Clint_L
Legend
I thought this was a fun concept and worthy of discussion, if only for the entertainment, so I plucked it out of a Phandelver thread:
From @MerricB:
Okay, so I laughed...but then I thought about it. RAW, the player might have a valid argument. Here is the very short description of purify food and drink: "All nonmagical food and drink within a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range is purified and rendered free of poison and disease."
Thoughts, my fellow rules lawyers? I would probably overrule it as being unintended and overpowered (and one more reason why Yuan-Ti are an overpowered character species)...but at the same time I would be tempted to reward the ingenuity. Also, it poses an interesting ontological dilemma.
From @MerricB:
Interaction of the Session:
Yuan-Ti player: "So, if I see live humanoids as food..."
DM: "Yes..."
Yuan-Ti player: "Can I cast purify food and drink on my fellow PCs to remove poison?"
DM: "..."
Okay, so I laughed...but then I thought about it. RAW, the player might have a valid argument. Here is the very short description of purify food and drink: "All nonmagical food and drink within a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range is purified and rendered free of poison and disease."
Thoughts, my fellow rules lawyers? I would probably overrule it as being unintended and overpowered (and one more reason why Yuan-Ti are an overpowered character species)...but at the same time I would be tempted to reward the ingenuity. Also, it poses an interesting ontological dilemma.
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