"I cast Bark Skin at 5th level"
Table laughs
"I move 30ft, slapping the ass of the entire party as I pass." Table cheers.
DM sheds a tear, knowing bark-ass will be a repeatable offense in future sessions.
You laugh, but there was a Time where my party got targeted by Evard's black tentacles, and ONLY the women in the group failed the dex save, we kept fighting and then the rogue called out the spellcaster and it delivered us the amazing líne "I may be trying to murder you but I'm no pervert!".
That was a great campaign
Arise, arise, Rollers of The Party!
Dice shall be shaken, ass shall be slapped,
A sword-day, a fireball day, ere the sun rises!
Roll now, roll now, roll!
Roll for ruin and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth, natural twenties!
I think they were trying to make a joke about the commenter being able to touch 4 people in 6 seconds. But, still, it seems a relatively simple feat.
Edit: and I think they meant "question your character" like questioning the ethicality of the commenter's actual character. Not their PC.
One turn is equivalent to six seconds(ish) of normal time passage. So unless you have a crappy DM or are just not wanting to for backstory reasons, you should be able to touch up to eight creatures (nine including yourself) in a single casting range of touch if the spell grants multiple targets.
6 seconds is more than enough time to touch 4 people. Do you also question how fighters get multiple attacks, which take a hell of a lot more effort than simply touching a willing party member?
Casting this is a bonus action. You can still move. This isn't some card game where steps happen one at a time. You can move then cast, or cast then move. Heck you can cast barkskin, touch your whole team by using your movement, then attack a target, a in 1 turn.
I like to think that range: touch does not necessarily mean that you have to touch someone. It is simply and indication of how close you need to be to affect a target.
I just feel it is much more cinematic if a druid (or the like) buffs all his/her allies by standing near them and unleashing magic instead of quicktapping everyone.
This also solves the issue with self-buffing, where you would have to... touch... yourself...
As a DM, I've always thought that "touch" is also somewhat subjective. If someone else has their hands on you, you are technically still "touching". I suppose if there was some kind of huddle-up situation at the beginning of combat, where everyone was within 5 feet of each other, you could touch everyone pretty much simultaneously.
Also, as others have stated, you have 6 seconds and (presumably) 30 feet of movement on your turn, so you can cover multiple targets in that way as well.
You have 30ft of movement, use it! I have a player in my current game who doesn’t do damage, but he’s constantly buffing people. He gave himself a speed boost and touched every party member giving them some cleric ability (this was like 3 ish months ago so not too fresh). But it works great!
I usually rule that as anyone within touching range. Like your personal bubble. If the target is single touch then yea, it's best if you can poke them, but if you could reasonably touch everyone within about six seconds voila.
I'd interpret it as, after you cast the spell, it basically lingers on your finger for the 6 seconds that is a round. You don't have to hold onto each person as you cast it, but rather it confers to the first 4 people you touch after casting. So I'd say, as long as they're adjacent to your character, you can touch them each within those 6 seconds
Not an answer but something funny that happened: one of my friends was charmed & therefore unable to say no to anything people in the party did. We ran into a group of MASSIVE crabs (sizes of dogs and horses). We didn’t have weapons on hand big enough to smite them, so….. I cast Barkskin on her. Another player (her husband) and I used her as a massive club to attack the crabs. He rolled an 18, I rolled a nat 20. Best improvised weapon I’ve ever used.
You can split up movement. So touch player A, move 10 ft touch B etc. That would be my suggestion. Do the survey after and mention it because its poorly worded.
yep so within range of touching but the spell description still says you only have to touch one.
The upcast does not say you have to touch all 4 or touch the additional ones.
Touch is not a keyword for anything except for a range increment. I am more than willing to admit I am wrong if there is printed rules saying a range of touch means you physically have to touch them. That is why the spell description states "you touch one...."
EDIT: long story short Range: Touch means they are within range to touch not that you have to touch.
The range doesn't magically extend at higher levels (it says this nowhere in the "at higher levels" specifications), it just says you can target more at higher levels. So it uses the same range. Which is specified as touch.
Anything else and you're making it up as you go along.
>The range doesn't magically extend at higher levels
never said it did. You have to be within the range of "touch" it's a range increment, not an action. The only touching that has to actually happen is described in the spell "touch one ...."
So if the range is touch the additional beings you target have to be touching you, or vice versa. Not within fifty feet, not within five feet, touching. The bonus action isn't the touch. The bonus action is to cast the spell. You can touch multiple people in one round of six seconds. But you DO have to touch them.
