D&D 5E Ice Knife (from EE Players Companion) twinnable?

[Inglorin]

Hiho,

just a short question: Is Ice Knife (from the EE Players Companion) twinnable for a Sorcerer? It only targets one creature, but then explodes...

Thanks for your input.

 

[MG.0]

I would say yes, since the requirement for twinning a spell is that it targets only one creature.

 

[Voort]

According to Mike Mearls, yes.

http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/07/01/twin-splash-dd-errata/

 

[Inglorin]

According to Mike Mearls, yes.

http://www.sageadvice.eu/2015/07/01/twin-splash-dd-errata/

Ah, man, I thought I had searched sageadvice. Thanks for the link.

 

[Coredump]

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[Athinar]

But remember that Mike Mearls is not Crawford, so maybe the spell can be

 

[77IM]

If the areas overlap and a creature is in the area of both spells is it affected twice, save twice, suffer damage twice?

 

[Scorpio616]

If the areas overlap and a creature is in the area of both spells is it affected twice, save twice, suffer damage twice?

I'd say no, same casting, same spell. Plus it fits the spirit of Twin Spell since it is supposed to spread the damage out and not even Meteor Swarm gets to double up the damage through overlapping area.

 

[Mephista]

I think a more relevant question is this - is it either game breaking (too powerful) or game disrupting? If the answer is no, then why not let any player have fun? I generally err on the side of having fun.

 

[Scorpio616]

I'd say yes. Each is a separate instance of the spell with a different target.

It is not a separate instance.

KM @SymphFan
@mikemearls Does Twinned Spell make two spell instances (I.E., can't Concentrate on both spells) or change one spell instance to 2 targets?

Mike Mearls @mikemearls
@SymphFan One spell instance, two targets.

And even if one tries to ignore the game developer, the ability says the same thing.

you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell’s level to target a second creature in range with the same spell