Skip to main content
Role-playing Games

Return to Question

Tweeted twitter.com/StackRPG/status/841940529822760960
edited title
Link
daze413
daze413
  • 28.7k
  • 13
  • 113
  • 203

Familiars and Staffs Can a familiar deliver a touch spell cast from a magic item?

fixed some grammar
Source Link
Icyfire
Icyfire
  • 63.9k
  • 20
  • 230
  • 326

So iI got andan item called the Staff of acid https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Staff_of_Acid_(5e_Equipment)Staff of Acid.

ImI'm a warlock with Pact of Chain (familiar) and i wannaI want to cast contagion and deliver it through my familiar, however. However it seems that i cantI can't do that., either Becausebecause my familiar would not be able to handle magic that isnt Mine.isn't mine, or because imI'm not casting the spell myself even thothough the item says otherwise.

I dontdon't really see andan issue, nor a situation where the DM Choseschooses how it works.

and And would it happendhappen with scrolls totoo?

Can anyone explain? also heres the familiar spell. https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Find%20Familiar#content

So i got and item called the Staff of acid https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Staff_of_Acid_(5e_Equipment).

Im a warlock with Pact of Chain (familiar) and i wanna cast contagion and deliver it through my familiar, however it seems that i cant do that. either Because my familiar would not be able to handle magic that isnt Mine. or because im not casting the spell myself even tho the item says otherwise.

I dont really see and issue, nor a situation where the DM Choses how it works.

and would it happend with scrolls to?

Can anyone explain? also heres the familiar spell. https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Find%20Familiar#content

So I got an item called the Staff of Acid.

I'm a warlock with Pact of Chain (familiar) and I want to cast contagion and deliver it through my familiar. However it seems that I can't do that, either because my familiar would not be able to handle magic that isn't mine, or because I'm not casting the spell myself even though the item says otherwise.

I don't really see an issue, nor a situation where the DM chooses how it works. And would it happen with scrolls too?

Can anyone explain?

Source Link
Zen
Zen
  • 173
  • 7

Familiars and Staffs

So i got and item called the Staff of acid https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Staff_of_Acid_(5e_Equipment).

Im a warlock with Pact of Chain (familiar) and i wanna cast contagion and deliver it through my familiar, however it seems that i cant do that. either Because my familiar would not be able to handle magic that isnt Mine. or because im not casting the spell myself even tho the item says otherwise.

I dont really see and issue, nor a situation where the DM Choses how it works.

and would it happend with scrolls to?

Can anyone explain? also heres the familiar spell. https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Find%20Familiar#content