@JeremyECrawford If cutting words is used on an AoE effect like fireball, does it reduce the damage the group would take or only the bard?

— Todd Sampson (@fmacanadaguy) September 20, 2016

An AoE like fireball has a single damage roll. If you use Cutting Words on such a roll, the damage reduction applies to all targets. #DnD https://t.co/RnpxSNogrH

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 20, 2016

If mage armor doesn't count as armor then would a monk get ac 13+Dex+Was? #WOTCstaff @ChrisPerkinsDnD @JeremyECrawford

— James Bradberry (@knat777) September 19, 2016

Does mage armor work with Unarmored Defense? The Sage Advice Compendium has the answer: https://t.co/dh02JRnEH8 #DnD https://t.co/NT0xIYmcHn

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) September 20, 2016

@JeremyECrawford Counterspell & Dispel Magic: when I cast them, I know or I don’t know the spell’s level of the opponent spellcaster? Thanks

— Draconis (@DerynDraconis) February 29, 2016

My house rule: you ID a spell being cast (default lvl.) if it’s on your spell list and you observe the casting. #DnD https://t.co/fxd24pHnBE

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) February 29, 2016

@ZarconistPreist @DerynDraconisWait so its not normally known what the level of the spell is? I thought that was the default. You know the spell’s default level, as opposed to a higher level that it might be cast at.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) March 1, 2016

@JeremyECrawford When the monster Manual list a specific save do you add that to the monster's stat bonus or is that the total save modifier

— kent dyer (@saxononyx) November 15, 2016

Take a look at the Monster Manual introduction, specifically the section on saving throws (p. 8). In a stat block, save bonus = total. #DnD https://t.co/SXaO7XYHQG

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) November 15, 2016

@HVargavinterOn cantrips it says, “damage increases when you reach higher levels.” Total character lvl since not specified caster lvl? Total character level

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) October 8, 2016

@JeremyECrawford @JOSEPH91304707
"Would a spell like ability"count as a spell? As per your reply I would say yes but now I'm unsure.

— Tom Pascuttini (@DK_Pyrial) October 13, 2016

@JeremyECrawford @JOSEPH91304707 first ex. Empyreal casting an innate spell casting ability then using a legendary action for an attack

— Tom Pascuttini (@DK_Pyrial) October 13, 2016

Sage Advice says EldritchBlast&similar can't cast on objects *at all* @JeremyECrawford or @mikemearls, how do you justify this with flavour?

— Jim Cullen (@jimcullenaus) July 1, 2016

@jimcullenaus @JeremyECrawford spell specifies creature – always assumed it disrupted life force via force energy

— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) July 1, 2016

Some spells are drawn to or harm only the life force of creatures. You're not shooting projectiles. #DnD https://t.co/D3R9cmuQPU

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 1, 2016

@JCrawfordMusic @Cybrenyou’re missing my point. Jeremy says they are not projectiles, but the definition of force would disagree The definition of force damage, not of force itself, is "pure magical energy focused into a damaging form" (PH, 196)

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 1, 2016

@JeremyECrawford Isn't it a projectile though? "Force is pure magical energy focused into a damaging FORM." Why not deal psychic damage?

— Josh Gentry (@joshgntry) July 7, 2016

Traditionally, a projectile is a thing shot from or thrown as a weapon. This is common parlance, not a rule. https://t.co/yNb9KB5NLH

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016

@JCrawfordMusic @CybrenSo I guess the Repellant Blast invocation doesn’t knock back because of physics, but rather some hand-wavy “magic”? Repelling Blast causes a spell that harms creatures to also hurl them. This is not a function of the damage type.

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016

@JeremyECrawford @joshgntry If I as a DM imagine eldritch blast creating a magic force projectile it makes sense to allow targeting objects?

— Viktor Bengtsson (@vikke064) July 7, 2016

Eldritch blast is a beam of energy. But as DM, you may change how anything works—and deal with the results. #DnD https://t.co/IYOYOGkPe4

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016

@WeHaveSnacksI feel like the rule of thumb is that the DM can (and should) do whatever they want, using the rules as a starting point. Yep!

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016

@vikke064 @JeremyECrawford @joshgntry Force described on page 196 as "Pure magical energy focused into a damaging form" should hit objects

— Apsco (@Apsco60) July 7, 2016

A spell's damage type doesn't determine what the spell can target. The spell's description determines it. #DnD https://t.co/zuHHPw8fRl

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) July 7, 2016