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Is the Warlock's Hexblade Curse unaffected by an Antimagic Field?

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The Hexblade Warlock has the ability to convey a curse on a target with the Hexblade's Curse feature (XGtE, p. 55):

Starting at 1st level, as a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The curse ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. The target is cursed for 1 minute. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.


• Any attack roll you make against the cursed target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.


• If the cursed target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier.

Words like "magic" and "cast" do not appear anywhere in the description which suggests that, at least RAW, the Hexblade Warlock may use the curse while within an AMF and the targeted creature would still suffer the effects of the curse if it were in an AMF.

Is this correct?

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The Hexblade Warlock has the ability to convey a curse on a target with the Hexblade's Curse feature (XGtE, p. 55):

Starting at 1st level, as a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The curse ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. The target is cursed for 1 minute. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.


• Any attack roll you make against the cursed target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.


• If the cursed target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier.

Words like "magic" and "cast" do not appear anywhere in the description which suggests that, at least RAW, the Hexblade Warlock may use the curse while within an AMF and the targeted creature would still suffer the effects of the curse if it were in an AMF.

Is this correct?

dnd-5e warlock curses antimagic-field hexblade

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The Hexblade Warlock has the ability to convey a curse on a target with the Hexblade's Curse feature (XGtE, p. 55):

Starting at 1st level, as a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The curse ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. The target is cursed for 1 minute. Until the curse ends, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.


• Any attack roll you make against the cursed target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.


• If the cursed target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier.

Words like "magic" and "cast" do not appear anywhere in the description which suggests that, at least RAW, the Hexblade Warlock may use the curse while within an AMF and the targeted creature would still suffer the effects of the curse if it were in an AMF.

Is this correct?

dnd-5e warlock curses antimagic-field hexblade

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Hexblade's Curse is not magical so it works in an Antimagic Field

From the Sage Advice Compendium we can see when a feature is considered magical (p. 17-18, "Is the breath weapon of a dragon magical?"):

Determining whether a game feature is magical is straightforward. Ask yourself these questions about the feature:

• Is it a magic item?




• Is it a spell? Or does it let you create the effects of a spell
  that’s mentioned in its description?




• Is it a spell attack?




• Is it fueled by the use of spell slots?




• Does its description say it’s magical?

If your answer to any of those questions is yes, the feature
is magical.

In the case of Hexblade's Curse:

• It is not a magic item


• It is not a spell nor does it create the effects of a spell


• It is not a spell attack


• It does not use spell slots


• There's no mention of it being magical

So the feature is not magical and works in an antimagic field normally.

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  As usual, I notice the absence of any criteria to determine that anything is not magical. This is probably just bad writing (Sage Advice has even lower standards than the published rules) but if you're in an environment where "Is a warlock curse magical?" is considered a serious question, this kind of precision might matter.
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  @MarkWells In this case the criteria seems to be simply "if it doesn't meet any of these questions, then it's not magical". That's how they use it in that Sage Advice question when saying that a dragon's breath weapon is not magical
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  I think an argument could be made that it being called a "curse" means it is magical.
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  @AgentPaper Seems like a bit of a stretch when we have a specific list of things to look out for. I think if all curses would count as magical, such a thing would have to be stated in that list.
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Hexblade's Curse is not magical so it works in an Antimagic Field

From the Sage Advice Compendium we can see when a feature is considered magical (p. 17-18, "Is the breath weapon of a dragon magical?"):

Determining whether a game feature is magical is straightforward. Ask yourself these questions about the feature:

• Is it a magic item?




• Is it a spell? Or does it let you create the effects of a spell
  that’s mentioned in its description?




• Is it a spell attack?




• Is it fueled by the use of spell slots?




• Does its description say it’s magical?

If your answer to any of those questions is yes, the feature
is magical.

In the case of Hexblade's Curse:

• It is not a magic item


• It is not a spell nor does it create the effects of a spell


• It is not a spell attack


• It does not use spell slots


• There's no mention of it being magical

So the feature is not magical and works in an antimagic field normally.

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edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

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$endgroup$

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  As usual, I notice the absence of any criteria to determine that anything is not magical. This is probably just bad writing (Sage Advice has even lower standards than the published rules) but if you're in an environment where "Is a warlock curse magical?" is considered a serious question, this kind of precision might matter.
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  – Mark Wells
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  @MarkWells In this case the criteria seems to be simply "if it doesn't meet any of these questions, then it's not magical". That's how they use it in that Sage Advice question when saying that a dragon's breath weapon is not magical
  $endgroup$
  – Sdjz
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I think an argument could be made that it being called a "curse" means it is magical.
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  @AgentPaper Seems like a bit of a stretch when we have a specific list of things to look out for. I think if all curses would count as magical, such a thing would have to be stated in that list.
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Hexblade's Curse is not magical so it works in an Antimagic Field

From the Sage Advice Compendium we can see when a feature is considered magical (p. 17-18, "Is the breath weapon of a dragon magical?"):

Determining whether a game feature is magical is straightforward. Ask yourself these questions about the feature:

• Is it a magic item?




• Is it a spell? Or does it let you create the effects of a spell
  that’s mentioned in its description?




• Is it a spell attack?




• Is it fueled by the use of spell slots?




• Does its description say it’s magical?

If your answer to any of those questions is yes, the feature
is magical.

In the case of Hexblade's Curse:

• It is not a magic item


• It is not a spell nor does it create the effects of a spell


• It is not a spell attack


• It does not use spell slots


• There's no mention of it being magical

So the feature is not magical and works in an antimagic field normally.

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

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$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  As usual, I notice the absence of any criteria to determine that anything is not magical. This is probably just bad writing (Sage Advice has even lower standards than the published rules) but if you're in an environment where "Is a warlock curse magical?" is considered a serious question, this kind of precision might matter.
  $endgroup$
  – Mark Wells
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  @MarkWells In this case the criteria seems to be simply "if it doesn't meet any of these questions, then it's not magical". That's how they use it in that Sage Advice question when saying that a dragon's breath weapon is not magical
  $endgroup$
  – Sdjz
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I think an argument could be made that it being called a "curse" means it is magical.
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  – AgentPaper
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @AgentPaper Seems like a bit of a stretch when we have a specific list of things to look out for. I think if all curses would count as magical, such a thing would have to be stated in that list.
  $endgroup$
  – Sdjz
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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$begingroup$

Hexblade's Curse is not magical so it works in an Antimagic Field

From the Sage Advice Compendium we can see when a feature is considered magical (p. 17-18, "Is the breath weapon of a dragon magical?"):

Determining whether a game feature is magical is straightforward. Ask yourself these questions about the feature:

• Is it a magic item?




• Is it a spell? Or does it let you create the effects of a spell
  that’s mentioned in its description?




• Is it a spell attack?




• Is it fueled by the use of spell slots?




• Does its description say it’s magical?

If your answer to any of those questions is yes, the feature
is magical.

In the case of Hexblade's Curse:

• It is not a magic item


• It is not a spell nor does it create the effects of a spell


• It is not a spell attack


• It does not use spell slots


• There's no mention of it being magical

So the feature is not magical and works in an antimagic field normally.

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