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 illusions for a sound and visual. How can I get the most out of this rule?
I have told him that this is a...
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I can vouch for this. I played in a campaign as a Warlock. The party found the illusionist bracers; but all we knew was the name, not the functionality. I piped in, "My warlock specialized in deception (he's a fortune teller by trade), so I imagine something to do with illusions would be helpful." The party agreed and I strapped them on. I became a walking cannon. The campaign ended shortly afterwards because of the imbalance. — MivaScott7 hours ago
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I am looking to convert a few modules from 3.5 to 5e, and while I am going to change the nature of the creatures encountered, I am not 100% sure how.
Does 3.5 follow the same kind of encounter xp and adventuring day xp rules that 5e does? For instance, if I see a CR1 creature in a 3.5 module, can...
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They do sometimes rely on Invstigation. Lots of illusions say "creatures can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your Save DC to determine it's an illusion"
And it's pretty common for them to depend on Wisdom Saving Throws.
And as a DM, it wouldn't be unusual if I said "Make a Spellcasting check using your Deception proficiency", but I'm getting the impression I'm one of the only DMs who relies really heavily on the "Alternative Ability Check" rules.
Like in Fate where it could be "You can use Lore instead of Deceive to create advantages by conjuring sensory illusions" or "You get +2 when using Deceive to create advantages augmented by sensory illusions."
Or in Lady Blackbird where magic can a trait with a family of tags like any other trait, but the trait isn't only invoked when you're actually doing magic, it can be invoked when you're doing anything related to being magical or having familiarity with the elements your magic involves. Or magic can be a "you can always do this" permission.
@AncientSwordRage Why would it rely on a deception skill? I can imagine it relying on an artistic skill to shape the illusion correctly (instead of drawing someone's likeness with a pencil, you paint it with the illusionary capability), but the deception skill seems to be more social than . . . well, than that.
And then there's magical paradigms like The Sun's Ransom where your vampire's unique ability is recapturing sensations of being human and channeling that into recovering the sun.
The spell says nothing can pass through the gem except light. Does that include the imprisoned creature moving around the inside of the gem?
