D&D 5E The Limits of Minor Conjuration

[Falling Icicle]

It seems that there is no gp limit to what you can create with Conjurer's Minor Conjuration feature. The only limits specified in the feature are that the item has to be non-magical, it can't be larger than 3 feet on a side and it can't weigh more than 10 lbs. So it looks like you can use it to create anything that is within those limits, no matter how expensive. The only item in the equipment chapter you can't create is a potion of healing, since that's magical. But if you want to create expensive consumables such as alchemist's fire, acid, holy water, etc., it looks like that's totally legal. And hey, I have no problem with that. That's pretty cool!

The lack of a gp limit does seem to run into some serious issues, however, when it comes to material components. Need a 300gp diamond for the cleric's revivify spell? Well, it's not magical, isn't more than 3 feet wide and doesn't weight more than 10 lbs. So by the RAW, there doesn't seem to be anything that's stopping you from conjuring it and letting the cleric use it as the material component for the spell. Am I missing something, or is there something in the rules that prohibits this?

 

[jrowland]

Am I missing something, or is there something in the rules that prohibits this?

DM ruling

 

[Falling Icicle]

DM ruling

So that would be a no, then.

 

[JoeCrow]

The conjured item only exists for an hour, or until you use minor conjuration again, or until it takes ANY damage. So I'd say that being used as a material component counts as "damage", at which point it ceases existing, and your spell goes poof. And then whoever you just raised falls over again.

My question is, what would you use to try and figure out if something's a minor conjuration? I'm thinking Int + Arcana or Investigation. DC maybe based off the conjurer's spell save?

 

[Falling Icicle]

[Edit] Nevermind, I was mistaken. Nothing to see here.

 

[Falling Icicle]

My question is, what would you use to try and figure out if something's a minor conjuration? I'm thinking Int + Arcana or Investigation. DC maybe based off the conjurer's spell save?

The object glows and is visibly magical, so no check is required.

 

[JoeCrow]

Whup, failed my Comprehend Languages check on that one, didn't I?

 

[Sword of Spirit]

Another thing just occurred to me. Since minor conjuration requires concentration, that means you couldn't use it as a spell component for spells with long casting times (1 minute or longer), since those spells require you to concentrate while you cast them. Quite a few spells that have material components fall into that categroy. Of course, that only applies to the spells the conjurer himself casts; the concentration limit doesn't stop him from giving diamonds to the party cleric.

Does it require concentration? I can't look it up right now, but I thought it did not require concentration.

(I wouldn't allow it as a spell component anyway.)

 

[Falling Icicle]

Does it require concentration? I can't look it up right now, but I thought it did not require concentration.

(I wouldn't allow it as a spell component anyway.)

Oh wait, it doesn't. I got it confused with the transmuter's minor alchemy feature.

 

[mcbobbo]

I would rule towards the word 'minor'. If you can churn out gold, diamonds, or other imbalancing things, why is it labeled 'minor'? "The magic simply isn't powerful enough for that" would probably fly at my table.