![]() ![]() A dragon’s breath weapon is not considered magical it does work in an antimagic field.Ĭelestial, Elemental, Fiend (Fiends include demons, devils, hell hounds, rakshasas, and yugoloths.): While in an antimagic field they can’t use magic or magical abilities. Dragons in an antimagic field can’t use magic or magical abilities. However, they are not “created by magic” so they do not “wink out of existence” in an antimagic field. As a general rule, if the monster’s description does not specifically refer to the monster as “summoned or created by magic”, it remains but can’t use magic or magical abilities.Īnimated Armor, Flying Sword, Rug of Smothering: These are magically created items and as such “wink out of existence” while in an antimagic field.īeholer: Beholer’s eye rays are suppressed in the area of an antimagic field.ĭragon: The Monster Manual does state that “Dragons are also magical creatures” (MM p. Very few monsters are creatures or items created by magic. Hopefully what I have come up with will help with your rulings at your gaming table. The problem is that it only “suppresses” magic in the area, and it doesn’t affect especially strong magic such as that “created by an artifact or a deity”. The wording of the spell description goes on to explicitly define what that means. The core feature of the spell could be simply stated as “nothing magical works inside the area of effect of the spell”. It tells you most of what you need to know. The description of the antimagic field spell is long and detailed. This represents the results of my research and my current thoughts on this matter. I made rulings at the table to not slow down play, but promised to look into it further to find what the official rules are and to come up with house rules for anything that might come up that haven’t been covered by any official rulings that I could find. I recently ran a D&D 5E game where the PCs fought a beholder and a lot of questions popped up regarding what is and isn’t affected in its antimagic field. Same thing with Hex, or Mind Spike, or other magic with no described special effect.(and, therefore, the Beholder’s Antimagic Eye Cone) Dispel away.īless? Bane? There's no obvious special effect, so how can it be targeted as an 'effect' without the dispeller using Detect Magic or True Sight beforehand to perceive the specific auras on everyone? I wouldn't allow it without some reliable detection method. So, Slow - yeah, sure, you see it, it's obvious, so you know what to target. I think the thing that catches me, though, is if the effect is detectable or not, which gets back to the 'do spells know what to target' problem. So, I wouldn't disagree with anyone ruling it the same way. That said, I see your point - 'all targets being affected with the single spell within 120 of you' - and it makes sense.įor lack of better terminology, if I get your drift, the spell is going 'broad' instead of 'deep', so instead of multiple effects ending on a single target, then only a single effect would end on multiple targets. ![]() It doesn’t end the same spell on other targets. If dispel magic targets the magical effect from bless cast by a cleric, does it remove the effect on all the targets? Dispel magic ends a spell on one target. so dispel magic can be interpreted to only dispel one spell effect on one target at a time. In addition, the text says "any spell" and "effects of a spell". however, is each instance of bless on different characters a separate magical effect? In this case, it could still only be used to cancel one instance of bless on one character rather then the entire spell on all creatures affected. I would say that both are intended to mean ends the spell or spell effect on the target rather than the entire spell on all its targets though it is potentially ambiguous.ĭispel magic also allows the targeting of a magical effect. The first part says "any spell on the target ends", the second part says "ends the effects of a spell on the target". ![]() "When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you automatically end the effects of a spell on the target if the spell's level is equal to or less than the level of the spell slot you used." Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends." "Choose one creature, object, or magical effect within range. If someone is blessed, you can target any person affected by the spell to end the entire spell.I'm not sure your interpretation is correct. ![]() It doesn't matter how many other targets are also affected by the spell, it ends. ![]()
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