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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volund" data-source="post: 7529787" data-attributes="member: 6872597">With regard to the tactic of readying a spell out of sight, and then running into a room to release it without the threat of a counterspell, there is Sage Advice on this: <a href="https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/09/15/is-it-too-late-to-counter-a-readied-spell-that-has-been-triggered/" target="_blank">https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/09/15/is-it-too-late-to-counter-a-readied-spell-that-has-been-triggered/</a>. If we agree that:1) the targeting rules require a line of sight2) a target in another room that you can only see via a familiar has total cover and therefore can't be targeted3) since you are using your action to see with the familiar then the attack has to be a bonus action,then the only way I can think of to target a creature with a spell while using a familiar's eyes would be a sorcerer with a familiar (requires a feat for PC's) and the Sacred Flame cantrip since it ignores total cover. A Divine Soul sorcerer, or a cleric/sorcerer, who could see a target with a familiar could use quickened metamagic to cast Sacred Flame as a bonus action.As a DM, even though it's not RAW with regard to a line of sight to a target, I want to allow sorcerers who have a familiar to use quickened metamagic to cast spells that affect "a target you can see within range" while using an action to see through their familiar's eyes. I love the swords and sorcery feel of this, where living in a world of sinister arcane magic would cause you to experience constant paranoia. That cat in the corner, that rat in the alley, that spider on the wall - any creature you see could be a sorcerer spying on you to potentially cast a spell on you. I might use this on my players at some point.</blockquote>

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