Can you attack with flame blade?

"You can use your action to make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 fire damage." In this case, the character did not use their action to take the attack action, they used it to make a melee spell attack.
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Can you sneak attack with flame blade 5e?

Assuming all the other conditions of sneak attack are met, then yes, the weapon attack from green-flame blade can trigger sneak attack.
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Can you use two weapon fighting with flame blade?

You cannot use two-weapon fighting with green-flame blade at all, as the bonus action off-hand attack requires you to take the Attack action first, but like I say, casting the cantrip uses a different action.
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Can you attack after casting green flame blade?

Green Flame blade or booming blade take your full action. And they contain a weapon attack not your attack action as part of the spell which means when casting either of the two you lose your second weapon attack as after level 5 your extra attack feature let's you make 2 weapon attacks when taking the attack action.
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Can you hit yourself with green flame blade?

Hit him with a Green-Flame Blade using Tides of Chaos to get advantage on the attack (27% chance to crit with your Elven Accuracy). Choose yourself as the target of GFB's secondary damage and take 1d8+4 fire damage.
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Can green flame blade hit one target?

You use your action to cast and attack with Green Flame Blade, and if you hit with that, the primary target (only) gets the Thunderous Strike damage and effects.
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Does green flame blade hurt the target?

On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and green fire leaps from the target to a different creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of it. The second creature takes fire damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.
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Does green flame blade give extra attack?

Using the "Cast a Spell" action to use Green-Flame Blade will give you one GFB attack, no matter how many attacks you would normally be making using an Attack Action.
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Does green flame blade count as a weapon attack?

Yes. Because of the wordings Green Flame Blade can be seen as: two different actions in one action slot, a spell causing a melee attack in the same action, or a bonus bonus action of sorts.
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Does green flame blade count as the attack action?

No. Casting either of those spells requires that you use your Action to Cast a Spell, even though the spell lets you make a melee attack with your weapon.
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Can flame blade be twinned?

Can you use twinned spell metamagic on the flame blade spell to create two flame blades? No, you can't twin a spell with a target of "self" Additionally, you couldn't DW it even if you can because it's not a light melee weapon, and you don't make a melee attack with it.
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Does Flame Blade count as a melee weapon?

Flame Blade is a level 2 evocation spell. This spell allows spellcasters to summon a fiery scimitar in their free hand that sheds bright light. Casters can make a melee weapon attack with the blade to deal Fire damage to enemies.
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Can green flame blade be twinned?

Green flame Blade can't be twinned

For a spell to be twinnable it needs to only target one creature. As clarified in the PHB errata: To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell's current level.
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Can you attack with flame blade as a bonus action?

If you let go of the blade, it disappears, but you can evoke the blade again as a bonus action. You can use your action to make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 fire damage. The flaming blade sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet.
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Does flame blade work with wild shape?

In theory Flame Blade could still be used while Wild Shaped (where a cantrip can't be). However, it has the requirement that you must hold the blade. So it only works with forms that have hands that can hold something, which isn't many.
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Is Flame Blade a good spell?

Is Flame Blade Good? Overall Rating: Orange. This means that flame blade is an OK spell. Overall Notes: This does slightly more damage than flaming sphere on hit, but has a lot of caveats.
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Does Flame Blade have finesse?

Why is the weapon not finesse? It should be reported to Wizard of the coast, a normal scimitar is a finesse weapon and use the Dex stat. But obviously not the spell Flameblade which is a magical scimitar.. and that is odd and really strange and just annoying in a dual wield Dex/Con Druid build.
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Can you make 2 attacks with booming blade?

Beginning at 5th level, you can Attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on Your Turn. No Attack action is taken, so no extra attacks can be used.
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Can you smite off green flame blade?

Round 2.1 - Cast Green Flame Blade, on a hit, use Divine Smite - Divine Smite only needs you to hit with a melee weapon attack, which GFB does. No problem.
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Can you stack green flame blade with Shadow blade?

By RAW you cannot use Shadow Blade (SB) with the cantrips Green-Flame Blade (GFB) or Booming Blade (BB). These cantrips require that you use a melee weapon worth 1 silver piece and that you use that specific weapon for the attack.
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How does green flame blade damage work?

On a successful hit, green fire roars up from your weapon, leaping to another target of your choice within five feet. The second creature then takes fire damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.
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Can you use green flame blade with thunder gauntlets?

So the weapon is your armour, and the value should be at least 1 sp for any armour you can normally get; i.e- Plate has a value of 1,500 gp, and the rule explicitly enables you to use your armour's gauntlets as weapons when using the feature, so it satisfies the requirements of Booming Blade, Green-Flame Blade and ...
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Does spell sniper work with green flame blade?

Spell Sniper calls for spells that require you to make an attack roll aka a ranged or melee spell attack. So, in my way of reading the rules, green flame blade is not compatible with the range increase of spell sniper.
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How long does green flame blade last?

Green flame blade doesn't have a duration of 1 round. It is Instantaneous. The spell has you make one attack, which gets extra damage. No other attacks do so.
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Can you use shillelagh and green-flame blade?

Green-Flame Blade and Booming Blade are both cantrips, meaning you can cast one after Shillelagh and use its attack as part of GFB or BB.
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