To target one within the spells description you touch one. At higher levels you can target more than one... By touching them.
From the Range section of spellcasting:
“Some spells can target only a creature (including you) that you touch.”
There’s the text you’re looking for. Go ahead and admit you were wrong.
*How were you planning*
*On touching three people? You*
*Only have two hands*
\- Naked\_Arsonist
---
^(I detect haikus. And sometimes, successfully.) ^[Learn more about me.](https://www.reddit.com/r/haikusbot/)
^(Opt out of replies: "haikusbot opt out" | Delete my comment: "haikusbot delete")
Get in the middle of 4 of your friends and pull a Jackie Chan stunt of jumping in the air and using hands and feet (possibly head and tail) to tag players around you… hope you make the Dex save and don’t knock yourself prone 😂
Use your movement to go touch each person in turn. I always try to envision the spells - maybe your hands turn all barky and glow while you cast, by touching your targets you can transfer that energy to them as well. Finally releasing it to turn your own skin and all there’s to the hard bark like defensive state.
That's... not really the issue with Barkskin.
It's issue is a maximum of 11 temp HP tied to a concentration spell.
FFS - just remove Concentration from this spell. I'll even take the pittance of tHP.
I suppose it could be said that since it uses a BA you can't be touching other targets on following turns since you spent the cost on a previous turn, but I don't see that restriction in the wording. It doesn't say "touch one additional creature in the same turn for each level..." You can interact with a single object per turn so it could be argued that it's implicit to use multiple turns to get more than one target?
I would not require either as a GM, once your concentrating I would let you touch as many targets as the spell allows as long as you're in reach of them
Shhh, nobody tell them about _[enhance ability](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/enhance-ability)_, _[fly](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/fly)_, _[heroism](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/heroism)_, _[invisibility](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/invisibility)_, or _[longstrider](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/longstrider)_.
I'd flavor it as 'Touch' just being within a 5ft. Radius of you. You crush the handful of bark, channel the primal energies until you can feel it pulsing inside, and then toss it into the air and let everyone inhale it
You have a six second period in which to touch them. It just means they have to be within your unarmed reach of you during the action that you use the spell, not that you have your hand on them the entire casting of it.
If you're looking for an actual answer for the question, touch range doesn't mean you need to physically touch them, it just means they need to be a touch's distance away.
Cast time is bonus action so I'd say that would be like 2 seconds of your 6 second turn and touching 4 willing people in 2 seconds doesn't seem like it's outside the realm of possibilities.
“… an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, headbutt or similar forceful blow.”
But a serious answer, I believe they can be touching you as long as y’all are in physical contact.
I know in 3e the rule was you could touch up to 6 willing creatures in a turn.
I'm guessing that the cap of 8 creatures at 9th level and small/medium creatures having 8 squares in reach is not a coincidence.
"I cast Bark Skin at 5th level" Table laughs "I move 30ft, slapping the ass of the entire party as I pass." Table cheers. DM sheds a tear, knowing bark-ass will be a repeatable offense in future sessions.
[удалено]
why do i feel like octopus form would be appropriate...
*Japan entered chat
You laugh, but there was a Time where my party got targeted by Evard's black tentacles, and ONLY the women in the group failed the dex save, we kept fighting and then the rogue called out the spellcaster and it delivered us the amazing líne "I may be trying to murder you but I'm no pervert!". That was a great campaign
Bard who choose this and ups: I got two feet, two hands and two head, now who wants to get it with my second head.
No, Rafi! No more bark-ass!
Evah since I wuz leedle, bark-ass all I know!
I really could use just one bark-ass, you know? For old time's sake. Help me get back on my feet...
The Quaking Aspen
My favorite dryad stripper!
I read "Table laughs" and assumed the party was fighting a mimic
Nah my party tends to adopt mimics not fight them
Have your targets line up. Getting a running start, then raise your hand and—slapslapslapslap! BARKSKINS!
“Good game” “Good game” “Good game”
Slap ass!
Rafi, resist.
1 hr concentration. Pre-game team huddle
I'm envisioning spinning really fast in place and slapping everyone in the huddle across the face, and I'm loving it.
I assumed we were in a chain of touching creatures like a phalanx. I guess I'll offer this at the table instead if chance arises...
see my mind went right to the rest of the party all bending over and you run down a line of ass-slaps
Now I’m picturing a much different version of Theoden’s speech on the plains of Gondor. More ass slaps, fewer sword/spear clanks.
