D&D 5E Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

[GMforPowergamers]

2) I do allow for some counters to the spell. Applying water or some other cooling agent will suppress the damage for 1 round. So simple submersion will stop the damage, if it's expedient. I also allow the control flames cantrip to halt the damage, again for 1 round. So repeated casting can also stop the damage.

that might just be the best thing in the thread...

 

[overgeeked]

that might just be the best thing in the thread...

Is that kind of environmental interaction, common sense, or creativity not a regular thing in your games?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Is that kind of environmental interaction, common sense, or creativity not a regular thing in your games?

This seems a little unkind...

 

[Swarmkeeper]

In a session a few months back, a baddie NPC druid successfully cast heat metal on... the PC warforged fighter! The PC's response? Grapple the druid in a nice tight hug!

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Is that kind of environmental interaction, common sense, or creativity not a regular thing in your games?

yes and no... Yes we often find what some may call 'out of the box'* thinking options like it... but this one I can't remember ever being used (I do remembr a "can I ray of frost him, make him take my cantrip damage and the decreased move to counter that bigger damage and disadvantage" once

*what some people may call completely insane

 

[CleverNickName]

I do allow for some counters to the spell. Applying water or some other cooling agent will suppress the damage for 1 round. So simple submersion will stop the damage, if it's expedient.

Of course, being submerged while wearing full plate brings a host of other problems to the table...

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Of course, being submerged while wearing full plate brings a host of other problems to the table...

yes but not disadvantage on attack rolls if you bull rush the enemy into the water with you

 

[darjr]

I… uh… now want to make full plate grappling reckless rage NPCs.

 

[TwoSix]

Is that kind of environmental interaction, common sense, or creativity not a regular thing in your games?

To be fair, I can see an impartial DM making the opposite ruling I make in both cases. Magic-magic interactions, especially, can be tricky to get any kind of table consensus around if the participants have different mental models of how the spells function.

 

[J.Quondam]

I… uh… now want to make full plate grappling reckless rage NPCs.

"I cast heat metal... ON MYSELF!!"