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This is a very good explanation and one that I would gladly say indicates what happens. The only sticky part is the: for the moving out of the square effect, do you roll damage twice taking the more potent damage, or do you only roll damage once (as the Bless example appears to imply)...

But, that's not stated. "Instead, the most potent effect from those castings apply". There is ONLY one applicable effect at a time, not two. But applying two triggers, you are applying a portion of two effects, regardless of whether you are not applying the rest of the second effect. It is an...

Combining Magical Effects explicitly states "he or she doesn't get to roll two bonus die". If he only can roll one bonus die, there is no rule there that says that he rolls both bonus die and uses the more potent result. The most potent effect text refers to the same spell where one of the...

The duration section of Combining Magical Effects appears to disagree with this interpretation. The literal interpretation is that only one Death Ward would stop working since the duration of both Death Wards is still active, but since "the more potent" Death Ward prevents the PC from dropping...

The one that hit the target first. It's the "first" spell. That's the simplest way to adjudicate it. This does beg the question about Booming Blade used by a PC that does more damage with it (e.g. like an Arcana Domain Cleric who boosts cantrip damage). In that case, I would rule that the...

One would think so reading the cantrip. But in actual game play, it almost never does anything. Or at least IME. We have a 10th level Arcana Domain Cleric with both Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade and Shillelagh. The PC is specifically designed to take advantage of these two cantrips. In...

I wouldn't even put a "but, ..." on it. I change up my monsters and give them abilities all of the time, especially as PCs get higher levels and start gaining a lot of synergies and options. The 5E monsters are rather simplistic to make them easy to run, so adding minor features to them...

I cannot use TotM. I am a visual person and when given audio descriptions, I sometimes just don't get it. When I have used TotM, I sometimes got confused as to what is going on (4 rounds later "Wait, the battlements are on this side, not that side? Frick!"). The other problem with TotM is that...

Actually, no disrespect, but you have no idea what you are talking about since you have never experienced 5E this way. Your 3E experience doesn't translate because concentration is not the only nerf to 5E spellcasting from the 3E spells. It's miles away from taking 5E all the way back to the...

Some people might consider that to be a strength of D&D.

Not overpowered, but it is actually a fairly strong and useful spell in the right circumstances. It gives the party an extra 500 pounds of stuff they can carry out of a dungeon with no encumbrance, basically for an extremely minor cost for a Wizard (since it is a ritual). 500 pounds is a lot...

I have done this on occasion (I did it the last time I DMed before I switched over to being a player, but that was because this was the second time the PCs raided a given location in a few days and the enemy was prepared). I don't necessarily view it as a gotcha because the players (at least...

Dex is already the God of ability scores. Giving it one more thing makes Dex even more important.

Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting 6 Drawmij's Instant Summons 21 Feign Death 31 - this would be a great spell if it were a reaction with only material components Find Traps 31 only semi-worthwhile and non-high level spell left on the list Friends 20 - Disguise Self saves this cantrip Mordenkainen's...

Actually, the game is more fun with your definition of gotchas and those sometimes being in the game. IMO. The occasional pit trap that nobody has a clue about and there was no warning for is just one such simple example. We'll just have to agree to disagree. You don't seem to understand my POV...

Even if that were the case (which I agree it isn't), why would that matter or why would that be overpowering? (I have not read this entire thread)

That's just inconsistency in writing and the evolution of the game. Authors are people too and often make obvious mistakes. I cannot think of a single D&D source material ever that didn't have mistakes in it. Yes, in the 1E MM, Demogorgon was just a demon IIRC. In 2E, when the game systems got...

No doubt. :lol:

And that's why your monotheistic real world definition doesn't match mythical pantheon definitions in a fantasy game of other posters. Tony Stark isn't a god, but Zeus is.

I once ran the Temple of Elemental Evil and the low level PCs walked through the entire place until they got to the lowest level. It's as if they had a map to avoid most of the place and get to the deadliest place first. It took several game days for the PCs to all die, but stuff happens in...