Can an enemy take a reaction if you target them with a spell while the Time Stop spell is active?
Say a character casts time stop on themselves. While the spell is active, they target another creature with a spell (thus ending the time stop). Can that targeted character make a reaction to the spell?
For instance, if the caster of time stop then cast finger of death at the enemy, could the enemy:
Counterspell it?- Try to reduce the damage from it?
- Retaliate using hellish rebuke?
dnd-5e spells time reactions
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Say a character casts time stop on themselves. While the spell is active, they target another creature with a spell (thus ending the time stop). Can that targeted character make a reaction to the spell?
For instance, if the caster of time stop then cast finger of death at the enemy, could the enemy:
Counterspell it?- Try to reduce the damage from it?
- Retaliate using hellish rebuke?
dnd-5e spells time reactions
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
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Related: Do reactions interrupt their triggers or not?
– Mark Wells
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Say a character casts time stop on themselves. While the spell is active, they target another creature with a spell (thus ending the time stop). Can that targeted character make a reaction to the spell?
For instance, if the caster of time stop then cast finger of death at the enemy, could the enemy:
Counterspell it?- Try to reduce the damage from it?
- Retaliate using hellish rebuke?
dnd-5e spells time reactions
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
V2Blast
19.7k356121
asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
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Say a character casts time stop on themselves. While the spell is active, they target another creature with a spell (thus ending the time stop). Can that targeted character make a reaction to the spell?
For instance, if the caster of time stop then cast finger of death at the enemy, could the enemy:
Counterspell it?- Try to reduce the damage from it?
- Retaliate using hellish rebuke?
dnd-5e spells time reactions
dnd-5e spells time reactions
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
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edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
V2Blast
19.7k356121
asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
5157
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
V2Blast
19.7k356121
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
V2Blast
19.7k356121
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:29
V2Blast
19.7k356121
19.7k356121
asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
5157
asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
5157
asked Dec 26 '18 at 23:37
Allan Mills
5157
5157
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Related: Do reactions interrupt their triggers or not?
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 1:58
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Related: Do reactions interrupt their triggers or not?
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 1:58
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Related: Do reactions interrupt their triggers or not?
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 1:58
Related: Do reactions interrupt their triggers or not?
– Mark Wells
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Time stop ends if you "affect" another creature by your actions.
So, in order:
Counterspell, no. That would have to be done before the spell takes effect.
"Try to reduce the damage", depends. Consider shield: you use it after being "hit" by an attack, but if it turns the attack into a miss, then the attack didn't hit you, so you're still time-stopped and you couldn't have cast the spell. So no, you can't. On the other hand, absorb elements has to be cast after you take damage, which suggests it may work. That's right on the edge though; I could see a DM ruling that since it reduces damage from present and future attacks but not from the past, it logically must be cast before the damage happens.
Hellish rebuke, yes. It happens after the damage has been rolled and applied.
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
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answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
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@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
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@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
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Time stop ends if you "affect" another creature by your actions.
So, in order:
Counterspell, no. That would have to be done before the spell takes effect.
"Try to reduce the damage", depends. Consider shield: you use it after being "hit" by an attack, but if it turns the attack into a miss, then the attack didn't hit you, so you're still time-stopped and you couldn't have cast the spell. So no, you can't. On the other hand, absorb elements has to be cast after you take damage, which suggests it may work. That's right on the edge though; I could see a DM ruling that since it reduces damage from present and future attacks but not from the past, it logically must be cast before the damage happens.
Hellish rebuke, yes. It happens after the damage has been rolled and applied.
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
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answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
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@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
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@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
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Time stop ends if you "affect" another creature by your actions.
So, in order:
Counterspell, no. That would have to be done before the spell takes effect.
"Try to reduce the damage", depends. Consider shield: you use it after being "hit" by an attack, but if it turns the attack into a miss, then the attack didn't hit you, so you're still time-stopped and you couldn't have cast the spell. So no, you can't. On the other hand, absorb elements has to be cast after you take damage, which suggests it may work. That's right on the edge though; I could see a DM ruling that since it reduces damage from present and future attacks but not from the past, it logically must be cast before the damage happens.
Hellish rebuke, yes. It happens after the damage has been rolled and applied.
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
Mark Wells
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@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
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@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
add a comment |
Time stop ends if you "affect" another creature by your actions.
So, in order:
Counterspell, no. That would have to be done before the spell takes effect.
"Try to reduce the damage", depends. Consider shield: you use it after being "hit" by an attack, but if it turns the attack into a miss, then the attack didn't hit you, so you're still time-stopped and you couldn't have cast the spell. So no, you can't. On the other hand, absorb elements has to be cast after you take damage, which suggests it may work. That's right on the edge though; I could see a DM ruling that since it reduces damage from present and future attacks but not from the past, it logically must be cast before the damage happens.
Hellish rebuke, yes. It happens after the damage has been rolled and applied.
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
Mark Wells
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Time stop ends if you "affect" another creature by your actions.
So, in order:
Counterspell, no. That would have to be done before the spell takes effect.
"Try to reduce the damage", depends. Consider shield: you use it after being "hit" by an attack, but if it turns the attack into a miss, then the attack didn't hit you, so you're still time-stopped and you couldn't have cast the spell. So no, you can't. On the other hand, absorb elements has to be cast after you take damage, which suggests it may work. That's right on the edge though; I could see a DM ruling that since it reduces damage from present and future attacks but not from the past, it logically must be cast before the damage happens.
Hellish rebuke, yes. It happens after the damage has been rolled and applied.
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
Mark Wells
4,9291434
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
edited Dec 27 '18 at 5:30
V2Blast
19.7k356121
19.7k356121
answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
Mark Wells
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answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
Mark Wells
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answered Dec 27 '18 at 1:36
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@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
1
@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
add a comment |
@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
1
@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
@Medix2: ...Why are you pinging me to ask that? I'm not the answerer.
– V2Blast
Dec 27 '18 at 9:50
1
1
@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
@Medix2 If "creating a situation someone would want to respond to" counted as "affecting" them, then time stop would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? "You moved out of my threatened space, which affects me by allowing me to make an opportunity attack."
– Mark Wells
Dec 27 '18 at 15:38
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