What is the point of green flame blade?

Green-Flame Blade deals weapon damage to target within 5 feet from you, and then deals fire damage to another creature within 5 feet of that first target.
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Why is the green flame blade so good?

Against Enemies That Resist Normal Weapons

Nothing dims your battle spirit like an enemy impervious to normal attacks. But green flame blade laughs at such concerns. By nature of being cast as a cantrip, its fiery strike counts as magical – bypassing pesky physical resistance.
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What does a green flame blade do?

The DnD Green-Flame Blade spell brings epic pyrotechnics to any combat scenario. If the clashing of swords isn't enough excitement for you, simply cast this cantrip. A roaring emerald flame will leap through the air, burning an enemy to a chartreuse cinder.
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Is Green Flame blade good for Eldritch Knight?

As others have said, the answer is no… until 7th level of Eldritch knight, when the answer becomes… still no.
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Does green flame blade allow extra attack?

No. Green Flame Blade and Booming Blade are spells that take an Action to cast, and you make a single attack with a weapon as part of the casting of the spells. The only exception is bladesinger wizard's extra attack that they get at level 6 which allows one of the attacks to be a cantrip.
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CANTRIP #14: Green-Flame Blade (5E)

Can I cast a green flame blade twice?

Nope. It's a cantrip. As such, you get one per round. GFB and Booming Blade are meant to be on par with regular fighters with multiple attacks.
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Can you target yourself with green flame blade?

Choose yourself as the target of GFB's secondary damage and take 1d8+4 fire damage. Use your reaction to cast Absorb Elements at 3rd level and resist that damage (which your ice shield takes).
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Can you green-flame blade a 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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Is Eldritch Knight or Bladesinger better?

The Eldritch Knight is a fighter pretending to be a Wizard and the Bladesinger is a wizard pretending to be a fighter. What does that mean? That means 9 times out of 10 the Eldritch Knight destroys the Bladesinger up to level 5.
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Can you use green-flame blade with war caster?

Applying this to our spells: Green-Flame Blade now works with War Caster, since you are no longer compelled to target a second creature.
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Can you green flame blade and smite?

With Green Flame Blade, you make a melee attack. Smite can only be used when you hit a creature with a melee weapon.
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What classes can use green flame blade?

Green-Flame Blade
  • Classes: Artificer, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard.
  • Subclasses: Arcana Cleric, Arcane Trickster Rogue, Eldritch Knight Fighter.
  • Optional/Variant Classes: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard.
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Does green flame blade work with a reach weapon?

The Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade spells both have a range of 5'. This makes those spells far less effective for characters using them with reach (either using a reach weapon or as a Bugbear with extended reach, or both!).
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How much damage does a green flame blade do?

Green-flame blade adds your spellcasting ability modifier to the second-target damage (so most likely 1d8+4 at 5th level) and booming blade does an extra 1d8 (scaling normally; 2d8 to 5th level) if the target moves within one round.
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Can you cast shillelagh and green flame blade?

Do your prebattle ritual of casting Shillelagh on your quarterstaff and cast Searing Smite and Hexblades curse on your target. On your turn, you will attack with your staff, using Green-Flame Blade and/or Booming Blade and activate your Searing Smite.
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Can Eldritch Knights cast fireball?

The Eldritch Knight version would be able to cast 3 fireballs. The others would not be able to cast a single one. And you can drop that fireball right on your allies, because you'll be an evocation Wizzy. Or, instead of fireball, you can forego int, and cast haste on yourself instead.
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Can a Bladesinger wizard dual wield?

No dual wielding, Bladesingers are Forbidden from dual wielding while casting. No, only the second weapon if dual casting. No.
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Is Bladesinger viable?

Multiclassing with Battlesmith or Armorer makes the bladesinger a great melee warrior in addition to a good spellcaster. Personally I greatly favor the second version, but both are certainly viable.
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Does green flame blade do fire damage to the first target?

No, that's not how it works. Green flame blade requires (or lets) your make a melee weapon attack as part of casting the spell. The attack, the additional fire damage and the fire leaping over to the second target are the effects of the spell.
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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.
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How do you unlock the black flame blade?

Where to Get Black Flame Blade. The Black Flame Blade is obtained by getting the Godskin Prayerbook, found in Stormveil Castle wine cellar behind an Imp-sealed door, and giving it to any incantation teacher in the Lands Between - either Brother Corhyn or Miriel. It can then be purchased for 7,500 Runes.
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Does shadow blade stack with green-flame blade?

Seeing as it IS still a spell, though (and not an actual item worth gp), you can't use it for the booming blade or green-flame blade spells in order to stack damage (as is common with bladesingers thanks to their extra attack buff in Tasha's).
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What book is Green-Flame blade in?

Under the spelling "Green-Flame Blade", this spell appeared in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (2015), p. 142. It was reprinted in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020), p. 107.
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Can you two weapons fight with flame blade?

The user can choose to summon a single scimitar or two for dual-wielding.
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