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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6770077" data-attributes="member: 5834">They pick the targets when they cast the spell. For example, they don't get to hit the target, see if he drops, then hit him again if he doesn't. Nothing in the rules you listed changes this. Not everything needs to be spelled out to know how something works. Only a select group of rules lawyer players expect it. Most of us understand that casting a spell like scorching ray or eldritch blast requires you pick the targets prior to seeing the result of your attack. Cast a Spell is different from the attack action in this regard. The fact that the spell uses the Cast a Spell action rather than the attack action indicates the spells attacks all go off at the same time unless like sunbeam it's an attack per round, which the spell text clearly states.If your version were true, then a user of eldritch blast or scorching ray could keep the spell active and wait for new targets after he moved or wait until another round to expend other rays from the single casting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6770077, member: 5834"] They pick the targets when they cast the spell. For example, they don't get to hit the target, see if he drops, then hit him again if he doesn't. Nothing in the rules you listed changes this. Not everything needs to be spelled out to know how something works. Only a select group of rules lawyer players expect it. Most of us understand that casting a spell like [i]scorching ray[/i] or [i]eldritch blast[/i] requires you pick the targets prior to seeing the result of your attack. Cast a Spell is different from the attack action in this regard. The fact that the spell uses the Cast a Spell action rather than the attack action indicates the spells attacks all go off at the same time unless like [i]sunbeam[/i] it's an attack per round, which the spell text clearly states. If your version were true, then a user of [i]eldritch blast[/i] or [i]scorching ray[/i] could keep the spell active and wait for new targets after he moved or wait until another round to expend other rays from the single casting. [/QUOTE]

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