Questions tagged [wizard]
For questions about the wizard, a traditional character class in RPGs that learns and casts arcane magic through study.
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True Polymorph into Custom Creatures/PCs?
The basis for my question is this line in the true polymorph spell:
Creature into Creature. If you turn a creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose whose c...
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Can a wizard transcribe prepared spells from multiclassing? [duplicate]
Say you're a 1st-level wizard and also a 1st-level druid. Could you, as a druid, prepare spells that both classes have, like Detect Magic and Ice Knife, then, since they're now "prepared" for you, ...
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8th-level drow wizard got Wild Talent—what can I do with it?
So basically my DM gave my 8th-level drow wizard the Wild Talent feat after meeting some old elven dudes and communicating with them via telepathy.
I'm wondering if I can make something cool out of ...
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Can you True Polymorph your simulacrum into your original self? [duplicate]
It's pretty much all up there in the question... But just to clarify, You (a wizard of great power):
Make a simulacrum of yourself.
Cast True Polymorph on it to make it a real human/elf/whathaveyou.
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Can I embed a spellcasting focus into a shield, like a paladin or cleric? [duplicate]
I want to multiclass either cleric/wizard or paladin/wizard and I was wondering whether i can use my holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for my wizard spells and if not, can I embed my arcane focus ...
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Can I make an exact copy of myself and my equipment using True Polymorph on a simulacrum?
More wizard shenanigans!
If I create a simulacrum of myself and true polymorph the sim into me, assuming the simulacrum has the same CR/level as I do, can I essentially create an exact copy of myself ...
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How can I be a necromancer blast-caster combination? (Clarified/continued) [duplicate]
I'm thinking spells that would help my battle field control, spells high power evocation, good necromancy spells and anything worthwhile for any wizard. Nothing has to be all of the above, just good ...
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If a wizard has a familiar and the feat Eldritch Heritage for the Arcane bloodline, what level do you use to determine the powers of the familiar?
If a wizard has a familiar and the feat Eldritch Heritage for the Arcane bloodline, what level do you use to determine the powers of the familiar?
The bloodline grants:
...you gain an arcane bond, ...
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Does a simulacrum'd creature's statblock include its personality and knowledge/memories? [duplicate]
Basis: In the clone spell, it states clearly that
The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same personality, memories, and abilities, but none of the original’s equipment.
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In AL, can an evocation wizard protect themself from their own spell with the Sculpt Spells feature?
At 2nd level, a Wizard of the Evocation School gains the Sculpt Spells feature (PHB p 117).
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative safety within the effects of your evocation ...
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If the Simulacrum spell is cast on a Divination Wizard that currently has Portent rolls stored, does the Simulacrum also have those Portent rolls?
Essentially, I'm not sure "where" stored Portent rolls "exist" while not in use.
The simulacrum spell description says:
It appears to be the same as the original, but it has half the creature's ...
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Can the Wizard's “Spell Blending” Arcane Thesis be used to convert spell slots of one tradition to another?
For example, if a Wizard takes Cleric Multiclass Archetype feats to gain Cleric spell slots, can he use the Spell Blending Arcane Thesis to transform the Cleric spell slots into Wizard spell slots of ...
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How can a high level mythic wizard “bond” items to be usable only by himself?
My party has reached the end of our campaign and my level 20 mythic wizard has crafted a few things to help complete his "final form" so to speak. A ring, a cloak, and some legendary bracers. My ...
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Can non-wizards decipher a wizard's spellbook?
In the wizard's class description, it says that
When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to
your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can prepare and if you
can ...
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Can more than one wizard copy a spell from a spellbook?
In the PLAYER'S HANDBOOK you can copy a spell into your own spellbook. In the DMG (p200) if a spell is copied from a scroll, the scroll is destroyed. If a spell is copied from a spellbook however, ...
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How many spells can a level 1 wizard learn?
I’m kind of new to the game and I want to make a wizard, but I can’t understand the part of the hero’s handbook (pg.29) where it says:
“Pick a number of spells from this page equal to 3 + INT”
I have ...
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If I multiclass a Wizard and a Sorcerer with Arcane Bloodline, can I choose a familiar for both?
If I multiclass a Wizard and a Sorcerer with Arcane Bloodline, can I choose a familiar for both?
