Since my polymorph meme has only garnered three downvotes so far I thought I’d offer a bit more controversial take, and see if I can manage to stir the pot a bit with this one.
Since my polymorph meme has only garnered three downvotes so far I thought I’d offer a bit more controversial take, and see if I can manage to stir the pot a bit with this one.
That’s flavour text.
You are, in fact, a creature within your reach.
You’re a valid target for the spell, but the heal doesn’t trigger cause the target isn’t someone other than yourself.
There is no concept of “flavour text” in 5e. If you believe there is, quote a part of the rules that says as such. In 5e, all of the spell description are rules and this has been debated many a times with the very same conclusion.