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How does Calm Emotions work in #dnd?
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Apr 9, 2025
#dnd bards out here using Calm Emotions to get their fans to chill so that they can sneak out the back of the tavern. #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsandsragons
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the spell calm emotions in the 2024 DD
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rules is a little bit complicated So let
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me dig into it and explain how it works
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So uh when you cast the spell it's an
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action 60 ft range verbal and sematic
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spell components Pretty typical
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concentration one minute duration Each
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humanoid in a 20ft radius sphere
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centered on a point you choose within
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range must succeed on a charisma saving
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throw or be affected by one of the
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following effects And then you choose
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for each creature Now notably one of the
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effects is a buff one of the effects is
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a debuff And this seems a little silly
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because like why would I choose to buff
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an enemy or why would I gamble on my
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allies failing the save to get the buff
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but remember in the 2024 D and D rules
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you can choose to fail a saving throw So
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if your allies are in the area you can
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guaranteed give them the buff by
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choosing the buff option So the buff is
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immunity to the charmed and frightened
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conditions and it'll remove those
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conditions if they're already there And
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then the debuff option is the creature
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becomes indifferent about creatures of
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your choice that it's hostile toward
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This indifference ends if the target
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takes damage or witnesses its allies
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taking damage When the spell ends the
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creature's attitude returns to normal So
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this is there to disarm fights If you go
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into a room and there's a bunch of
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hostile enemies over there ready to
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attack you you hit them with calm
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emotions and they become indifferent to
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you So it's like you're just you're just
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there You're some person They have no
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strong feelings about you one way or the
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other Um and this will hopefully prevent
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enemies from attacking you Now a
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creature might still fight a creature
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that is indifferent towards if it has a
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good reason to do so like if it's
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defending something that it considers
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valuable or important So there is a lot
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of room for DM interpretation here But
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at the very least they're not going to
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attack you because they dislike you Um
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at the same time it also makes friendly
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creatures indifferent toward you So you
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could in theory use this on someone who
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likes you a lot to get them to leave you
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alone So like if you're being followed
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by a crowd of fans or something you
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could hit them with calm emotions They
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would feel indifferent toward you and
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then you could probably
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