He is the lead rules designer and his statement might reflect what the designers have originally intended, even though that is not what appears in the book. In this podcast Jeremy Crawford stated that sacred flame completely ignores cover (eg. This feature is basically the single-target version of "spreads around corners". In line with this, total cover does not provide any bonus to saving throws, in contrast with other levels of cover:Ī target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity savingĪ target with three-quarters cover has a +5 bonus to AC and DexterityĪ target with total cover can't be targeted directly by an attack or a If you cannot target someone they do not have to make a saving throw and thus whether they get a bonus to it or not is irrelevant. To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be (PHBĪnd thus does not overrule the general rule that: The target gains no benefit from cover for this saving throw.
Sacred flame does not state that it ignores cover, only that:
and in the game the exceptional always beats the general. The idea is the cleric is calling this divine energy down on the target and it is not actually shooting out from the cleric, it's coming down. The narrative reason for that, the reason I wrote it that way, is that sacred flame is coming down from above the person. While not vital for a mechanical understanding of the spell (the above logic should be more than sufficient), it is interesting nonetheless. Jeremy Crawford continued on from the above provides some reasoning behind the spell and why it was written as it is. Since total cover is a type of cover, it also is ignored by sacred flame.įor comparison, the normal rules for targeting dictate that if a spellcaster is behind a sheet of glass with no possible line of effect to the target, they cannot target them with a spell. So, mechanically, this means that, as long as the caster can see the target, they can target them regardless of how much cover they have. Make a ranged Attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an Improvised Weapon. As an Action, you can splash the oil in this flask onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. You can be looking through the window in the tower and cast it Oil usually comes in a clay flask that holds 1 pint. So sacred flame is one of the few spells thatĪllows you to target somebody even if they're behind total cover. Throw." So, they're getting no benefit from cover and that This text: "The target gains no benefit from cover for this saving Sacred flame is one of the low level spells that has There are spells that create exceptions to this rule about needing a Starting at 36:20, he says (transcription done by me): 19, 2017 episode of Dragon Talk ( "Wolfgang Baur on DMing for Girl Scouts"). Jeremy Crawford confirms that this is indeed the intended interpretation of the spell's effects on the Jan. Yes, as long as they can see the target (according to Rules as Intended)
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