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<blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 8181893" data-attributes="member: 7884">Yeah, that Sage Advice re interaction between goodberry and Disciple of Life is just wrong. But the same could be said of much Sage Advice.(Irrespective of the use of the word &quot;use&quot; instead of &quot;cast&quot; in Disciple of Life.&nbsp; The duration of goodberry is instantaneous.&nbsp; It instantaneously conjures 10 berries that then retain some magical properties for 24 hours. Unless someone eats a berry at the instant the spell is cast - which is impossible, as the spell expressly states they appear &quot;in your hand&quot;, not in someone's mouth - the spell is not being &quot;used&quot; to regain hit points.&nbsp; The berries are being eaten to provide you with enough sustenance for 24 hours, with the nice side effect of regaining 1 hit point.)I'd have the same view on Unicorn Spirit.&nbsp; Goodberry is not a spell that restores hit points.&nbsp; It is a spell the conjures 10 berries.&nbsp; That's it.&nbsp; Goodberry is a good enough spell as-is.&nbsp; It's a 1st level spell that provides PCs with 10 free potions of healing (because the difference between being on 1 hit point after being knocked unconscious and being on 7 hit points after being unconscious is negligible).&nbsp; The spell doesn't need to be wilfully misinterpreted to boost it's effectiveness.Cheers, Al'kelhar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al'Kelhar, post: 8181893, member: 7884"] Yeah, that Sage Advice re interaction between [I]goodberry[/I] and Disciple of Life is just wrong. But the same could be said of much Sage Advice. (Irrespective of the use of the word "use" instead of "cast" in Disciple of Life. The duration of [I]goodberry [/I]is instantaneous. It instantaneously conjures 10 berries that then retain some magical properties for 24 hours. Unless someone eats a berry at the instant the spell is cast - which is impossible, as the spell expressly states they appear "in your hand", not in someone's mouth - the spell is not being "used" to regain hit points. The berries are being eaten to provide you with enough sustenance for 24 hours, with the nice side effect of regaining 1 hit point.) I'd have the same view on Unicorn Spirit. [I]Goodberry[/I] [U]is not[/U] a spell that restores hit points. It is a spell the conjures 10 berries. That's it. [I]Goodberry[/I] is a good enough spell [U]as-is[/U]. It's a 1st level spell that provides PCs with 10 free potions of healing (because the difference between being on 1 hit point after being knocked unconscious and being on 7 hit points after being unconscious is negligible). The spell doesn't need to be wilfully misinterpreted to boost it's effectiveness. Cheers, Al'kelhar [/QUOTE]

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