Questions tagged [spell-slots]
For questions about spell slots, a method of limiting the casting of spells by granting the caster a certain number of slots into which they can fit spells.
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Explain Like I'm 5 How Oath Spells Work (D&D 5e)
What the title says. I genuinely cannot, for the life of me, figure out how they work. What spell slot would a level 8 Devotion Paladin use for Sanctuary? It says 3rd level, but I don't know if that's ...
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A question about paladin oath spells
So, I'm making a Devotion paladin. What spell slot level would I use for, say, Lesser Restoration (which is received at level 5)?
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Spell Slots at Paladin 5/Sorcerer 1 [duplicate]
I've started a new campaign group, with a Paladin main, but starting to spec into Sorcerer, with currently 4 1st level , and 2 2nd level spell slots, however my dm is not sure if that's correct, and ...
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How does Glyph of Warding work with Eldritch Invocations?
I was trying to build a character for my next D&D campaign, and the question came up in my mind while picking spells for my bard/warlock multiclass.
For an example: I have the "Eldritch Sight&...
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What options are available for Sorcerers (or other spontaneous casters) to increase their daily number of spell slots?
I'm trying to find a hopefully exhaustive list of all of the potential methods for increasing the number of spells per day a Sorcerer (or other spontaneous spellcaster, but I'm mostly interested in ...
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How do you determine your available spell slots as a Wizard/Sorcerer multiclassing? [duplicate]
When you multiclass as a sorc and a wizard, you add the two classes together and that determines your spell slots. This is one combined table of available slots that both casters share, or does the ...
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Please Clarify Spiritual Weapon effects using higher spell slots?
Please Clarify Spiritual Weapon effects using higher spell slots?
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At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
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If the Raulothim's Psychic Lance spell "dissipates without effect", is the spell slot consumed?
I was reading the description of the Raulothim's Psychic Lance spell (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, p. 21) and I was left with a question. Raulothim's Psychic Lance gives the following alternative ...
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Warlock multiclass spell replacement [duplicate]
I have a level 8/1 sorcerer/warlock which just leveled up to 8/2.
Warlock's spell casting says:
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the warlock spells you know and ...
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How many spell slots does a Paladin/Warlock multiclassed character get? [duplicate]
I am playing a Level 8 Paladin Warlock Multiclass (5 Paladin / 3 Warlock levels) in DnD 5e. I am little confused over multiclassing with spell slots. If I understood correctly I have 3 first level ...
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Does anything stop a sorcerer stockpiling spell slots?
A Sorcerer converts all their slots to 1st level, then they go to bed for the night. Is there any reason why they wouldn't still have those slots when they wake up in the morning?
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In Pathfinder 2e, how do the Cathartic Spellcasting feats interact with existing spellcasting?
Cathartic Mage Dedication is something of an odd feat, in that it grants a spell repertoire and the Cast a Spell activity if you don't already have spell slots, but augments your existing spellcasting ...
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Do wizards not cast spells in their free time? [closed]
So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange ...
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Does a warlock9/sorcerer3 gets 5th or 2nd lvl spell slot when leveling as sorcerer? [duplicate]
In the description of sorcerer it is stated:
"You learn an additional sorcerer spell of your choice at each level except 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. Each of these spells must be of a ...
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Can a wizard with the Artificer Initiate feat upcast a Cure Wounds spell that they learn using the feat?
The description of the Artificer Initiate feat states, in part (TCoE, p. 79):
You’ve learned some of an artificer’s inventiveness:
You learn one cantrip of your choice from the artificer spell list,
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When does an artficer regain spell slots?
I've looked on several resources and I can't get to the bottom of whether an Artificer recharges spell slots on short/long rest?
Lots of articles refer to the class as a "short rest caster" ...
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What exploits would be available if arcane recovery were not limited to 5th level slots?
The party wizard is about to level to 11th. As I go over her new features, I notice for the first time that although she will now get back six levels of slots when using arcane recovery, there is a ...
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How often per day can Channeled Succor be used?
Channeled Succor is a Cleric feat that allows you to cast one of a number of spells instead of one prepared Heal spell.
You can remove conditions with divine grace. You can sacrifice one heal spell ...
