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<blockquote data-quote="Jaelommiss" data-source="post: 7682761" data-attributes="member: 6775925">Heart of the Storm would never activate on GFB because it is neither 1) &quot;a spell other than a cantrip&quot; nor 2) a spell &quot;that deals lightning or thunder damage.&quot; The Spell Sniper feat might be a superior alternative to the Distant Spell metamagic. No cost to use (other than acquiring the feat) and it provides the cantrip itself, allowing any class with spellcasting to use it. One potential reading of the spell is that the range mentioned in the spell description refers to the spell's range, not the reach with the weapon used (&quot;you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within range&quot;). This would potentially allow for a greatsword attack at 10 foot range, or 20 if Distant Spell is coupled with Spell Sniper, regardless of the weapon's regular limitations. PHB 202 supports this reading with the statement &quot;The target of a spell must be within the spell's range.&quot; The target referred to by GFB is the enemy attacked. Changing the fluff a little bit so that it is a giant flaming extension of the weapon that makes the attack would explain how weapon attacks are being made at a distance.Edit: A paladin or ranger could pick up Spell Sniper at level 4. Sword and board smiting at 10 feet is horrifying to contemplate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaelommiss, post: 7682761, member: 6775925"] Heart of the Storm would never activate on GFB because it is neither 1) "a spell other than a cantrip" nor 2) a spell "that deals lightning or thunder damage." The Spell Sniper feat might be a superior alternative to the Distant Spell metamagic. No cost to use (other than acquiring the feat) and it provides the cantrip itself, allowing any class with spellcasting to use it. One potential reading of the spell is that the range mentioned in the spell description refers to the spell's range, not the reach with the weapon used ("you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within range"). This would potentially allow for a greatsword attack at 10 foot range, or 20 if Distant Spell is coupled with Spell Sniper, regardless of the weapon's regular limitations. PHB 202 supports this reading with the statement "The target of a spell must be within [B]the spell's range[/B]." The target referred to by GFB is the enemy attacked. Changing the fluff a little bit so that it is a giant flaming extension of the weapon that makes the attack would explain how weapon attacks are being made at a distance. Edit: A paladin or ranger could pick up Spell Sniper at level 4. Sword and board smiting at 10 feet is horrifying to contemplate. [/QUOTE]

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