What defines the “item distasteful to a target” in the components?
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On the spell Banishment, a component it uses is an "item distasteful to the target." With the wording, it is rather vague on what this actually means. What defines an item distasteful to the target? What does it mean exactly?
This is assuming that it is read as written and a focus is not being used to replace it.
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On the spell Banishment, a component it uses is an "item distasteful to the target." With the wording, it is rather vague on what this actually means. What defines an item distasteful to the target? What does it mean exactly?
This is assuming that it is read as written and a focus is not being used to replace it.
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Related questions on How does an upcasted banishment function on creatures with different tastes and Are material components with unique attributes unable to be replaced with a component pouch or spellcasting focus?
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– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
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My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
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– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
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@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
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– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
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While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
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– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
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@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
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On the spell Banishment, a component it uses is an "item distasteful to the target." With the wording, it is rather vague on what this actually means. What defines an item distasteful to the target? What does it mean exactly?
This is assuming that it is read as written and a focus is not being used to replace it.
dnd-5e spells spell-components
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
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On the spell Banishment, a component it uses is an "item distasteful to the target." With the wording, it is rather vague on what this actually means. What defines an item distasteful to the target? What does it mean exactly?
This is assuming that it is read as written and a focus is not being used to replace it.
dnd-5e spells spell-components
dnd-5e spells spell-components
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
edited Jan 28 at 18:37
SevenSidedDie♦
207k31665941
207k31665941
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
asked Jan 28 at 18:14
Shadow Z.Shadow Z.
29219
29219
1
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Related questions on How does an upcasted banishment function on creatures with different tastes and Are material components with unique attributes unable to be replaced with a component pouch or spellcasting focus?
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– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
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My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
$endgroup$
– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
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@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
$endgroup$
– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
4
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While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
1
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@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
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– Captain Man
Jan 29 at 15:47
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show 2 more comments
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Related questions on How does an upcasted banishment function on creatures with different tastes and Are material components with unique attributes unable to be replaced with a component pouch or spellcasting focus?
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– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
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My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
$endgroup$
– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
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@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
$endgroup$
– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
4
$begingroup$
While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
1
$begingroup$
@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 29 at 15:47
1
1
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Related questions on How does an upcasted banishment function on creatures with different tastes and Are material components with unique attributes unable to be replaced with a component pouch or spellcasting focus?
$endgroup$
– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
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Related questions on How does an upcasted banishment function on creatures with different tastes and Are material components with unique attributes unable to be replaced with a component pouch or spellcasting focus?
$endgroup$
– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
$begingroup$
My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
$endgroup$
– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
$begingroup$
My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
$endgroup$
– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
$begingroup$
@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
$endgroup$
– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
$begingroup$
@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
$endgroup$
– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
4
4
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While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
$begingroup$
While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
1
1
$begingroup$
@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 29 at 15:47
$begingroup$
@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
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– Captain Man
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It's not stated
"Distasteful" isn't any status or descriptor in the D&D 5th edition rules, except in the banishment spell. It's up to the DM.
However, the version of banishment in the earlier D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook (p.203) gives a more elaborate example of what items may be "distasteful", and you might use this as inspiration. It includes things which the target hates, fears, or otherwise opposes; particularly things which it is vulnerable to (examples include weapons made from a metal the creature is vulnerable to, or elements it is vulnerable to); and especially certain individual rare items that this individual especially dislikes.
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
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It's not stated
"Distasteful" isn't any status or descriptor in the D&D 5th edition rules, except in the banishment spell. It's up to the DM.
However, the version of banishment in the earlier D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook (p.203) gives a more elaborate example of what items may be "distasteful", and you might use this as inspiration. It includes things which the target hates, fears, or otherwise opposes; particularly things which it is vulnerable to (examples include weapons made from a metal the creature is vulnerable to, or elements it is vulnerable to); and especially certain individual rare items that this individual especially dislikes.
answered Jan 28 at 18:53
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
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– Kapten-N
Jan 29 at 11:14
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It's not stated
"Distasteful" isn't any status or descriptor in the D&D 5th edition rules, except in the banishment spell. It's up to the DM.
However, the version of banishment in the earlier D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook (p.203) gives a more elaborate example of what items may be "distasteful", and you might use this as inspiration. It includes things which the target hates, fears, or otherwise opposes; particularly things which it is vulnerable to (examples include weapons made from a metal the creature is vulnerable to, or elements it is vulnerable to); and especially certain individual rare items that this individual especially dislikes.
answered Jan 28 at 18:53
Quadratic WizardQuadratic Wizard
28.7k393156
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
$endgroup$
– Kapten-N
Jan 29 at 11:14
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It's not stated
"Distasteful" isn't any status or descriptor in the D&D 5th edition rules, except in the banishment spell. It's up to the DM.
However, the version of banishment in the earlier D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook (p.203) gives a more elaborate example of what items may be "distasteful", and you might use this as inspiration. It includes things which the target hates, fears, or otherwise opposes; particularly things which it is vulnerable to (examples include weapons made from a metal the creature is vulnerable to, or elements it is vulnerable to); and especially certain individual rare items that this individual especially dislikes.
answered Jan 28 at 18:53
Quadratic WizardQuadratic Wizard
28.7k393156
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It's not stated
"Distasteful" isn't any status or descriptor in the D&D 5th edition rules, except in the banishment spell. It's up to the DM.
However, the version of banishment in the earlier D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook (p.203) gives a more elaborate example of what items may be "distasteful", and you might use this as inspiration. It includes things which the target hates, fears, or otherwise opposes; particularly things which it is vulnerable to (examples include weapons made from a metal the creature is vulnerable to, or elements it is vulnerable to); and especially certain individual rare items that this individual especially dislikes.
answered Jan 28 at 18:53
Quadratic WizardQuadratic Wizard
28.7k393156
answered Jan 28 at 18:53
Quadratic WizardQuadratic Wizard
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answered Jan 28 at 18:53
Quadratic WizardQuadratic Wizard
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answered Jan 28 at 18:53
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
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– Kapten-N
Jan 29 at 11:14
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
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Like banishing your mother with the porn mags under your bed! ...sorry.
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– NautArch
Jan 28 at 18:18
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My sorcerer carries around a little vial of feces for Banishment. It's humorous but also effective since it's a pretty universally distasteful material. That way, he doesn't have to keep track of which substances a particular monster finds distasteful.
$endgroup$
– Rykara
Jan 28 at 19:17
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@Rykara What happens if he needs to banish a dire dung beetle?
$endgroup$
– JAB
Jan 28 at 21:02
4
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While it's not exactly an answer, it's worth noting that regardless of what that means you can still use your component pouch or other focus to cast the spell. By extension that implies there is something everyone finds distasteful in a component pouch.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 28 at 22:29
1
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@Kapten-N You're right, it's not like a bag of holding, but it does say that you can use it for any of your "free" components. So in some sense, it is like a bad of holding if you take the rules really literally (it would have to be able to contain infinite things). Like a bag of holding combined with the Room of Requirement from Harry Potter I suppose. You couldn't just reach in and grab anything unless you were casting a spell.
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
Jan 29 at 15:47