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Spell Level vs Spell Slot when it comes to Artificers' Spell Storing Item ability
What I know and can look up:
Ring of Spell Storing can hold 5 Spell Slots (Ex: 5x Magic Missiles, or 1 Fly and 1 Invisibility)
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Artificer's Spells Storing Item ability can hold a 1st or 2nd level ...
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Is there a daily limit on spell memorisation?
Players Handbook p31 states
Before a wizard can actually cast a spell, he must memorize its arcane formula. This locks an energy pattern for that particular spell into his mind. Once he has the spell ...
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Do I need to convert spell points into sorcery points to use them for Metamagic options? If so, how does it work exactly?
I need help understanding how the Spell Points variant rule (DMG, p. 288-289) works with a sorcerer using Metamagic.
I had all my sorcery points and spell slots in spell points, but I just turned ...
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Earning new spell levels in Dungeonslayers
When a mage earns a level, I don't quite understand the spell learning mechanics.
Applicable rule:
LEARNING NEW SPELLS
When a spellcaster reaches a higher level,
he can learn new spells. This doesn't ...
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Does casting a spell using a spell slot higher than its level upgrade its spell level even if it doesn't have additional effects from being upcast? [duplicate]
Does casting a spell using a spell slot higher than the spell's level upgrade its spell level even if it doesn't have additional effects from being upcast?
This is for the purposes of determining ...
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Can a Paladin use a Necklace of Prayer Beads as slots that can be expended to use the Divine Smite feature?
My level 7 Paladin(2)/Fighter(5) found a necklace of prayer beads.
Can those spells bound to the beads be used for Divine Smite?
The relevant part of the paladin's Divine Smite feature description ...
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Does the Wild Companion optional class feature for druids let them use spell slots to cast the Find Familiar spell?
Does the Wild Companion optional class feature for druids grant access to the find familiar spell?
Basically I'd rather hard cast it than waste the Wild Shape on it. The Circle of Stars druid's Starry ...
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Does a creature cloned using the Clone spell have all of its spell slots?
As a wizard, I cast spells and such, then die. I have a clone set up in my demiplane (created using the clone spell; granted, I don't know any other ways to create a clone).
When I "wake up" ...
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Mana, Backlash and Slots: how to limit a magic system
Generally, I encountered three big systems for limiting the amount of magic that characters can wield at a given time in my RPG career. This is not to be confused with the number of spells a character ...
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Assisting in casting spells
Legends of the Five Rings does offer rules for cooperationL5R 4E Core p.81, mainly they seem aimed at mundane tasks like building a ship or designing a new garden.
However, some spells, like Bonds of ...
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Do spells gained via feats like Fey Touched and Shadow Touched count as "always prepared" for classes that prepare spells?
Feats like Fey Touched and Shadow Touched (from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p. 79-80) grant you spells that you can cast once per long rest for free, or you can spend spell slots on them.
For ...
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When a caster affected by the Slow spell doesn't complete the spell they're casting, does it consume the spell slot and material components?
One of the effect of slow on a creature is (emphasis mine):
If the creature attempts to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action, roll a d20. On an 11 or higher, the spell doesn't take effect ...
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Is there a RAW way to allow the PCs to recover only some of their spell slots, HP, hit dice etc?
My party were rather foolhardy and have got themselves knocked out and captured. Their captors want to keep them alive for a bit to question and then to sacrifice.
The party expended pretty much all ...
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What is the highest number of spell slots a warlock can have?
Trying to find out how many spell slots a warlock could have at a given time. Level 20, access to any magic items that can give spell slots, but only one of each (no duplicates), and straight warlock- ...
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Can Arcane Trickster/Wizard use their Arcane Trickster's Spell Slots to cast Wizards spells that are not Enchantments or Illusions? [duplicate]
Can multiclass Arcane Trickster/Wizard use their Arcane Trickster's Spell Slots to cast Wizards spells they know that are not Enchantments or Illusions?
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How do spell slots work for druid/sorcerer in DnD 5e? [duplicate]
Please forgive the ignorance of this question. I'm new to DND and am DM with a group of lower level players. We are playing DnD 5e.
Please explain spell slots for a druid and/or sorcerer... am I ...
