• JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I haven’t actually seen this being used, but since Hypnotic Pattern in DND5E can require a stick of incense as a component if you’re using spell components, I imagined someone casting that by twirling a thurible (incense burner on a chain) above their head, and somehow physically throwing the scent into the targeted area, and then a (mostly) harmless explosion of colorful, sparkly gas charms any affected targets through sheer fascination.

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      9 months ago

      I love spells like this. The Animal Friendship spell component is “a morsel of food.” Like damn, I guess I’m a wizard.

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        Yeah, you could easily reflavor component-requiring Animal Friendship as “just feeding the animal and somehow flawlessly avoiding harm”, just to make it ambiguous whether this is actually magic or just mundane.

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            9 months ago

            Good news! The 5e Artificer is the perfect class for spell flavoring and it’s actually written into their class description. From Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, page 11:

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              Yes, but you’re still affected by antimagic and whatnot. No matter how you flavor it, you’re a true caster under RAW. This is the kind of thing that the old spell-like abilities from 3e would have been useful for.