# Target *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 376. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* A target is the creature or object targeted by an attack roll, forced to make a [saving throw](Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/saving-throw-xphb.md) by an effect, or selected to receive the effects of a spell or another phenomenon.