Hostile Juxtaposition and Non-damaging offensive magic

[Axebeard]

Do you all think you can use the spell Hostile Juxtaposition to swap out of being targeted by a spell like Dominate Monster or Flesh to Stone? The trigger for the teleportation effect in the spell is "You create a dimensional link to the target creature. When attacked or the subject of a spell that deals damage to you," you can swap places.

My deep-down perspective is that the intention is to let you get out of attacks (things that need attack rolls) and damaging spells, NOT non-damaging offensive magic, but I want it to allow you to pop out of everything because, dagnabbit, I'm playing the wizard in question here!

I mean, I REALLY don't know, I just have an idea. It sorta depends on how they mean the term "attack." Is a dragon breathing on somebody 'attacking' them? What about a Balor dropping blasphemy? Is he attacking anyone? (So does the term 'attack' necessarily imply an attack roll?)

[mplindustries]

I think it should work on those sorts of spells, but I think it is worded very carefully such that it does not.

I think it specifically only applies to things with attack rolls and spells that deal damage to you.

[Ximen Bao]

1. It explicitly defines what kinds of spells trigger the effect.

2. Generally speaking, anything that has an attack roll is an attack, so this would trigger on a combat maneuver but not a breath weapon.

A blasphemy spell is an interesting case, since it deals damage in some circumstances but not others. RAW I think it would trigger if the Balor had 10+ levels on you and you made your save. If it had less of an advantage, its spell wouldn't do damage, and wouldn't trigger the teleport.