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Can you stack green-flame blade and booming blade?
If you can combine either Shillelagh, Battle Ready, or Hex Warrior with a way of getting Green-Flame Blade and/or Booming Blade, and other features/spells that allow for you to stack as much damage on one attack as possible, you have maximized the use of these spells.
How much damage does green-flame blade do?
Green-flame blade adds your spellcasting ability modifier to the second-target damage (so most likely 1d8+4 at 5th level) and booming blade does an extra 1d8 (scaling normally; 2d8 to 5th level) if the target moves within one round.
Can you counterspell green-flame blade?
Under the post-November 2020 rules text: No, the attack does not resolve as it is part of the spell’s effect, which Counterspell prevents. In November 2020, a Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide Errata was released, changing the spell text in question significantly.
Does booming blade work with extra attack?
Booming Blade doesn’t work with Extra Attacks/Multi-Attacks. To compensate this Booming Blade does add a damage die every few levels. Meaning you won’t be doing double damage at all. Just your normal damage amount with 1 additional damage die.
Can you twin spell shadow blade?
Essentially, you cannot twin this spell for the same reason you cannot twin Shadow Blade or Spiritual Weapon: it doesn’t target a creature, it just creates a weapon and lets you use it for attacks as a bonus action. The spell itself must target a creature.
Can you smite with green flame blade?
Since you make a regular melee attack as part of the Greenflame Blade Cantrip, does this mean you can use eldritch smite on it? Yes. Eldritch Smite triggers when you hit a creature with a weapon. Green-flame blade lets you make an attack with a weapon.
Does booming blade damage crit?
However… As Vylix points out, Booming Blade deals an addition 2d8 damage if the target moves before the start of your next turn. This damage is not affected by the critical hit. The same goes for Green Flame Blade, which deals fire damage equal to your spellcasting modifier to a secondary target.
Can a paladin smite with booming blade?
The cantrips are not like the Paladin’s smite spells; their attacks are made immediately when casting the spell. Let’s just look at booming blade: As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails.
Can you use green flame blade twice?
The question is – can I cast Booming Blade or Green Flame Blade twice with my attack action? No. You can replace one of your attacks from the Attack action with a cantrip.
Does Shadow Blade work with booming blade?
Notably, the errata revealed that booming blade could no longer be stacked with the spell shadow blade, as booming blade now requires a material component – a melee weapon worth at least 1 silver piece.