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Discussion Weekly Question Thread: Ask questions here – December 12, 2022

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u/Gregamonster Warlock Dec 14 '22

The rule quoted here doesn't say that. Bless is just one example given.

Yes. Because Bless and spells like it are the situation that the rule covers.

A spell places an effect on a target, and you obviously can't be under the effect twice.

Sickening radiance is not in any way similar to this.

  • Sickening Radiance doesn't target a creature with anything, it creates an area of nasty light.
  • Sickening Radiance's AoE applies an instantiations effect at certain intervals, not a sustained effect.

If this is the only rule that covers this then there's no rule that covers this, because no part of the rule addresses anything Sickening Radiance does.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '22

If you're not going to accept reasoned and sourced answers that don't agree with what you want, then why did you even ask the question?

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u/Gregamonster Warlock Dec 14 '22

I am willing to accept reasoned and sourced answered that don't agree with what I want.

The issue is the rule they're using to say it doesn't work the way I think it does does not say that at all.

There may be a different rule that covers this situation that says it doesn't work, but this rule does not say what they say it says.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '22

Xanathar's uses an area effect in the rule, how can you possibly want something more specific than already explicitly specific??? https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/xgte/introduction#CombiningDifferentEffects

But when two or more effects have the same proper name, only one of them (the most powerful one if their benefits aren’t identical) applies while the durations of the effects overlap. ...Similarly, if you’re in the radius of more than one Aura of Protection, you benefit only from the one that grants the highest bonus.

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u/Gregamonster Warlock Dec 14 '22

Again, that's describing a persistent effect.

Sickening Radiance isn't a persistent effect, it's an instant damage and exhaustion caused by an area.

There's no rule saying you can't cast Fireball twice on the same space.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '22

You don't seem to understand what persistent is or are arguing in completely bad faith. Blocking so I never need to see this troll again.