Green Flame Blade 5e & Booming Blade 5e

In this article, we will discuss the FAQ regarding Green Flame Blade 5e and Booming blade 5e.

Green Flame Blade 5e

Evocation- Cantrip
Casting Time- One action

Range- Self (5-foot radius)
Components- S, M (a melee weapon worth at least one sp)
Source- Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Duration- Instantaneous

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You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s usual effects. You can cause green ire to leap from the target to a different creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of it. The second creature takes fire damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 fire damage to the target on a hit, and the fire damage to the second creature increases to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. Both damage rolls rise by 1d8 at the 11th level (2d8 and 2d8) and 17th level (3d8 and 3d8).

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Booming Blade 5e

Evocation cantrip

Casting Time- One action
Range- Self (5-foot radius)
Components- S, M (a melee weapon worth at least one sp)

Source- Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Duration- One round

You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s usual effects. It then becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves 5 feet or more before then, the target takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit. The damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at the 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at the 17th level (3d8 and 4d8).

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Page: 143 from Sword Coast Adventure’s Guide

Is a green flame blade, good to use?

Your best attack at levels 1-4 is excellent at levels 7-10, still, the best choice at the 11-16th level when used against multiple targets. At levels 17-19, it is merely the best option. The only levels where it isn’t much use to an Eldritch Knight are 5-6, and 20 (and even then, it can rock against multiple targets)

Is the green flame blade 5e overpowered?

The most potent (powerful) spell is a cantrip called Green Flame Blade. It is probably one of the strongest cantrips in the game and a lot of fun for the player (as there often ends up being all sorts of juicy targets to ‘jump’ that damage to).

What book is a green flame blade?

Green Flame Blade is a spell published in Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.

Can you sneak attack with a green flame blade?

Suppose you have the Sneak Attack feature and cast a green-flame blade with a finesse weapon. In that case, you can deal Sneak Attack damage to the target of the weapon attack if you have an advantage on the attack roll and hit.

Can you twin green flame blade?

You can not twin a Green flame Blade. A spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current level to be eligible. The green flame blade can target two beasts; the one you attack and one next to two.

How do you use the green flame blade?

You take action (This action casting a spell; a cantrip called “Green-Flame Blade”). As part of this action, “Green-Flame Blade,” you make an (only one) melee attack (“Roll d20 + attack bonus+ Whatever You Have) against a foe in your range of the spell (5 feet). I suggest that you want to hit Orci.

Does booming blade stack?

No, the effect won’t stack with multiple castings. If you cast booming Blade twice, it will still only deal its extra damage once. The damage from the normal hit does always happen, as it is an instantaneous effect.

Does booming Blade Do weapon damage?

Booming Blade can do better mean damage at high levels (11+). On the other hand, Booming Blade deals the damage of one weapon attack plus 2d8/3d8 thunder damage (levels 11-16/levels 17-20) on a hit. So whenever this 2d8/3d8 is more damage than one weapon attack, the mean damage one does is better with Booming Blade.

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Is booming Blade overpowered?

Both Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade 5e are mighty compared to the other Cantrips. Only Eldritch Blast, with its associated Invocations and Thunderclap (and the SCAG version of Thunderclap), can compete with them.

How much damage does the green flame blade do?

With that said, using Green-Flame Blade for every attack ends up netting a lot of + damage each melee swing: +3 damage from strength mod. +2 damage from Dueling fighter style. That adds up to a net total of +9 damage to every attack. It gives an attack range of 10-17 with a 1d8 longsword.

Is booming Blade broken?

The damage of booming Blade balances against Extra Attack until 11th level. Before the 11th level, your damage increase from booming Blade is less than an extra attack. Still, more if they move, so it’s conditionally more damage. At the 11th level, you do 2d8 usually and 3d8 conditionally.

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Can you cast 2 Cantrips in turn?

You can’t cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action if you cast a level 1-9 spell with your usual activity. Also, you can’t throw one with your bonus action, and vice versa; you can launch a cantrip with the other action (or with both).

Can you smite with booming Blade?

Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade are not weapon attacks. They are spells that include a weapon attack as a part of the spell. A Paladin’s divine smite is not a spell they cast. But a magical effect they can spend a spell slot to activate after they have already hit their target. It doesn’t even use an action.

Is booming Blade a spell attack?

It’s a melee attack with a melee weapon. It is not a spell attack, even though it’s part of casting a spell. For instance, using a weapon you have cast shillelagh on to attack using booming Blade would allow that. If you are a warlock with that ability, you could.

Can you cast booming Blade with shadow blade?

You can cast both, but a shadow blade conjures a weapon.

Can you twin cast fireball 5e?

AoE spells, including fireball, can’t generally be twinned. (It’s not just about whether the spell does target more than one creature; it’s about whether the spell is capable of targeting more than one creature. Fireball is capable of targeting any number of creatures within its area of effect.)

What triggers 5e booming Blade?

A movement triggers the Boom effect that occurs AFTER the attack hits. Ergo they are not simultaneous. Ergo the Boom effect cannot crit. If you are playing on a grid: the target moves a square and triggers the opportunity attack, which hits with a booming Blade.

Does Misty Step trigger booming Blade?

Misty Step is a teleport, not a movement. You’re correct. However, in saying if they move afterward, they still take the BB damage. If misty Step were movement, it would count against your maximum movement speed for any given turn. Willingly moving from point a to point b triggers booming Blade, doesn’t matter how you do it.

Does spell sniper work with booming Blade?

The title says it all. Usually, booming Blade has a range of 5ft. Spell sniper doubles that, allowing you to use it with reach weapons.

How do you use the booming Blade in 5e?

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. On a hit, the target suffers the attack’s usual effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn.

Does booming Blade 5e use a spell modifier?

Can you use green-flame Blade and booming Blade with Extra Attack, opportunity attacks, Sneak Attack, and other weapon attack options? First, each of these spells involves a normal melee weapon attack, not a spell attack, so you use whatever ability modifier you usually use with the weapon.