Can a Firebolt crit?

When you get a critical hit with a spell attack, you roll all damage dice twice. So a critical hit with the cantrip Fire Bolt would deal 2d10 damage instead of 1d10. A critical hit with the 1st-level spell Chromatic Orb would do 6d8 damage instead of 3d8.
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Can you crit a fireball 5e?

Ie, magic missile and fireball are not able to critical hit.
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Do spells do critical damage?

Any spell using an attack roll that is a 20 is a critical hit and results in doubled damage dice ... melee, ranged, and some spells may all use attack rolls.
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Do spells get crit 5e?

@Nick_ZOMZ Yes; we specifically worded attack rolls and critical hits to work with spell attacks.
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Can you crit Eldritch Blast?

Yes, every portion of eldritch blast has its own chance to crit, subject to the critical chance for that damage type and critical multiplier improvements available with certain feats and inside the cores of the Tainted Scholar tree.
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tf2, but random critical hits are fair? if your next shot is a crit, your weapon glows



What is the strongest Cantrip?

Dungeons & Dragons: 10 Best Cantrips In 5e
  • 8 Message. ...
  • 7 Chill Touch. ...
  • 6 Toll the Dead. ...
  • 5 Guidance. ...
  • 4 Minor Illusion. ...
  • 3 Mind Sliver. ...
  • 2 Mage Hand. ...
  • 1 Shape Water. With Shape Water (Transmutation), casters can do a lot with just an area of water within 30ft that fits a 5-foot cube.
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Does agonizing blast double on a crit?

No. Criticals only double dice.
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Do crits auto hit 5e?

Critical hits only hit regardless of modifiers or the target's AC, but there are other things that can cause an attack to miss. For example, if the target is hiding and the character must guess their location, if they guess wrong then their attack will miss automatically even if they roll a nat 20.
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Can arcane jolt crit?

Nope. Critical hits double damage dice. The healing effect of Arcane Jolt has nothing to do with the damage of the attack.
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Can acid splash crit?

You don't multiply splash damage on a critical hit. The splash trait specifically makes reference to weapons with the splash trait, and attacks with splash weapons. Acid Splash is a spell, not a weapon.
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Can scorching ray crit?

It can't hit, so it can't crit.
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Can you crit with spiritual weapon?

Critical Strikes

Spiritual Weapons can critically strike as the attack counts as a melee spell attack. So, a natural 20 on a roll to hit will crit and double the damage dice. This rule is valid even for subsequent attacks. Attack actions that use a bonus attack as their timing are still attack actions.
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Can you crit with magic missile?

The Magic Missile (PHB) spell creates 3 darts that automatically do 1d4+1 damage to up to three targets at level 1 and makes an additional dart for each level following. Since there is no attack roll this spell normally has no opportunity to crit.
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Can you crit fail a save?

Unlike attack rolls, which have critical hits and critical misses, saving throws don't have critical successes or failures. Using this variant rule, you can allow critical successes and failures on saving throws.
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Can AoE spells crit?

A fireball or a similar AoE spell would not crit. The Unconscious condition does state that (from the SRD p. 359, emphasis mine): Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature.
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What is the best artificer subclass?

My favorite Artificer subclass is the Battle Smith, because Artificers have a spellcasting capacity about as strong as a Paladin or a Ranger. Both Paladins and Rangers both have proficiency in simple and martial weapons.
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Does arcane firearm apply to fireball?

That is effectively what Arcane Firearm does.... The wording on Arcane firearm can also apply to (artificer) spells cast from magic items. Arcane firearm doesn't specify the rod, wand, or staff can't be a magic item, so it can be applied to a wand of fireballs.
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Does Hunter's Mark crit?

Yes, the damage from Hunter's Mark is also doubled on a crit. The section on critical hits says that: If the attack involves other damage dice, such as from the rogue's Sneak Attack feature, you roll those dice twice as well.
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Is a nat 20 an automatic hit?

Automatic hit/success

In several editions of the D&D rules, a natural 20 is an automatic hit on an attack roll, regardless of the opponent's armor class. This occurs in AD&D 1st edition, 2nd edition, D&D 3rd edition, 4th edition, and 5th edition.
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Does divine smite crit?

Yes, a critical hit can benefit Divine Smite.
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Can Eldritch Blast be twinned?

You can only twin Eldritch Blast between level 1 and 4. Once you hit level 5 it shoots 2 beams and can target more than 1 enemy making it an invalid option for Twinning.
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Can Eldritch Blast be quickened?

For those looking to produce as many Eldritch Blast beams as possible within a single round, the Quickened Spell Metamagic option can be utilized to allow a spell with a casting time of one action to be instead cast as a bonus action.
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Why do people like Eldritch Blast?

Eldritch blast will stay reliable for long times, at at higher levels you probaly won't encounter them at all. Why eldritch blast is so good: Invocations. Eldritch Blast is a Warlock only cantrip and the design was so Warlocks could invest this as to be a consistent blaster.
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