, Eldritch blast’s force damage means it’s less likely the target will be resistant or immune, plus the double range is always nice. Against another spell-caster I might suggest Eldritch Blast. If I were facing a low-Wisdom fighter (making assumptions about there, sorry fighter) then Toll the Dead might be better if they’re already wounded. Should a Warlock use Eldritch Blast or Toll the Dead? ![]() In every case, the casting time is 1 action, the components are Verbal and Somatic, the duration is Instantaneous, line of sight is required and they are all direct damage spells. Just know that you’ll want to look into the greater spread of abilities when choose cantrips rather than just this table. I’d love to add these in but then things get really complicated. I also decided that I’m not going to dive too deep into using these with combos or Warlock invocations. To be honest, I chose these because I’ve seen these used the most in by those classes in the games I’ve played in. I chose Sacred Flame for Cleric, Eldritch Blast for Warlock and Fire bolt for Wizard. While writing my thoughts about Toll the Dead I thought it might be good to compare it to some other popular cantrips for each class, Cleric, Warlock and Wizard.
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