New OOTS products from CafePress
New OOTS t-shirts, ornaments, mugs, bags, and more
Results 1 to 7 of 7
  1. - Top - End - #1
    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    Kobold

    Join Date
    Jul 2015

    Default Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    "When you choose this path at 3rd level, as an action, you can open your awareness to the presence of concentrated magic. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any spell or magic item within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. When you sense a spell, you learn which school of magic it belongs to."

    What makes me huh is "the location of any spell" part.

    1. Does this mean it only detects spells that manifest in a specific location? This would include spells that have a manifestation like Minor Illusion or triggered manifestation like Magic Mouth or Glyph of Warding.

    2. Or does it also detect the effects of a spell or magic effect? Would the barbarian know a person is under the influence of a charm, Nystul's Magic Aura, etc.?

    3. Is this a one round duration equivalent of casting Detect Magic? Or something more?

    I allowed #2 while DMing due to my ignorance and because it helped with the ominous tone of the scene.
    Pssst! Hey, buddy! Ya wanna buy a full color Tarokka Deck?
    (Only one left)

  2. - Top - End - #2
    Titan in the Playground
     
    Imp

    Join Date
    Feb 2017

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurt Kurageous View Post
    "When you choose this path at 3rd level, as an action, you can open your awareness to the presence of concentrated magic. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any spell or magic item within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. When you sense a spell, you learn which school of magic it belongs to."

    What makes me huh is "the location of any spell" part.

    1. Does this mean it only detects spells that manifest in a specific location? This would include spells that have a manifestation like Minor Illusion or triggered manifestation like Magic Mouth or Glyph of Warding.

    2. Or does it also detect the effects of a spell or magic effect? Would the barbarian know a person is under the influence of a charm, Nystul's Magic Aura, etc.?

    3. Is this a one round duration equivalent of casting Detect Magic? Or something more?

    I allowed #2 while DMing due to my ignorance and because it helped with the ominous tone of the scene.

    My interpretation:

    The Barbarian would feel any ongoing magic effect due to a spell, but they wouldn't be able to identify what spell is used, just the school.

    Nystul's Magic Aura is a bit of a special case, because it can conceal itself from such detections. The Barbarian would feel there is a spell of the Enchantment School on the person if said person is under the effect of Charm Person, though.

  3. - Top - End - #3
    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    Kobold

    Join Date
    Jul 2015

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    Thank you for the reply. How you interpreted the charm is exactly the way I ran with it, and after calling it an "enchantment," it had the effect I intended.
    Pssst! Hey, buddy! Ya wanna buy a full color Tarokka Deck?
    (Only one left)

  4. - Top - End - #4
    Titan in the Playground
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    The Land of Cleves
    Gender
    Male

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    So far as I know, every spell has a location. If it affects a target, it's the location of the target. So if there's someone within 60' of the barbarian under a Charm Person spell, then the barbarian would learn that there's an enchantment spell at that person's location.
    Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
    As You Like It, III:ii:328

    Chronos's Unalliterative Skillmonkey Guide
    Current Homebrew: 5th edition psionics

  5. - Top - End - #5
    Orc in the Playground
     
    OrcBarbarianGuy

    Join Date
    Oct 2021

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    I regard this as the same effect as a Detect Magic spell, without casting a spell, which the Barbarian wouldn't be able to do while raging. This way, raging doesn't prevent its use.

  6. - Top - End - #6
    Dwarf in the Playground
    Join Date
    Apr 2018

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    I love the idea of using this as an olfactory kind of sense. Flavoring (heh) different schools of magic as different magical scents. Call it Scents Magic for the cheese, even.

    Brings it into the rawer, more instinctive nature of Barb abilities.
    Last edited by Speely; 2022-05-17 at 10:30 PM.

  7. - Top - End - #7
    Dwarf in the Playground
     
    DrowGirl

    Join Date
    Aug 2021

    Default Re: Wild Magic Barb Magic Awareness feature. Huh?

    Take it further and make the scent of each magic school the smell/taste of a different cheese.

    Abjuration- A hard cheese, Romano.
    Conjuration- String cheese, perhaps.
    Divination- A hol(e)y cheese, Emmental.
    Enchantment- A silky cheese, Mascarpone.
    Evocation- Tried and true, Cheddar.
    Illusion- American, ha!
    Necromancy- Limburger, obvious.
    Transmutation- Colby Jack, for sure.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •