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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7868156" data-attributes="member: 6779196">No, because making an attack roll is one of the effects of Ray of Frost, not part of the action used to cast it. So the procedure for Ray of Frost (according to the technical interpretation, which we now have confirmation is not the intended function):1. You take the Cast a Spell action, performing the requisite Verbal and Somatic components.2. You spend 1 Sorcery Point to apply the effects of Twinned Spell to Ray of Frost.3. You apply the effects of Ray of Frost to two targets.The effects of Ray of Frost are, “ Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it takes 1d8 cold damage, and its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn,” so you make two ranged spell attacks against different targets.The difference here is the wording, “ As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails“ vs “make a ranged spell attack.” If they were not meant to function differently (which, again, we have confirmation that they were not,) Booming Blade should have been worded “make a melee weapon attack,” but it was not, and the way it was worded suggests a process performed as part of the Cast a Spell action, much like verbal and somatic components, rather than an effect of the spell itself.</blockquote>