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Do I understand how spell slots work for druids and sorcerers correctly?
I'm new to D&D and am the DM playing with a group of lower-level players.
I do not understand spell slots for druids and sorcerers, am I correct to say:
Each day players "prepare" list ...
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Is a Spell-Refueling Ring useless for a Warlock once reaching level 7? [duplicate]
My Warlock just got a ring with the Artificer Infusion "Spell-Refueling Ring", this infusion states:
While wearing this ring, the creature can recover one expended spell slot as an action. ...
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Does Psionic Sorcery value spell levels differently than Flexible Casting?
In attempting to answer this question I ran into a different question about how the Abberant Mind Sorcerer's Psionic Sorcery works.
Psionic Sorcery states:
When you cast any spell of 1st level or ...
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Can a spontaneous caster use higher level slots to cast non-heightened lower level spells?
I'm an Oracle. I've picked up Divine Access (Ragathiel) which adds True Strike to my spell list. I've also added it to my spell repertoire as a 1-st level spell.
Since it is not one of my signature ...
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Can a multiclassed Warlock/Sorcerer create Pact Slots with the Sorcerer’s flexible casting? [duplicate]
In dnd warlock spell slots are max level so if you make a first-level warlock spell slot using Sorcery points does the spell slot become max level is this possible and if it is can you make infinite ...
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For the Fey Touched and Shadow Touched feats, what exactly does "spell slots [...] of the appropriate level" mean?
The Fey Touched and Shadow Touched feats that have been released in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 79-80) both include the line:
You can also cast these spells using spell slots you have of the ...
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Does reading the Book of Exalted Deeds prevent casting non-upcast 5th-level spells into a Ring of Spell Storing?
The Ring of Spell Storing states (emphasis mine):
This ring stores spells cast into it, holding them until the attuned wearer uses them. The ring can store up to 5 levels worth of spells at a time. ...
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Does the Svirfneblin Magic feat use spell slots?
Does the Svirfneblin Magic feat use spell slots?
The description of the Svirfneblin Magic feat states:
You have inherited the innate spellcasting ability of your ancestors.
This ability allows you to ...
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Does a PF2e spellcaster who takes multiclass dedications into other spellcasting classes, and related spellcasting feats, gain more spell slots?
Ezren is a level 10 evocation wizard, and hence would have spell slots of the following levels:
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Can an Arcane Trickster or Eldritch Knight with the Magic Initiate feat (picking the wizard list) use spell slots to cast the chosen 1st-level spell? [duplicate]
A bard who takes the Magic Initiate feat and chooses the bard spell list for the feat can use spell slots to cast the 1st-level spell they learn from the feat. A wizard who takes the feat and chooses ...
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Would a multiclassed Arcane Trickster rogue 3 / wizard 1 have only three 1st-level spell slots? [duplicate]
I am new to multiclassing and new to spells with 5e.
Currently I am a Level 3 Rogue (Arcane Trickster) and just leveled up to level 4. For my fourth level, I was going to put a level into the wizard ...
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Can a Wild Magic Barbarian restore a 7th(+) Level Warlock's spell slots?
In the recently released preview of the Wild Magic Barbarian that will be in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (preview here), I noticed the 6th level feature 'Bolstering Magic'. This feature has two ...
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How can I get better at identifying the "right time" to use my spell slots?
I've played a bunch of DnD 5e, but my current campaign is my first time playing a Warlock outside of a one-shot; right now I'm almost to level 5. I'm playing more of a face/roleplay-focused role, so ...
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What is the damage dealt by Eldritch Smite?
Eldritch Smite is an Eldritch Invocation for Warlocks similar to the Divine Smite feature from Paladins. It is available in Xanathar's Guide to Everything and states
Once per turn when you hit a ...
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Are there any game breaking consequences in this house rule for multiclass spell slots?
Follow up to this question.
So, as stated in that question, I feel that it is quite weird that a 3rd level paladin + 2nd level Ranger is not equivalent to a 5th level Half-caster (such as a 5th level ...
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Leveling up, Spell Slot Availability [duplicate]
When a character levels up and gains new spell slots, are those slots available immediately or do they have to rest before they can use those slots?
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