Timeline for answer to Can you prevent players using cantrips to tell whether a creature is disguised as an object? by SeriousBri
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| S Jan 31, 2022 at 16:53 | history | suggested | Nobody the Hobgoblin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Capitalized proper Spell Name, adjustes Vs to US abbreviation spelling as vs. (https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/is-vs-or-vs-the-correct-abbreviation-format.html)
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| Jan 31, 2022 at 15:50 | comment | added | Glasses2C_Sharp | "I recognize that WotC has made a decision, but given that it was a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it." | |
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| Jan 31, 2022 at 12:52 | comment | added | SeriousBri | @TREB yes something like that would be good, I mean they can hit a wall with a sword forever and not break through despite the constant 1d8+x damage, I would say the same thing with cantrips, or any spell not really powerful enough to do whatever they are hoping for. Shatter is really the lowest level spell designed for actually doing useful damage to structures. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 12:39 | comment | added | TREB | That would work, because it'd be little different from throwing a stone at each object. It'd appear to hit but not obviously reveal if they hit a real chest or a mimic. Also I think players will enjoy use cantrips like Eldritch Blast to target some objects to drop chandeliers but for special objects I don't want them to "erode" away (like an iron door) I can use damage threshold rules (DMG, Pg246) with damage resistance so such cantrips make no progress. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 12:25 | comment | added | SeriousBri | @TREB that just proves how little I care about the targeting rules, but I have updated it to a more appropriate spell | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 12:25 | history | edited | SeriousBri | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Updated my example
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| Jan 31, 2022 at 11:54 | comment | added | TREB | Fire Bolt already explicitly can target objects. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 9:57 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | I +1ed this because, if you are OK with changing the rules, this is a better solution than my answer (that provides a solution within the rules), and it is what we do in our home game. Just one note, if the PCs don't care about damaging stuff, this still will not stop the tactic of mass-blasting everything. But if you are fine with changing the rules, you could just limit cantrips to a reasonable number per day. I rarely used more than 30 or so. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 9:18 | history | answered | SeriousBri | CC BY-SA 4.0 |