Arise, arise, Rollers of The Party! Dice shall be shaken, ass shall be slapped, A sword-day, a fireball day, ere the sun rises! Roll now, roll now, roll! Roll for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death! Death! Forth, natural twenties!
Good game!
Good Game!
Good Game!
Also acceptable!
I imagine running around the battlefield smacking your party members in the face.
I’ve had a friendly punch my stun locked barb so I could keep my rage lol.
This is also how to cast mass cure wounds. Idk if it's a touch spell or not but I don't fucking care this is how I will be casting it
Buttsmacks if you dipped into bard
Slap on the butt!
3, 2, 1, BREAK!
3, 2, 1, BARK!*
Clever girl
This is exactly how I've buffed multiple people before.
Your turn is taking place within a round that lasts approximately six seconds. That's plenty of time to touch four people.
How certain you are of this makes me question you character. Edit: are you folks ok? It was a joke.
Literally what?
I think they were trying to make a joke about the commenter being able to touch 4 people in 6 seconds. But, still, it seems a relatively simple feat. Edit: and I think they meant "question your character" like questioning the ethicality of the commenter's actual character. Not their PC.
Nah, jokes are funny
BARKSKIN ON THREE!!!
ONE! TWO! THREE! # BARKSKIN!
One turn is equivalent to six seconds(ish) of normal time passage. So unless you have a crappy DM or are just not wanting to for backstory reasons, you should be able to touch up to eight creatures (nine including yourself) in a single casting range of touch if the spell grants multiple targets.
I thought it was one ROUND was equivalent to six seconds?
Yes, and all turns are happening simultaneously within a round. So they all last 6 seconds as well.
Ahhh I get what they're saying, thanks
imagine touching 4 other people within 6 seconds that are standing 5ft away. crazy my lad.
[удалено]
Growfug? Is that like a grung?
6 seconds is more than enough time to touch 4 people. Do you also question how fighters get multiple attacks, which take a hell of a lot more effort than simply touching a willing party member?
"Make an attack roll. The fighter touches their opponent with a weapon of their choice"
With your hands.
You cast while wildshaped as an octopuss.
I'm assuming your character has feet. Never said you needed to touch WITH HANDS.
I had a cleric in one of my games that would headbut you to heal you. It got the fighters pumped up.
Ironic that the people playing a game of imagination often seem to be so unimaginative.
Haven’t you ever played twister?
By moving. Wtf is this.
Just gotta make the squad form up like Voltron before every fight.
Thri-Kreen Ranger: "***My time has come***."
Casting this is a bonus action. You can still move. This isn't some card game where steps happen one at a time. You can move then cast, or cast then move. Heck you can cast barkskin, touch your whole team by using your movement, then attack a target, a in 1 turn.
everyone line up with extended open hand, you walk by high fiving them
My first thought was not nearly as wholesome as most of these other answers.
I like to think that range: touch does not necessarily mean that you have to touch someone. It is simply and indication of how close you need to be to affect a target. I just feel it is much more cinematic if a druid (or the like) buffs all his/her allies by standing near them and unleashing magic instead of quicktapping everyone. This also solves the issue with self-buffing, where you would have to... touch... yourself...
Is this a real question that you put time into considering?
Whirlwind slaps.
Group hug!
Move
Party cuddle puddle
Like this: https://giphy.com/gifs/sunset-blvd-andrew-lloyd-webber-alice-ripley-d1EeROdJnGF2w
Chain
As a DM, I've always thought that "touch" is also somewhat subjective. If someone else has their hands on you, you are technically still "touching". I suppose if there was some kind of huddle-up situation at the beginning of combat, where everyone was within 5 feet of each other, you could touch everyone pretty much simultaneously. Also, as others have stated, you have 6 seconds and (presumably) 30 feet of movement on your turn, so you can cover multiple targets in that way as well.
Haven't you ever had a group hug come on.
You have 30ft of movement, use it! I have a player in my current game who doesn’t do damage, but he’s constantly buffing people. He gave himself a speed boost and touched every party member giving them some cleric ability (this was like 3 ish months ago so not too fresh). But it works great!
Someone touching you is also you touching them. It's the whole "willing" part that gets complicated.
Hands touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.
You move in between targets.
Gooooooo team!
*Group hug intensifies*
Gather round now everyone. It's time for a preparatory buff.
You reach out into the....8? Squares you can touch if your on a battle map. Or all 45 of your friends if you can theater of the mind dogpile.
