Can you dispel a simulacrum?

One of the biggest weaknesses of a Simulacrum is its susceptibility to Dispel Magic (as the duration says "until dispelled"). So, dispelling a Simulacrum "kills" it in some way. The Death Ward spell protects against the first effect that would kill the target.

Can Dispel magic destroy a simulacrum?

Yes, Dispel Magic works on the simulacrum.

How do you counter simulacrum?

If the simulacrum is damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 gp per hit point it regains. The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.

Does Antimagic field dispel simulacrum?

The simulacrum would wink out while suppressed

Per the effect description for Antimagic Field: A creature or object summoned or created by magic temporarily winks out of existence in the sphere. Such a creature instantly reappears once the space the creature occupied is no longer within the sphere.

Can you detect a simulacrum?

The simulacrum feels slightly cold to the touch (owing to the face that a simulacrum is made of snow and/or ice) The real wizard always carries a certain magic staff, but the simulacrum is never seen with it.

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Can a simulacrum reproduce?

The Simulacrum is a Construct

As such, any human mating with a Simulacrum would not be the same species, thus rendering true reproduction impossible.

Can a simulacrum have a familiar?

You can't use Simulacrum on a familiar. Simulacrum only works on Beasts or Humanoids - and Find Familiar specifically says the creature summoned becomes a Celestial / Fey / Fiend instead of a Beast.

Can you dispel simulacrum 5e?

One of the biggest weaknesses of a Simulacrum is its susceptibility to Dispel Magic (as the duration says "until dispelled"). So, dispelling a Simulacrum "kills" it in some way. The Death Ward spell protects against the first effect that would kill the target.

Is a simulacrum a construct?

The 2018 PHB errata has specified that the simulacrum is now considered to be a construct. As such, many healing spells will not even work on it explicitly. However, this does not change any of the logic above saying that simulacrum cannot be healed by means other than the one offered in the spell.

Do Warlocks get dispel magic?

Dispel Magic is a darling of arcane magic in D&D, present on almost every spellcasters' spell lists. Bards, Clerics, Druids, Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards will be able to cast Dispel Magic starting at the 5th level when they get their first 3rd level spell slots.

Can you twin simulacrum?

Yes, Simulacrum can be twinned

Just to take the first line of the Simulacrum spell: You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or humanoid that is within range for the entire casting time of the spell.

Can a simulacrum act independently?

It's not actually the creature you duplicated, though. So if the creature you copied was fiercely independent and highly intelligent, the simulacrum would be fiercely independent, highly intelligent, but also always friendly to you and following your orders to the best of its abilities.

Can a simulacrum cast magic jar?

RAW, nothing prevents a simulacrum from casting magic jar.

That being said, there is nothing mechanically that would prevent a simulacrum with a 6th level slot from casting magic jar on itself. You have correctly observed that the only target mentioned is "self" with no creature type limitations.

Does a simulacrum need rest?

There is no reason a simulacrum cannot sleep or take a long rest. The spell description for simulacrum states: the illusion uses all the statistics of the creature it duplicates, except that it is a construct. So mechanically, the simulacrum is identical to the original, except its creature type is "construct".

Can a simulacrum cast wish?

Ah—so simulacra can never cast 9th level spells! I will have to inform the player of the level-20 bard from the end of my last campaign. Simulacrum is a 7th level spell my dude. Unless your player is Wish-duplicating it, it should have a 9th level spell slot.

Does simulacrum copy equipment?

So, yes the simulacrum you created will have class features and proficiencies of the creature it duplicated.

Can a simulacrum change spells?

So the short answer is, the simulacrum can cast rituals so long as they have the spellbook handy. They cannot change memorized spells ever.

Can a simulacrum attune?

Yes, it can use items

Otherwise, the illusion uses all the statistics of the duplicated creature. It can use items provided to it, and attune with them as normal.

Do simulacrum have souls?

As for "soul" there is nothing to say the Simulacrum lacks a soul and it does say it a duplicate of the original creature and basically the same except for the specifically mentioned differences. So, RAW the Simulacrum casts the spells.

Can you dispel magic polymorph?

Spells like Dispel Magic would not affect a permanent True Polymorph.

How does simulacrum work?

In-game. When cast, creates a bloody entity (visually, a skinless human body) that will, without any additional cost, duplicate any Essence-spending skills (Secondary skills: Death Nova, Bone Spear, Skeletal Mage) at any nearby target of its choice.

Can a simulacrum cast clone?

Yes, because the simulacrum is a creature. The points you present are plausible reasons for why a DM might disallow cloning a simulacrum in their own campaign setting, but a strict reading of the rules shows that you can clone a simulacrum.

Can simulacrum use spell scrolls?

Nothing happens to the wizard's simulacrum.

The wizard would have to cast the spell again to destroy his simulacrum. When someone else uses a spell scroll the wizard made, that someone is casting the spell, not the wizard, so someone else casting the spell doesn't affect the wizard's simulacrum.

Does a simulacrum have all spell slots?

Your spell slots are part of your statistics, so if you cast Simulacrum on yourself, the simulacrum you create has the same spell slots that you had when the spell was cast.