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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Noctem" data-source="post: 6789702" data-attributes="member: 6801315">You're asking me if a theoretical spell that doesn't exist, which is designed to specifically to conflict with the current errata, would function or not?  What does me answering yes or no to this question represent or even mean?   First off I don't think that they would create a spell to specifically conflict with errata without also including rules to create an exception.  Second they would have to create the spell so that it specifically explains that it circumvents how the general rules interact with attacks which have the sources being discussed: Spells, Magical Items and Magical Sources.  3rd This is an exception based system, the entire point is to create general rules and then specific rules which can modify, bypass or break them.  But these exceptions have to be specifically called out.So if they do all of this, you could end up with a spell that looks like this:As part of casting this spell make a melee attack, this attack cannot bypass nonmagical resistance or immunity.  The attack functions as a normal weapon attack for the purposes of effects.  If the attack hits, a burst of flame leaps out from the blade and deals x amount of damage to another target.Just a rough draft but this is how a specific beats general system works.  Green Flame Blade is a spell, it let's you make an attack, that attacks source is a spell so it bypasses by default resistance and immunity.  Have you even thought about why "this spell deals nonmagical damage" makes no sense at all?  And possibly why that sentence isn't found in any spell in the game AFAIK (prove me wrong here if you can)?</blockquote>

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