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Question: Spirit Guardians/Distant Spell metamagic interaction?
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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7639789" data-attributes="member: 6906155"><p>No, the don't. They have a range and an area of affect. It's just that they use the rather odd convention of listing the AoE in brackets after the range, rather than having a separate AoE line. This is more obvious on D&D Beyond, where they add a symbol for the type of AoE to the brackets.</p><p></p><p>The entry for Fireball on D&D beyond reads: <strong>Range/Area</strong>: 150ft (20 feet [SPHERE SYMBOL]).</p><p>The entry for Spirit Guardians reads <strong>Range/Area</strong>: Self.</p><p></p><p>Anything in brackets is not affected by Distant Spell. Any number not in brackets is.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">This does not always work though. The Spell Word of Radiance has a range of 5', and targets any creature you choose that you can see that is within range. So it is affected by Distant Spell.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">However, Word of Radiance is modelled on Sword Burst (Sword Burst being published first) - same level, same damage, same range. The only difference is it targets everything in range. Thunderclap is identical to Sword Burst apart from damage and saving throw type.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">RAW, all three of these spells benefit from Distant Spell (and I believe this is also RAI), even though all three are de facto pbaoes.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 7639789, member: 6906155"] No, the don't. They have a range and an area of affect. It's just that they use the rather odd convention of listing the AoE in brackets after the range, rather than having a separate AoE line. This is more obvious on D&D Beyond, where they add a symbol for the type of AoE to the brackets. The entry for Fireball on D&D beyond reads: [B]Range/Area[/B]: 150ft (20 feet [SPHERE SYMBOL]). The entry for Spirit Guardians reads [B]Range/Area[/B]: Self. Anything in brackets is not affected by Distant Spell. Any number not in brackets is. [LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana] This does not always work though. The Spell Word of Radiance has a range of 5', and targets any creature you choose that you can see that is within range. So it is affected by Distant Spell. However, Word of Radiance is modelled on Sword Burst (Sword Burst being published first) - same level, same damage, same range. The only difference is it targets everything in range. Thunderclap is identical to Sword Burst apart from damage and saving throw type. RAW, all three of these spells benefit from Distant Spell (and I believe this is also RAI), even though all three are de facto pbaoes. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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