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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7164356" data-attributes="member: 6799649">If we follow that logic, then both spells have their damage rolled and a total amount of damage for each spell is generated. It's just that we only apply the largest of these two totals.It is do-able, but is this what 5E has us do? Specifically, do we note that the two spells are the same, choose the one that is the highest level, then roll only once and apply that? Or, as you suggest, we roll both sets of damage, but only apply the highest result?Let's see what 'Combining Magical Effects' on PHB p206 says:-"For example, if two clerics cast bless on the same target, that character gains the spell’s benefit only once; he or she doesn’t get to roll two bonus dice".He does not get to roll the bonus d4 twice and add them together; we all agree on that.He also does not get to roll the bonus d4 twice and apply the highest result! He does not get to roll two bonus dice at all! Not according to the quote.That means that the second spell simply does not even trigger, nor does it have any effect. If it did trigger then we would indeed need to roll a second bonus d4 for bless, but only apply the highest. Since we know for a fact that the second d4 was never rolled, it follows that the spell did not even trigger. The only thing preventing it from triggering is the existence of the first spell.That results in the conclusion that the second spell, while not being consciously 'aware' as such, is prevented from having its effect by the existence of the already in-place effect of the first spell.Since the 'trigger' and the 'end early' definitely are part of the effect (of booming blade), then they, as part of that effect, are prevented from taking effect at all by the presence of the effect of the first spell.</blockquote>

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