If you aren't satisfied with the DM's ruling, the best thing is to discuss it with them.Īs a player, I find it frustrating when things don't work the way I expect, but once I find out how it's going to work in the future, then I can make plans based on that, even if I'm not completely happy. You may find at you progress in levels that the practical effect of tidal wave canceling fog cloud is not all that significant. It's not clear from your question what class or level you are, but it's worth noting that fog cloud is a concentration spell, and since you can only have one concentration spell in effect at a time, you may find that you have many other choices available to you.Īt 3rd level tritons can cast gust of wind and at 5th they can cast wall of water, and these are also concentration spells, as are many, many others. The logic is perhaps similar to your DM's reasoning, although perhaps not all DMs would agree. It notes that thunderwave could, based on DM fiat, disperse the fog. This question discusses spells that will end the effect. It's not clear from your description what the DM's reasoning was for allowing tidal wave to disperse fog cloud, but while the spell does not say it, it's not completely crazy that tidal wave's wave of water disperses a cloud. It's the DM's job to make sure in your particular game that the game is playable, and they presumably had specific reasons for the ruling they made. There is nothing in the tidal wave spell that suggests that it causes a wind or disperses clouds of any kind, whether caused by fog cloud or something else. Lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it. Rules as written, tidal wave does not disperse fog cloud This says nothing about dispersing fog, so do we just assume it does?Įdit: I know there are other spells that can disperse Fog Cloud but I saw no Water spells like Tidal Wave listed. The water then spreads out across the ground in all directions, extinguishing unprotected flames in its area and within 30 feet of it, and then it vanishes. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone. On a failed save, a creature takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone.
Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw.
The area can be up to 30 feet long, up to 10 feet wide, and up to 10 feet tall. You conjure up a wave of water that crashes down on an area within range. Since Create/Destroy Water can disperse a Fog Cloud, would this mean that Tidal Wave destroys it too?
I was arguing with the other players because the DM had decided that Tidal Wave now can remove Fog Cloud. Is there more I'm missing from this where Fog Cloud can be dispersed by other spells than "Wind" based spells? It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured. You create a 20-foot-radius sphere of fog centered on a point within range. It clearly states that "if your concentration is broken, the elemental doesn't disappear (PHB, 225)." Such text is not present in Fog Cloud, and so it seems probable that it is supposed to end if concentration is broken.įor these three reasons I would rule that Fog Cloud ends immediately if concentration is broken.Īs an interesting side note, a 10 mph wind clocks in at 3 on the Beaufort Scale (wikipedia link), which corresponds to a "gentle breeze" where "leaves and small twigs constantly moving.Hi I play Tritons (in D&D 5E) and they have this neat trait called Fog Cloud. Given that the designers did make it a concentration spell, I would assume that being a concentration spell is supposed to have some impact on its effects.įor an example of a spell that does continue after losing concentration look at Conjure Elemental. Conversely, if it didn't end when concentration ended, then it would make no difference at all if we removed concentration from the spell. It introduces ways that the spell can end early. If it disappears when concentration is broken, then concentration is important to the spell's effect. Next, let's look at how the spell would behave depending on whether or not it instantly vanishes when concentration ends. We might conclude that Fog Cloud, as a concentration spell, ends when concentration ends. Regarding spells requiring concentration PHB page 203 states "if you lose concentration, such a spell ends." It's pretty clear that this occurs instantly and not over a duration.
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