Is vicious mockery a charm?

No, Vicious Mockery is not a charm Mechanically, the spell only does what it says, which is: You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range.

Do you have to roll to hit with vicious mockery?

Vicious Mockery is a spell. Even if Vicious Mockery it’s a spell, it does not require and attack roll. It does not require a “ranged spell attack” or “melee spell attack” or even “spell attack”, so your spell attack modifier is irrelevant.

Do bards need vicious mockery?

Vicious mockery is to bards as Eldritch blast is to warlocks. It’s a completely unique and powerful support cantrip, and I would consider any bard that does not take it to be slightly suboptimal. If you don’t care about being optimal, though, and just don’t want it, go ahead and do whatever else.

What level is vicious mockery?

Vicious mockery is an at-will power available to bards at the 1st level. Battling with words, no better the worse.

How many times can you cast vicious mockery?

You can cast cantips an unlimited amount of times. Cantrips take an action (unless specified otherwise). When people talk about a bard using Vicious Mockery to kill an enemy, their not using it over and over again on their turn, it takes them an action.

What does vicious mockery look like?

the wording for vicious mockery is ” You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range” though. That reads like the insults are the verbal component. That seems to say that the insult itself is the verbal component of the spell. It’s just a magic insult that hurts.

Can I use vicious mockery as a reaction?

vicious mockery can only be cast as an action.

Can vicious mockery be a bonus action?

No, this is fairly reasonable. By using the spell as a bonus action, this is going to cause your bard to lose out on several things: Damage. The ability to cast larger spells.

Does vicious mockery work on undead?

Even golems and undead (if they are made/controlled) will need to understand their orders somehow, so I’d say it would work. Unless of course the creatures are completely deaf and/or get their commands telepathically, etc, etc. But the spell is pretty straight-forward: if it can hear you, it works.

Does vicious mockery work on animals?

1 Answer. By the rules, you are correct. The spell affects a creature (a rat qualifies) you can see (which you could) that can hear you (which it could). However, DMs do have the ability to change the rules for their game.

Is vicious mockery a bonus action?

vicious mockery can only be cast as an action. it says so in the spell description. though if you want to get the whole insult & injury combo you can do one of the following: choose the bard’s college of valor when you choose a subclass at bard level 3.