Subtweeting Crawford here, but I honestly think 99% of my #dnd 5e rules questions stem from carrying 35 years worth of dnd rules in my head.
It’s a real mess in here folks. I often see rules interpretations and questions that have no foundation in a rule's text. When that happens, a ghost from a previous edition's rules is usually haunting the person and messing with how they read the current text.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) April 18, 2020
@JeremyECrawford Can the new metamagic option Seeking Spell be used on the Green Flame Blade cantrip's attack roll after a miss? Essentially giving you "optional" advantage?
— Jacob Vogelhut (@jvogelhut) December 10, 2020
The Seeking Spell metamagic option can be used with the attack roll of any spell.
Cantrips are spells, so Seeking Spell can be used with cantrips, such as Green-Flame Blade. #DnD https://t.co/KuJ6FAv93B
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 10, 2020
@BrailSays "Dwarf prone,get up 1/2 move. 12.5 rounds down to 10.Does dwarf have 15ft left,or 10 feet left?" @mikemearls
12 ft. remains
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) January 10, 2015
@johnny_cache @mikemearlsDo you have any qualms on the utility of summoned wolves? ability to crowd/knock prone is high (ie vs dragons) To knock a creature prone, a wolf must hit it, and that creature must fail a saving throw. No qualms about that.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 6, 2014
@johnny_cache @mikemearls8 wolves surround and have advantage, they will hit and prone most things. D. Wolves, add’l wolves even worse Yep, that's a dangerous situation to be in.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 7, 2014
What is the intention between Booming/Green-flame blades requiring a weapon with a value of at least 1sp, when no weapon (in PHB at least) has a value below 1sp?
— Zem (@TheRealZem) November 13, 2020
If a D&D spell’s material component lacks a monetary value and isn’t consumed, you don’t need that component; you could substitute a component pouch, for instance.
Booming/Green-Flame Blade need a weapon with a monetary value because they require an actual weapon. #DnD https://t.co/OTB8kTvQBo
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 13, 2020
So removing the Shadow Blade option is fully intentional? I took the opposite intention out of this. What he seems to be describing is that the spell requires a weapon and that you can't sub out the "material component" for an arcane focus or component pouch. Shadow blade seems like an unintended consequence.
— Brett Richards (@brett_play) November 13, 2020
You're exactly right, @brett_play. The component entries of the two spells were simply incorrect; they didn't follow the rules for how components work. We've corrected them and, as a consequence, some combos that never should have worked no longer work.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 13, 2020
Okay now I’m the one confused. I know in one of your earlier replies, you talked about allowing booming blade and shadow blade to work together. Was removing this interaction intended? Or is it simply how it works now by RAW to standardize wording but isn’t a balance concern. This change has nothing to do with prohibiting or allowing Shadow Blade to combine with Booming/Green-Flame Blade. It's about fixing those two cantrips. As DM, I'd allow those them to combo, since I make liberal use of the rule on improvised weapons.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 13, 2020
My pleasure!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 13, 2020
@allenshock1 If the spell doesn’t say the component is consumed, it isn’t, right? #ChromaticOrb Correct. Material components are consumed only when a spell says so.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 16, 2014
@JeremyECrawford War Caster hitting with Booming Blade when an enemy leaves its reach: can the enemy stop moving to avoid the extra damage?
— Viktor Bengtsson (@vikke064) November 8, 2015
A target hit by an opportunity attack mid-move is in control of its movement, unless somehow compelled. #DnD https://t.co/4lX72elpAb
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 9, 2015
@JeremyECrawford Can a Sunblade be used as a Monk Weapon?
— Edward Krusling (@EdKruze) September 23, 2015
No, since a sun blade counts as a longsword. #DnD https://t.co/gueOjngfgg
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 23, 2015
@boymonsterCan I have a sun blade that counts as a warhammer? Asking for a dwarf. A DM could certainly make up sun blade variants.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 23, 2015
@Raz_Berry_RanidIt says if you are proficient with short swords you can use the sunblade. The item, nonetheless, counts as a longsword. As DM, would I allow a monk to break the rule? Probably.
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 23, 2015