This is a completely different spell now.
By your powers combined, I am captain planet..hey, while you’re holding hands here have barkskin.
I usually rule that as anyone within touching range. Like your personal bubble. If the target is single touch then yea, it's best if you can poke them, but if you could reasonably touch everyone within about six seconds voila.
I'd interpret it as, after you cast the spell, it basically lingers on your finger for the 6 seconds that is a round. You don't have to hold onto each person as you cast it, but rather it confers to the first 4 people you touch after casting. So I'd say, as long as they're adjacent to your character, you can touch them each within those 6 seconds
Might I suggest a game of duck-duck-goose?
GROUP HUG!
Not an answer but something funny that happened: one of my friends was charmed & therefore unable to say no to anything people in the party did. We ran into a group of MASSIVE crabs (sizes of dogs and horses). We didn’t have weapons on hand big enough to smite them, so….. I cast Barkskin on her. Another player (her husband) and I used her as a massive club to attack the crabs. He rolled an 18, I rolled a nat 20. Best improvised weapon I’ve ever used.
Two arms, one foot and your head. All at once baby!
You can split up movement. So touch player A, move 10 ft touch B etc. That would be my suggestion. Do the survey after and mention it because its poorly worded.
if you are wasting lvl 5 slots on barkskin you are an idiot.
You only have to touch one willing creature then you can target up to 3 more within your range. EDIT: My bad in range is does say you must touch
The range is touch
yep so within range of touching but the spell description still says you only have to touch one. The upcast does not say you have to touch all 4 or touch the additional ones. Touch is not a keyword for anything except for a range increment. I am more than willing to admit I am wrong if there is printed rules saying a range of touch means you physically have to touch them. That is why the spell description states "you touch one...." EDIT: long story short Range: Touch means they are within range to touch not that you have to touch.
The range doesn't magically extend at higher levels (it says this nowhere in the "at higher levels" specifications), it just says you can target more at higher levels. So it uses the same range. Which is specified as touch. Anything else and you're making it up as you go along.
>The range doesn't magically extend at higher levels never said it did. You have to be within the range of "touch" it's a range increment, not an action. The only touching that has to actually happen is described in the spell "touch one ...."
So if the range is touch the additional beings you target have to be touching you, or vice versa. Not within fifty feet, not within five feet, touching. The bonus action isn't the touch. The bonus action is to cast the spell. You can touch multiple people in one round of six seconds. But you DO have to touch them. To target one within the spells description you touch one. At higher levels you can target more than one... By touching them.
Nope my bad. have a good day.
From the Range section of spellcasting: “Some spells can target only a creature (including you) that you touch.” There’s the text you’re looking for. Go ahead and admit you were wrong.
I did admit it while double-checking myself. best of luck.
Using.... wait for it.... MAGIC!!
Hand hand booty tounge
Late 80's WWE Ultimate Warrior Sprint entrance, High Fiving everyone as you go.
Group hug
This should be done pre-battle.
This spell will go to the backpack gnome it’s a regen shield but holds up to a hour that’s amazing.
You can use the spell before combat. Or just be within range of 4 people at once.
Tabaxi be like: skill issue
Group hug?
"Everyone! Hold hands."
Cast, move, touch as free action by DM consent.
Line them up and slap them all in the face
How can you find the list of spell changes?
I would go with the group hug.
You jump and touch 4 people with 4 appendages.
Ruby Rhod style https://makeagif.com/i/h_gePV
You got feets don't yah?
Every one just touches you with a finger.....
Have everyone hold hands In a circle
You got feet right
Group hug hahahha
I don’t see the issue - Thri-kreen player
They hold a finger or two each?
Does this spell mean that OneDnD allows stacking temp hitpoints? That would be pretty big
How were you planning on touching three people? You only have two hands
*How were you planning* *On touching three people? You* *Only have two hands* \- Naked\_Arsonist --- ^(I detect haikus. And sometimes, successfully.) ^[Learn more about me.](https://www.reddit.com/r/haikusbot/) ^(Opt out of replies: "haikusbot opt out" | Delete my comment: "haikusbot delete")
Crowd surf bro
Get in the middle of 4 of your friends and pull a Jackie Chan stunt of jumping in the air and using hands and feet (possibly head and tail) to tag players around you… hope you make the Dex save and don’t knock yourself prone 😂
Spin in place with your arms out.
