Is shape water a good cantrip?
Overall, there are no limits to what a creative player can do with a cantrip like Shape Water. This spell is incredibly versatile, and whether players are in combat, on the road or just sitting at a tavern, they will find a use for Shape Water -- making it just as useful as any Eldritch Blast.
How does 5e shape water?
You choose an area of water that you can see within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways: You instantaneously move or otherwise change the flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any direction. Can you shape water with levitation? Also, the shape water cantrip can move the water up, or it can move it over, but it can't do both. So if an elemental is next to a pond, it requires two Shape Water cantrips to move a 5' cube of water into the elemental's space.
Can I use shape water on holy water?
Shape water cantrip can coat the weapon for an hour. Work with your DM to use two of the features of the shape water cantrip to temporarily coat the blade (for an hour) with frozen holy water. This would work better in a very cold environment than in and around a pool of lava or a red dragon's lair. Does shape water work on Elementals? Also, the shape water cantrip can move the water up, or it can move it over, but it can't do both. So if an elemental is next to a pond, it requires two Shape Water cantrips to move a 5' cube of water into the elemental's space.
Can shape water do damage?
You technically can't use this effect to cause water to pour itself from one class into another in a neat little arc, but you could move the water directly above the other glass and let gravity handle the rest. The movement from this can't cause damage, which makes sense. What can you do with shape water DND? cause the water to form into simple shapes and animate at your direction
- Make water float.
- Raise a wall of water into the air.
- Make an ice wall. (
- Turn water into mist / mist into water.
- Control the water inside of someone's body.
Can you unfreeze with shape water?
You freeze the water, provided that there are no creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action. How do you shape water? Now how do you get the water. There. It's very very simple you're going to have to move the water there or you're going to have to pour the water.
Can shape water affect fog?
Can you use Shape Water to create fog? No, b/c there is a 1st level spell called Fog Cloud which does that. And if it takes a 1st level spell to do it, then a Cantrip cannot.