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2024-04-12, 06:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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#32
Bugbear in the Playground
Re: Interesting Dispel Magic Questions
This really comes down to once again an argument about what exactly you are doing with the Bonus Action to cause the sword to reappear.
Consider this scenario: A magical cloud exists that shoots lightning bolts at wherever I point my finger. Is me pointing my finger a magical effect upon myself? Intrinsically? No; the cloud could just be capable of observing this, rather than anything magical on my part. Now replace the specifics of pointing my finger with instead 'use a bonus action' to cause the cloud to shoot a lightning bolt at a target of your choice.
The case here could just as easily be that the sword is capable of observing whatever the Bonus Action is - a hand gesture, a word, a flick of your hair, whatever - and then the sword uses magical means to appear in response.
However, I do find the 'Range: Self' argument to be compelling that at least in this case some magical link is present. If it had been 'Range: Touch' as per Goodberry then I would consider differently. Since Dispel Magic then specifically goes on to say 'Any spell of 3rd level or lower on the target ends' rather than 'Any effect of a spell 3rd level or lower on the target ends', then Shadow Blade would disappear in its entirety because the whole spell goes poof - otherwise, I would argue for ending specifically the ability to make the sword appear after being dropped or thrown.