Questions tagged [wizard]
A character who learns and casts arcane magic through study.
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Can a multiclassed Wizard/Sorcerer use the Twinned Spell metamagic option on Simulacrum?
Consider a Wizard 13/Sorcerer 7 multiclass, who happens to have the Twinned Spell metamagic option:
When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn’t have a range of self, you can ...
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Can Bardic Inspiration be used on a roll replaced by Portent?
A creature with a Bardic Inspiration die can roll it to add the result to an ability check, saving throw, or attack roll, while the Divination wizard's Portent feature overrides the roll before the ...
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Does the Abjuration wizard's Improved Abjuration feature apply when casting sufficiently high-level spells from scrolls?
Inspired by this question on how to improve the chances of casting spells from scrolls.
Improved Abjuration, the School of Abjuration wizard's 10th-level feature, states (PHB, 115):
Beginning at ...
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How can I help/encourage a wizard player with their bookkeeping?
One of my players is playing their first caster in 5e and chose a wizard.
Unbeknown to them, the wizard class comes with a fair amount of bookkeeping both in long rests and downtime with their spell ...
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Can Yew Wands be used as a focus for both druids and wizards?
As I was developing a level 4 character for a 5th edition D&D campaign I was playing with my friends, I settled on a multi-class character using the Druid and Wizard classes. When I went to choose ...
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Can an abjuration wizard willingly dismiss their Arcane Ward or allow an attack to bypass it?
I play an abjuration wizard, and I recently encountered a situation where I wanted to take damage (in order to get a saving throw to permanently end an aboleth's charm effect that was only temporarily ...
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How many spells does a Wizard start off with?
I'm creating a Mage in AD&D 2e for fun, and want to know how many spells my character starts off with at first level.
I know that there is Table 21: Wizard Spell Progression, but my Dad and I ...
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Is it possible for 2 (or more) wizards to share a spell book?
I have a party idea where a group of eager to learn young apprentices leave their masters tower after getting impatient with his method of teaching. But they only remember to take one spell book, and ...
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Should non-human transmuter wizards be allowed?
I recently joined a group about to start a new adnd-2e campaign. As I am new to D&D in general, I only learned after the fact that I made a mistake during character creation, resulting in a ...
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Can the Minor Illusion spell hide the “visibly magical” nature of an object conjured by the Minor Conjuration feature?
A Wizard who chooses the School of Conjuration at level 2 can use Minor Conjuration (PHB, p. 116) to conjure a smallish non-magical item that they have seen before such as a hammer, a gem, gold coin ...
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How can my necromancer become a Lich?
My RAW Necromancer (pure Wizard) wants to become a Lich.
What's the surest path to becoming one?
He is OK to change alignment and spend lots of coins, but not to worship any god or sell his soul ...
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Does a fluid substance (a beer), created with Minor Conjuration, disappear from one's body after drinking it when this class feature is used again?
Context
In our game my wizard frequently casts Minor Conjuration to create a beer (in a mug) for our dwarf barbarian, as a friendly gesture. Every six seconds I would do the same thing, and he would ...
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What is the purpose of the Evocation wizard's Sculpt Spells feature?
The School of Evocation wizard's 2nd-level Sculpt Spells feature says:
The chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving throws against the spell, and they take no damage if they would ...
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Can an Illusion wizard use Illusory Reality to create a sun?
An idea came to mind while playing a game that involved vampires to create an illusionary sun or something that creates sunlight so that they fight while in sunlight. So if a 14th-level wizard were to ...
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As a Bladesinger, can I get the arcane keyword on my basic attacks?
I'm starting a Bladesinger character. Is there any way to add the arcane keyword to a weapon so that I may use the White Lotus feats with my basic attacks?
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Can a paralyzed creature targeted by an Evocation Wizard's Sculpt Spells feature actually succeed a Dex save?
Say a friendly barbarian is currently paralyzed. Part of the description of the paralyzed condition says:
The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
Its friend, the ...