Or can I have a familiar from one class and a bonded object from the other?
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Can you use Bladesong while you’re Wildshaped and Vice-a-Versa?
Looking over the Bladesinging wizard subclass, I came to realize that the Bladesong feature (SCAG, p. 142) doesn’t list any requirements outside of a Bonus Action.
Starting at 2nd level, you can ...
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Can a Simulacrum of a wizard use the wizard's spellbook?
Suppose a wizard casts Simulacrum on their self, creating a duplicate who has all the same spells prepared and has all the same spell slots (minus the 7th level slot used to cast Simulacrum, of course)...
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What are the options for animated undead for a Necromancer?
I have just moved to 5e from 3.5e.
I've read up about the Necromancy Wizard subclass in 5e, and from what I have seen so far there are only three possible undead that they can possibly animate: ...
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If a Contingency spell has been cast on a creature, does the Simulacrum spell transfer the contingent spell to its duplicate?
Simple premise: If I cast simulacrum on an entity that has a contingency spell cast on it, does that contingency transfer to the simulacrum?
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Is there a balancing issue giving a Wizard a wand capable of casting Illusory Script once per day?
Wizard expressed a desire for a magical wand that could cast the ritual spell Illusory Script without burning a spell slot/ritual slot. I though about giving a wand that can cast the spell once per ...
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If a dragon under my control uses Change Shape to turn into an Evoker, can I choose the Evoker's race, and benefit from its racial traits?
Nuanced questions about True Polymorph and spellcasting:
I have a wizard who has a simulacrum. Wizard TP's the sim into an adult bronze dragon, which can then Change Shape into a humanoid or beast of ...
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For a multiclassed Wizard/Sorcerer, do the Wizard school features benefit sorcerer spells?
If I'm primarily a sorcerer and multiclass into a wizard of the school Evocation/Admixture, with this effect:
Versatile Evocation (Su): When you cast an evocation spell that does
acid, cold, ...
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What spells are available to a low-level Wizard to deal with intelligent undead?
What spells are available to low level Wizards (8th or lower) to deal with intelligent undead?
Black Tentacles is great, but it is great against everything corporeal and not too large
Direct damage ...
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Can the Versatile Spellcaster feat be used to cast Wizard spells?
Every time Ultimate Magus is mentioned on a forum, someone adds that Versatile Spellcaster would be great with it. I do not see how.
The Versatile Spellcaster feat (Races of the Dragon, p. 101) says:
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Can a 14th level Theurgy Wizard with the Arcana Domain cast their 8th/9th level spells after picking up three levels in another Full Caster class?
The Theurgy Wizard from UA: Wizard Revisited gets to choose a Cleric Domain at 2nd level. At 14th level they get the Arcane High Priest feature, which grants them the 17th-level benefits associated ...
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How much time does the “Restore Life” property of a Transmuter's stone take?
Transmutation Wizards get the Master Transmuter feature at 14th level.
You can use your action to consume the reserve of transmutation magic stored within your transmuter's stone in a single burst.
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Is a 10th-level Transmutation wizard considered a shapechanger for the purpose of effects such as Moonbeam?
Spells such as Moonbeam specifically affect creatures with the "Shapechanger" tag, such as lycanthropes. As per this previous question, the ability to change one's shape through class features is not ...
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To what extent would a wizard be able to combine feats to learn to mimic unknown spells?
Searching for how to give a rogue I'm building a sort of eidetic memory, I came across many posts throughout the net about using the feat Keen Mind as a way for wizards to negate having to worry about ...
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How does the Melf's Minute Meteors spell interact with the Evocation wizard's Sculpt Spells feature?
The evoker wizard feature Sculpt Spells is worded thusly:
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative safety
within the effects of your evocation spells. When you cast an
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Can a UA Lore Mastery wizard use the Spell Secrets or Alchemical Casting features to modify spells cast through wands or staffs?
My friends and I are playing D&D 5e. Our DM has allowed me to use the Arcane Tradition of Lore Mastery from Unearthed Arcana: Warlock & Wizard. I have a question regarding its Spell Secrets ...
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Can a wizard use the spell Levitate on a target and shoot him with attacking spells that don't require concentration?
Can a wizard use the spell Levitate on a target and shoot it with attacking spells that don't require concentration or can somebody else shoot the target?
