[RPG] What happens when an Unseen Servant is forced to make a saving throw

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An Unseen Servant has an AC of 10 and 1 hit point, which means that it can be targeted by actions and effects that use attack rolls, and that it can be destroyed by taking damage.

However, the spell text doesn't have any information about its saving throws. What happens if it is targeted by a area spell or effect that requires a saving throw, such as Fireball?

Best Answer

Firstly, an unseen servant isn't a creature

This spell creates an invisible, mindless, shapeless force that performs simple tasks at your command until the spell ends.

The presence of an AC and HP value does not make it a creature, even objects (such as Bigby's Hand, Barrels, and Walls) have AC and HP (and a strength score, in the case of Bigby's Hand). As for the Servant having a Strength score, I suspect it's for determining how much it can lift, drag or carry.

Because the Unseen Servant isn't a creature, most spells that can target a single creature (if the caster can see invisibility), can't legally target it, neither can Area of Effect spells that hits creatures, such as Hypnotic Pattern, affect it.

It can, however, take damage from Area spells that deal at least 1 damage- then it is destroyed.