Can Simulacrum Be Dispelled?

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Can be dispelled?

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

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Can you melt simulacrum?

The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 Hit Points, at which point it reverts to snow and

melts instantly

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Does Antimagic field dispel simulacrum?

The Simulacrum spell enables to make an illusory copy of a humanoid or beast by giving magic to a statue of snow or ice (that contains hair/fingernails/etc.). While inside an antimagic zone (from the Antimagic Field spell, a beholder's eye cone, etc.),

spells are suppressed

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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.

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.

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 you clone a simulacrum?


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 a simulacrum get pregnant?

The Simulacrum is a Construct

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

true reproduction impossible

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Can simulacrum use hit dice?


Yes, the simulacrum can regain hit points using hit dice

. The simulacrum spell description says, in part: […] The duplicate is a creature, partially real and formed from ice or snow, and it can take actions and otherwise be affected as a normal creature.

Does Antimagic field end polymorph?

Antimagic Field is an effect on all magical effects in the area, regardless of what they apply to. As such,

Antimagic Field would (temporarily) remove both polymorph effects

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How do you dispel an Antimagic field?

Level: Clr 8, Magic 6, Protection 6, Sor/Wiz 6 Range: 10 ft. Area: 10-ft.-radius emanation, centered on you Duration: 10 min./level (D) Saving Throw: None

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

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Can a simulacrum cast magic jar?

RAW,

nothing prevents a simulacrum from casting magic jar

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Can you dispel magic polymorph?


A permanent magical effect can be dispelled unless the spell explicitly clarifies that it cannot be

. True Polymorph fits into this category, which means that it can be dispelled.

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 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. The target is one beast or humanoid within range touch.

Can simulacrum regain ki points?


RAW, yes

. There is no restriction on the Simulacrum's ability to regain other expendable class feature. Additionally, any creature can take a short or long rest (and thereby restore the expended class features).

What CR is a Tarrasque?

Size/Type:

Colossal Magical Beast
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares) Armor Class: 35 (-8 size, +3 Dex, +30 natural), touch 5, flat-footed 32 Base Attack/Grapple: +48/+81 Attack: Bite +57 melee (4d8+17/18-20/×3)

Can a simulacrum use scrolls?


Nothing happens to the wizard's simulacrum

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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.

Can a simulacrum eat?

While it is a creature, it is also an illusion. As an illusion it is not completely unreasonable to argue it is sustained by the magic that makes it, not by biology; therefore

a simulacrum does not have to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe

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What is Anna's mom's maiden name in simulacra?

In the “mail” app, Anna's mother has been seen sending her an email. The maiden name is “

Hardy

Who played Anna in simulacra?


Wendy Van Horen Carneiro

is an actress, known for Message Sent (2020) and (2017).

Can a simulacrum be healed by spells?


The Simulacrum is excluded from most healing magic

already

As such, many healing spells will not even work on it. Show activity on this post. For all intents and purposes, it is a creature. This means that any magic or other effects that affect creatures can affect it.

How smart is a simulacrum 5e?

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 spells?

The simulacrum lacks the ability to learn or become more powerful, so it never increases its level or other abilities, nor can it regain expended spell slots. It is a duplicate, so

yes it can cast (ritual) spells

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Can you true polymorph into an NPC?


No, you as a player cannot craft a new creature

, you may only choose a creature from a source book, or that your DM has created, so long as such creature has a challenge rating.

Can true polymorph be dispelled?

True Polymorph isn't permanent, as in

you cannot ever dispel it

or avoid suppressing it, because it remains an active spell with a duration and ending qualifiers.

Can wizards cast true polymorph?

Does psionics work in an Antimagic field?


Yes, a mystic's psionics would be suppressed by an antimagic field

. Antimagic field says: Spells and other magical effects, except those created by an artifact or a deity, are suppressed in the sphere and can't protrude into it. So anything that is a spell or other type of magical effect will be suppressed.

Can a Druid Wildshape in an Antimagic field?

It was confirmed by Jeremy Crawford in Sage Advice that

Antimagic Field (and therefore the Beholder's Antimagic Eye Cone) suspends the Druid's Wild Shape

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Can you cast spells through an Antimagic field?

Can simulacrum get temporary hit points?

Temporary hit points “aren't actual hit points” so gaining them does not represent recovering hit points in any way,

they are an effect of a spell or ability so the simulacrum can gain the benefit

, just as they can wear Gauntlets of Ogre power to give them 19 strength.

Can a simulacrum attune to items?


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.

Does a simulacrum have memories?

The simulacrum

does not have any memories

or knowledge (apart from the general stuff that the proficiencies would give) of the original. And it was as such during almost all editions of D&D.

Can simulacrum use class abilities?


Yes – class features and proficiencies are included in a creature's statistics

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