Dungeons & Dragons provides clarifications on controversial spells

Calaboose and dragons has provided some clarifications on a new spell, to make it clear that the spell somehow does not magically elude other established rules that were not included in the description. Earlier this month, Wizards of the Coast published striven: A Cars curriculum, a new campaign configuration book that provided details about the Magic University of Striven, which first appeared in a magic: The Gathering game Of cards. The book contained several spells and new feats to help players create characters that really belonged to Striven, including several thematic options for each of the five magical universities of Striven.

One of those five spells is Silvery Barbs, a first level spell linked to Silver quill College. The spell can be used as a reaction as long as an enemy creature obtains an attack roll, a skill test or a successful salvation roll. Silvery Barbs forces a player to return to pull his D20 and perform the lower roll, which forces them to make a salvation or disadvantaged attack. The spell gives simultaneously advantage to another creature within the scope of the sorcerer, which must be used in the next attack roll, Salvation roll or skill test.

Silvery Barbs has caused a discussion storm due to a number of factors, and some players complain that the spell is too powerful for a first level spell (especially when they use higher-level characters that rarely use their spell spaces first level). Other players affirmed that Silvery Barbs in some way eluded the legendary resistance, a mechanics given to certain creatures of high power. The legendary resistances allow a creature to choose to be successful in a salvation roll when, otherwise, it would fail, and some players argued that Silvery Barbs could somehow force that monster to burn a legendary resistance when forcing them to repeat a Salvation shot After spent legendary resistance... although it is not how the legendary resistances work, since legendary resistance basically overlooks the D20 roll when used.

Fortunately, Wizards of the Coast provided some clarifications on Silvery Barbs, pointing out that forcing a creature to return to a D20 does not change that a legendary resistance automatically causes a monster to pass legendary resistance. When a creature uses legendary strength, the creature converts a failed salvation roll into a success, regardless of the number obtained in the D20. Said Wizards of the Coast. Forcing that creature to re-launch the D20 later does not change the fact that salvation was successful as a result of legendary resistance. No amount of repetition will discard that success.

While it is likely that there are many discussions about whether Silvery Barbs is dominated by a first level spell, Wizards of the Coast at least put a part of the discussion about the spell on the bed.

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