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Does replacing Metamagic with a delayed Arcane Tradition have glaring balance issues?
In an answer to a related question, linksassin suggests an untested variant rule to apply some wizard flavor to the sorcerer class. I've attempted to formalize this approach and want to verify that I ...
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Will allowing a wizard to cast spell without preparation be unbalanced?
A wizard complained that preparing spells every long rest seems a very tedious task, and asked me if he could trade his ability to copy new spells with the ability to cast any spells he knows without ...
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Can a familiar with low intelligence report back to its master what it observed when it was more than 100 feet from its master?
According to the Find Familiar spell description,
...the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form...
and
While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate
with it ...
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What can a level 10-12 Necromancer do and bring to a party? [closed]
What can a level 10-12 Necromancer do and bring (by himself) to a party?
Just asking in general because I'm new to D&D and want to see my necromancer fight hordes of goblins and/or other monsters ...
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Can an Abjurer wizard use the ability Projected Ward without summoning the Arcane Ward before?
Can an abjurer wizard use the ability Projected Ward without summoning the Arcane Ward before? If yes what would happen to the Arcane Ward after using the Projected Ward ability if it has still some ...
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How to summon risk free with Gate
Related: Does Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum block summoning?
I am attempting to create a scenario where a single wizard of 20th level with no special items can summon a creature of great strength (...
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Is there a limit to how many spells you can add to your spellbook per day?
Basically I was able to purchase seven scrolls of lower level spells (two first, three second, two third) that would be useful to my wizard. Assuming an hour per spell, could I scribe them in all in a ...
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Can a Magus learn Wizard spells by conducting independent research?
By the rules of non-downtime Independent Research:
Independent Research
A wizard can also research a spell independently, duplicating an existing spell or creating an entirely new one. The ...
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Does polymorph cancel bladesong?
A wizard is fighting with his bladesong active and decides to cast polymorph upon himself.
Will bladesong still be active in the new form (let’s take a giant ape for example)?
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By using Misty Step with Spell Mastery, can a wizard effectively increase their travel speed?
So, one of my players has recently asked me if they could use misty step with the wizard's Spell Mastery feature to effectively increase their travel speed by 30ft/6 secconds. Effectively doubling ...
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What are the properties of Minor Alchemy materials when used with spells that require special materials?
Consider this Part 2 from What happens to objects, changed while transmuted using Minor Alchemy, after they revert?
This is regarding the School of Transmutation wizard's Minor Alchemy feature (PHB, ...
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If I stole a spellbook from a wizard, could I learn spells with it?
So I have this character idea: a rogue who wanted to be a wizard, but didn't have enough money to go to a wizard school. And I was thinking, if he stole a wizard's spellbook, what could he do with it? ...
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Why doesn't Acid Arrow go against Spell Resistance?
I've seen and understand that Acid Arrow doesn't go against Spell Resistance, as shown here. But I have no clear idea for a basis of why this would be the case? Even if you were flinging the dart that ...
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When Smokesight is shared, whose magically created smoke can one see through?
The wizard focused school smoke includes the Smokesight ability (emphasis mine):
Smokesight (Su): You can see normally through natural fog and smoke, as well as any fog and smoke that you (but not ...
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Can a Wizard cast a spell as a ritual without physically accessing a spellbook?
Part of the answer to this question what can a wizard do without a spellbook got me wondering. It states that you, as a wizard, can't cast a ritual spell without your spellbook.
And I can't help ...
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Potent Cantrip with Toll the Dead vs Evasion
I've been allowing the party's big bad enemy (a tenth-level wizard) to essentially always do damage with toll the dead. Even against the party's monk and rogue which have Evasion. And my group is ...
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If you can't see it coming, how do you get a dex save? [duplicate]
So, I was thinking simply fog cloud.. to obscure vision then fireball.
Input?
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Does a Pseudodragon's natural spell resistance stack with the spell resistance granted to familiars?
Pseudodragons have spell resistance 12.
As a familiar, at level 11, it gains spell resistance 16 that scales with the wizard's level.