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Can an Arcane Trickster/Wizard multiclass write down AT spells into its spellbook? [duplicate]
It is said, AT are half-wizards who know their spells so well they don't need a spellbook to cast them. Wizards can read and write down spells, make Scrolls or copy them.
Can these perfect entities ...
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Does a multiclassed wizard start with a spellbook?
If I multiclass into Wizard, do I automatically begin with a spellbook?
I'm looking for support within the written rules. Designer intent is a consideration, but their intent should be well supported ...
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How many spells does my Bard 6/Wizard 1 know? [duplicate]
This is my first time multiclassing a character.
I wanted to multiclass my bard with something, and I wanted to make sure I have the rules for multiclassing correct - because with my understanding, ...
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Can a wizard delay learning new spells from leveling up, and instead learn different spells later?
Can a wizard delay learning new spells from leveling up, and instead learn different spells later?
For example, can a 2nd-level wizard choose to skip adding two new spells to their spellbook from ...
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How to learn Wizard spells without increasing Spellcraft?
I am about to build a Jade Phoenix Mage (Tome of Battle), with Wizard as the base spellcasting class.
Wizards need Spellcraft to learn new spells, but it is not a class skill for JPM. I would like to ...
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Does my multiclassed Eldritch Knight fighter/War wizard now have to prepare his spells as an Eldritch Knight?
I am building an Eldritch Knight fighter/War wizard multiclass character for D&D 5e. The eldritch knight has a limited pool of spells known, but does not have to prepare them; the wizard, on the ...
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How does the Divination wizard's Expert Divination feature work when you upcast a divination spell?
The School of Divination for a wizard has the feature Expert Divination at level 6 (PHB, p. 116):
Expert Divination
When you cast a divination spell of 2nd level or higher using a spell slot, ...
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Is it possible for a wizard to learn a spell from a bard (or other classes) if it is on the wizards spell list? [duplicate]
I know it isn't possible to learn a spell through words alone, it has to come in a written form. So would it be possible for a Bard to create a spellscroll and then let the wizard learn it? Assuming ...
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What happens to a wizard's magic when they are swallowed by a tarrasque?
I was watching this video about the Tarrasque when I saw that its stomach fluids strip magic. I was wondering if a Wizard is swallowed by a Tarrasque, does the wizard lose his innate magic or is it ...
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Can someone break into a Leomund's Tiny Hut via the Ethereal Plane?
I've got players who rely heavily on Leomund's Tiny hut for a "safe" night time rest. I'm alright with them using it to help, but it gets irritating having a wrench thrown into my nighttime attacks. ...
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What happens if two Divination Wizards try to affect a roll? [duplicate]
Does this interact like Lucky, wherein both Portent rolls cancel each other out and the original, untampered roll is used, or would the diviner that replaces the roll later, override the other that ...
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If I animate a corpse made real by the Illusory Reality ability, does it become an illusion after 1 minute?
To better explain my question, the process follows as such step by step (assuming the caster is of a level to cast and use all proposed abilities):
Spellcaster casts Major Image to create a corpse on ...
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Is Overchanneling announced before or after determining if a spell hits? [duplicate]
School of Evocation Wizards in 5E gain Overchannel at level 14. It states:
When you cast a wizard spell 1st through 5th level that deals damage, you can deal maximum damage with that spell. The ...
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Arcane Tradition and Cost Efficiency: Learn spells on level-up, or learn them from scrolls/spellbooks?
Each Wizard's Arcane Tradition subclass gives them a "Savant" feature:
Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy a [school] spell into your ...
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3-level cleric dip as a Wizard [closed]
I am currently playing a level 9 divination wizard in a campaign and I am focusing on battlefield control. I am the only player in my group that values crowd control, and that's why I am focusing on ...
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Can the Illusion wizard's Illusory Reality feature be used to pass through a Wall of Force or Forcecage?
This is a follow-up to another question of mine: Can Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments be used to open a hole or door through a Wall of Force or Forcecage?
Illusionist Wizards get the Illusory Reality ...
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How can a character gain additional Wizard Schools?
Is there a way for a character to gain access to Wizard School Specialization Powers? Similar in a way to the Eldritch Heritage line? Failing this is there a way for a wizard to gain access to a ...
