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22 questions linked to/from Do Cantrips use your character level or class level?
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With the 2019 Sage Advice Compendium release, are Jeremy Crawford's tweets considered to be "official rulings"?
The 2019 Sage Advice Compendium has been released. Previously, the SAC has indicated that Jeremy Crawford's tweets were considered to be official rulings. Is this still true?
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How can I tell how many damage dice to roll for an NPC's cantrip?
For PCs, cantrip damage increases with their total character level and not their class level (see this question for reference: Do Cantrips use your character level or class level?).
However, NPCs do ...
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Can the sorcerer's Metamagic option Twinned Spell be used on the Eldritch Blast cantrip?
I was just reading this on an online max-DPR build. There were some who thought using the Metamagic option Twinned Spell on the warlock's Eldritch Blast cantrip was illegal, and some who thought the ...
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Are Blastlocks not Special?
I am making a character for D&D 5e and I am thinking about playing an Abjurer Eldritch Knight with a dip of Warlock for some refluffed flavor, out of combat utility, in combat utility, and I just ...
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High Elf Racial Cantrips: Do they improve for non-Wizards? [duplicate]
For example if a High Elf Rogue chooses Ray of Frost for his or her racial cantrip, does that cantrip improve as his or her Rogue level increases? Ray of Frost gets better damage as you advance in ...
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How can a Sorcerer/Warlock use 4 Eldritch blasts in one round?
How is it possible for the infamous Sorlock multiclass to use 4 x Eldritch blasts in 1 round?
I get the extra damages as in the d6s and +mod damage from all the curses but I see formulas around like ...
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What are the levels used for Cantrips learned with the "Magic Initiate" feat?
The Magic Initiate feat gives access to two cantrips from a class. It says
Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's ...
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If I am multiclassed with some levels of a caster class and some levels of a non-caster class, which spellcasting table do I use?
I'm creating a 10th level character which has 5 levels of Arcane Trickster Rogue and 5 levels of Drunken Master Monk. A 5th level ATR will have 3 1st level spell slots while the DMM has no slots.
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Revised Ranger's Beast Conclave companion hit die, ASIs, and multiclassing
It says in the Unearthed Arcana of the Revised Ranger that:
For every level after 3rd, your animal companion gains an additional hit die and increases its hit points accordingly.
Does this count ...
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Does a Feral Tiefling's Vicious Mockery damage go up as normal?
The Devil's Tongue trait simply lists Vicious Mockery as being known, so I'd assumed the damage would increase as per usual (5th level [2d4], 11th level [3d4], and 17th level [4d4]), but it seemed ...
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How can a wizard get the most out of being able to cast 2 cantrips a turn?
My DM decided to let any spellcaster cast a cantrip that takes an Action to cast as a Bonus Action or full Action. For now, I have just been using ray of frost twice a turn or using two minor ...
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Does Divine Strike feature for Tempest Cleric increase to 2d8 at 14th level if 3 of the levels are Fighter?
I found that my spell casting proficiency increases for my cleric even when I multiclass as a fighter.
The Divine Strike description says "When you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to ...
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D&D 5e, Magic Initiate Feat as a Fighter [duplicate]
I'm making a Fighter with a splash of Druid, and sacrificing a feat for Shillelagh, Produce Flame and Faire Fire.
HOWEVER! In the description of Produce Flame, it says, as your character gains in ...
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What level is my multi-class character? [duplicate]
This is my build:
Level 1 – Warlock 1 - otherworldy patron, pact magic
Level 2 – Warlock 2 - eldritch invocations
Level 3 – Warlock 3 - pact boon
Level 4 – Paladin 1 - divine sense, lay on ...
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Is the Oathbreaker paladin's Channel Divinity option Control Undead based off of character level or paladin level?
The Oathbreaker paladin's Channel Divinity feature states (emphasis mine):
Control Undead. As an action, the paladin targets one undead creature he or she can see within 30 feet of him or her. The ...
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