Do the spell resistances stack?
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Does a Wizard's spellbook need to be a book?
In the PHB under The Book's Appearance the text give two examples of how a spellbook looks like a book and one example with it being just a collection of notes.
Does a Wizard's spellbook need to be a ...
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What is a good method of heavyweight logistics transportation for kingdom building that can be tamed, created or built?
In our Kingmaker campaigh, the wizard (who is not too shy with necromancy) is thinking about heavyload transportation, as in all the stone and ore from mines, building materials and whatnot.
Typical "...
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Is it reasonable for multiple party wizards to share their spellbooks with each other?
It occurred to me that since wizards in 5e are allowed, upon encountering another wizard's spellbook, to copy spells of a level that they can cast into their own spellbook (at the cost of only time ...
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In the Dragonlance setting, can a dragon recognize that a player character is a wizard?
In the Dragonlance setting, can a dragon recognize that a player character is a wizard, if they are a 2nd-level wizard trying to hide that fact?
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Adding fire resistance to a Level 5 Wizard
I have a Half-Elf Level 5 Wizard character, who is quite the pyromaniac. His school is that of Illusion. I'd like to find a way to make him fire-resistant, in such a way that it will be persistent. ...
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What does the Gnomish Wizard Favored Class Bonus mean by “+1/2” uses per day?
I'm working on creating a character for Pathfinder, he is a gnomish wizard and the "Alternate Favored Class Bonus" says:
Select one arcane school power at 1st level that is normally usable a number ...
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Portent and spell preparation: which comes first?
Both the dice rolls for the 2nd-level School of Divination Wizard class feature Portent and a Wizard's spell preparation occur "when you finish a long rest". Which comes first - or can a Wizard PC ...
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Illusory Reality & Malleable Illusions - what is “one object”?
I DM for a player who is considering creating a School of Illusion Wizard. They have correctly noted that many things about illusions in the game are open to interpretation, and have asked me to let ...
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Do objects made real by Illusory Reality persist (briefly) after the end of the spell?
The 14th-level School of Illusion wizard feature, Illusory Reality, can make an object in an illusion spell real for one minute (PHB, p. 118):
When you cast an illusion spell of 1st level or higher,...
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Does feeblemind change the effect of Command Undead on high intelligence targets?
The School of Necromancy wizard has the 14th-level feature Command Undead (PHB, p. 119):
Starting at 14th level, you can use magic to bring undead under your control, even those created by other ...
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Can a multiclassed Warlock/Abjuration Wizard with Armor of Shadows repeatedly cast Mage Armor to recharge Arcane Ward?
The warlock's Armor of Shadows eldritch invocation (PHB, p. 110) says:
You can cast mage armor on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot or material components.
The School of Abjuration ...
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Truth Domain + Domain Wizard = 2nd level spells?
Truth Domain, from Races of Eberron, has Detect Thoughts (WIZ 2) in the 1st level Domain Spell slot. With Domain Wizard, "a domain wizard automatically adds each new domain spell to her list of known ...
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Can you use Lucky (feat) followed by Portent to replace a roll that's already been made?
Consider the following scenario:
I am playing a Divination Wizard with the Lucky Feat. He is sufficient level to have access to the Portent feature. He rolls his Divination Dice for the day and rolls ...
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Does a wizard need to find and copy spells into spellbook to remain relevant?
I plan to use a wizard in a low magic campaign. The DM told me that magic users are few, so scrolls and spellbooks are very rare. He frankly told me that we might only be able to find one or two ...
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How might my unwitting houseruling of Sculpt Spell affect play?
Sculpt Spells, a class feature for Evocation Wizards, says the following:
Sculpt Spells
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative safety within the effects of your evocation ...
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Does killing a creature with a Shadow Blade trigger the Necromancy Wizard's Grim Harvest feature?
School of Necromancy wizards get the Grim Harvest feature at level 2 (PHB p. 118):
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to reap life energy from creatures you kill with your spells. Once per turn ...