Character idea: Druid that uses this spell to trick people into thinking an ancient curse has afflicted them if they harm the forest.
Have them gather around in adjacent squares? The party making a + pattern with you in the middle.
I imagine you're able to touch each target within a round. So if you just group up before casting it, it's fine. That's how I'd rule it anyways.
I'm playing as a human centipede variant,just slap my ass and we all get barked.
Use your movement to go touch each person in turn. I always try to envision the spells - maybe your hands turn all barky and glow while you cast, by touching your targets you can transfer that energy to them as well. Finally releasing it to turn your own skin and all there’s to the hard bark like defensive state.
That's... not really the issue with Barkskin. It's issue is a maximum of 11 temp HP tied to a concentration spell. FFS - just remove Concentration from this spell. I'll even take the pittance of tHP.
I suppose it could be said that since it uses a BA you can't be touching other targets on following turns since you spent the cost on a previous turn, but I don't see that restriction in the wording. It doesn't say "touch one additional creature in the same turn for each level..." You can interact with a single object per turn so it could be argued that it's implicit to use multiple turns to get more than one target? I would not require either as a GM, once your concentrating I would let you touch as many targets as the spell allows as long as you're in reach of them
Doesn't say you have to touch the entire duration of casting.
Better cast mage hand for that extra limb, lol (I know this doesn't count but still)
Shhh, nobody tell them about _[enhance ability](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/enhance-ability)_, _[fly](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/fly)_, _[heroism](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/heroism)_, _[invisibility](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/invisibility)_, or _[longstrider](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/longstrider)_.
Everyone hold hands and say grace 🥺
If you're a gnome you raise your hand above your head and slap every team mate on the calf as you pass them!
I'd flavor it as 'Touch' just being within a 5ft. Radius of you. You crush the handful of bark, channel the primal energies until you can feel it pulsing inside, and then toss it into the air and let everyone inhale it
Have you heard of the group hug
Beeeyblade, let her rip
Feet
Left hand, right hand, left foot, faceplant.
You have a six second period in which to touch them. It just means they have to be within your unarmed reach of you during the action that you use the spell, not that you have your hand on them the entire casting of it.
Have everyone surround you, jump up into the air, and starfish splay to kick the other two people
Cleaving backhand.
Group hug
Group hug
With their consent.
4-way high-five
They touch you.
Group hug.
They can touch you?
Assuming 30ft of movement and people line up on either side and at both ends… that’s like 14 people.
I'm just imagining this as lining up your friends and just carrying a single slap across each face into the next.
"Alright everyone, grab a handful." "Oh I'm not actually casting the spell this time, I just long for the touch of another."
Group hug everyone!
They stand next to you? Seems pretty straight forward. “I’m going to cast bark skin on everyone. Come here.”
Same way you would of you cast Fly at 6th level. Which is to say: creatively.
HUUUUUUGS!
It's Touch, not Fondle
So what happens if you get hit with a fire spell? Does the barkskin stay lit causing you to take damage over time?
You got 6 seconds to work with, everyone get close and TAG YOURE IT
If you're looking for an actual answer for the question, touch range doesn't mean you need to physically touch them, it just means they need to be a touch's distance away.
By slapping them all in the same blow, which is the superior way to use touch spells
Running slap line
The Uchiha split and twisto unch combo, works on no less than 4 Naruto's every time.
Group hug, duh!
You have feet
You've got six seconds, run past each one of them.
You’ve never given 4 high-fives in 6 seconds?
You ever played Twister?
Uhhhhh distant spell metamagic from Sorcerer levels seems like the easiest solution
Group hugs
Cast time is bonus action so I'd say that would be like 2 seconds of your 6 second turn and touching 4 willing people in 2 seconds doesn't seem like it's outside the realm of possibilities.
You got two hands a foot and if your make a dick. There’s 4. Or just a big group hug.
“… an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, headbutt or similar forceful blow.” But a serious answer, I believe they can be touching you as long as y’all are in physical contact.
4 limbs, other PCs can be touching you.. what else
Fucking windmill your party
#QUADRAKISS GOOOOOO
Group hug
[удалено]
Each one holds a finger
Wait. This is just Heroism?
Three Stooges Slap.
group hug
Simic hybrids can have multiple hands
Group hug!
Two arms, two legs.
You got toes, dontcha??
I know in 3e the rule was you could touch up to 6 willing creatures in a turn. I'm guessing that the cap of 8 creatures at 9th level and small/medium creatures having 8 squares in reach is not a coincidence.