Haha great point!

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I would agree, the way the spells worded is a little strange

Haha I feel like that's the most common use I see these days

Honesty I'm going to have to do a video series on the separate schools of magic!

Evocation: if the primary purpose of the spell is creating or destroying energy (the stuff you learn about in physics and chemistry class) it’s evocation. If it does a damage type that isn’t force slashing bludgeoning necrotic acid poison or psychic, it’s an evocation spell. Sending message and healing magic are also evocation for no reason. (But not all healing magic this rule tends to be overwritten for example a healing magic that ends magical effects is abjuration, healing magic that conjures a spirit is conjuration and healing magic that heals one target and does necrotic damage to another is necromancy) Conjuration: the art of bringing forth. If the target location of the spell has some PHYSICAL matter that wasn’t there before it’s conjuration. Concentration spells usually create creatures, or physical objects. It can do poison acid or physical damage. Teleportation is also conjuration. As is wish for some reason even though abjuration would fit better for its ability to target other spells and it’s association to the weave. Enchantment: the magic of sentience. Charms fears frightens change the behavior of mortals emboldening hastening the target or bestows sentience on objects. if the target behaves different having been affected by a spell it’s likely enchantment. Abjuration: the art of renouncing. Abjuration spells are overwhelmingly purely defensive buffs, should those buffs not fit into enchantment or transmutation better. Abjuration is also the only school or magic that uniquely targets extra planar beings or other spells. Thus contingency dispel magic and glyph of warding are abjuration. And Even when spells like banishment seem like conjuration or planar binding like enchantment, spells that have unique interactions with extra planar beings are abjuration. Abjuration also includes spells like Druid grove or hollow that can have one or more different effects that would be distinctly in different schools of magic. Necromancy: death magic. It’s simple. If it can do necrotic damage, targets a corpse, or has the words “death” “dead” “dies” “disease” or “curse” anywhere in the description of the spell. It’s necromancy. Transmutation: if it obeys the law of conservation of mass and energy but changes the properties of an object it’s transmutation. Making things harder faster better stronger move animate erupt. If you don’t understand it watch full metal alchemist. Good anime. Illusion: the simplest. If you see it but can’t touch it it’s an illusion. If you can sense it but it’s not real. It’s an illusion. All illusion spells work this way where the spell doesn’t hold up to scrutiny except for phantasmal force which forces the target to rationalize it. Illusion magic can only do psychic damage if at all and tends to rely on intelligence. Illusions are rather consistent in the functionality that illusions aren’t real. Otherwise they’d be conjuration. There really aren’t any illusion spells that shouldn’t be illusion or spells that should be illusion that aren’t. Divination. The second simplest after illusion. Divination is magic where the caster or the target LEARNS something from casting the spell. They provide information. Answering questions extra sensory perception, and guidance. Generally the approximate school will be good enough. If something does damage your players won’t get mad at you for “poison isn’t a damage done by evocation magic” but if something charms you when you touch it and you said it was illusion, the school of magic that marks objects that do nothing when you touch them. The confusion will disappoint inteligent players who trusted that an object glowing as an illusion isn’t real Each spell or spell effect has only 1 school choose the most prominent and fitting effect when deciding the school. Magic items may also be magic without a school involved. Not always though

It would still count as a 1st level spell, you'd just have the ability to take a little longer casting it instead of using a spell slot!

yeah you need to stand there doing ritual shit for about 10 minutes to cast it

Identifying magic traps and what kinda trap they are, secret doorways, spotting magic items on invisible enemies, spotting enemies through walls that have magic items, figuring out of somethings shape has changed from magic like wild shape or polymorph, discovering unbeknownst curses, ruling out magical cheating in contests, and seeing through illusions essentially since the whole thing lights up with illusion aura. Lotta potential.

Haha thanks!

Good point!

I as a DM allow them to know the area they are in

Do you know if detect magic can detect monsters like mimics?

@@chinchillacat9964 No it can only detect spells and magical effects a mimic is literally changing shape without using magic so no detect magic will not help with this like that.

@@madmachanicest9955 ok, thank you

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