Afternoon all, rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/150900/… Just got closed while I was editing it to make it more specific. Before I go ahead to vote to reopen, is that legit?
@StuperUser It looks like a dupe to me. Though maybe I'm missing some of the finer point of what you are asking. At the very least it is confusing because you ask about a cantrip and then specifically point to the line about 1st level spells in your comment that doesn't seem to apply here.
it still uses the Spell Attack action and uses your spell save DC and all that, it just doesn't cost you spell slots and can't be empowered beyond your character levelling up
the only difference between casting a cantrip and casting a levelled spell is that it doesn't consume spell slots, it's otherwise mechanically the same as casting any spell
I think that covers everything. The question needs untangling. I started asking it about the cantrip, which that dupe definitely covers. But like you said, got into the details about 1st level spell. Since the wording doesn't PROHIBIT upcasting, through other spell slots. I've got covered what I need.
I remember a system where cantrips are basically treated as a separate spellcasting system, such that cantrips were in their own sub-block in a class statblock, separate from regular spellcasting.
Expanding upon this question in a tweet at Jeremy Crawford who confirms once again that Initiative is a skill check and can be modified by things that modify ability checks.
Cutting Words states
When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, o...
Which is also the basis of my concept of a Gish Druid, who uses Shillelagh and Polearm Mastery as a Spores Druid to output a large amount of melee damage.
It quickly drops off in power after Tier 2 though, so it's only really effective below level 11.
I was thinking about spells with letters swapped and what they would be. Sacred Flume - a 5 ft. long hollow log of hardwood appears and falls into a nearby body of water. Any water from the resulting splash that comes in contact with a creature is treated as holy water for one round.
@Rubiksmoose I feel like they blew their "Magic Item Effectiveness" budget on the Slicer of T'pir Weir Isles and couldn't afford to make anything else effective ever again. XD
@Xirema I don't think they used the letter swapping one to its full potential either (though as a DM I basically had a heart attack when they allowed it in)
> Animate Lead. You land the starring role in Pixar's next hit movie. You'll earn a lot of money but as the lead of an Animated Movie, it probably won't increase your reputation in the industry.
@Xirema That's... a good point. Though now the question has moved one. It probably would have been? I don't know enough about other editions (though I've heard 5e actually weakened wish).
@Yuuki Oh and the spray really increases the surface area of the alcohol too!
@Carcer the reason I removed the comments is that I'm honestly not sure that these are good questions and so splitting them up is just going to make things worse context-wise.
I'm not even sure they are answerable. Not without specifying a lot of stuff. The spell Q would essentially turn into a ridiculous charop question for one thing I think. (eg magic items allowed, sorcerer metamagic, wizard school, allies help, how long to prepare, etc.)
Either that or the boring interpretation which would be to find the spell that has the most d6 of damage and then also mention wish.
> With. With ith the mightietht thpell a mortal creature can catht. By thimply thpeaking aloud, you can alter the very foundationth of reality in accord with your dethireth.
I have a player playing a half orc sorcerer who's partially in denial about his magic. Wants to be a melee fighter. Recently, the party beat a group of orcs who were putting him down for being half-human.
He wants to use the greataxe the leader was using. The weapon master feat is limited to sim...
You can at least escape from web
Web is a more straightforward case; as you've shown it says:
"Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw" Emphasis mine
And if you already took the Ready action to move on your previ...
I didn't want to totally hijack the conversation earlier, but I dusted off my probability calculator to evaluate my Gish Sorcerer template vs a Champion GWF/GWM Fighter.
- The Sorcerer only uses Booming Blade. I didn't factor in Green Flame Blade, cast regularly or with a Bonus Action from being Quickened. Secondary Damage from Booming Blade is also not factored in because it depends on enemy behavior - Sorcerer "Shadow" rows involve use of the Shadow Blade spell, cast at the highest level possible - Sorcerer x1 attacks are made normally; x2 attacks are made by Twinning out Booming Blade against two targets, at the cost of 1 Sorcery Point per round
TL;DR: It's surprisingly competitive with a GWF/GWM Fighter, even if in the long term the Fighter wins out; but the Sorcerer also has their normal spellcasting behind it.
Well there you go. I think the extra Dex is a little too valuable to give up, since with Mage Armor, that's 18AC with no other modifiers.
Find a way to get Shield Proficiency and get 20/21/22/23 depending on how good a Shield you can find; boost to 28 with judicious use of the Shield spell...
We started at level 10 (so there only 2 levels waiting period to get to max Strength instead of the bunch of time waiting to get max Strength and medium armor)
Then again... I started with 18 strength because it was rolled stats, so it may be a bit of a bad demonstration
Might be best to grab the typical 1 level in cleric to get shields and heavy armor if you do the strength build
@Xirema Not if you use it for other things. I could see it being useful in a heavy-encountered adventuring day for mor Hounds of Ill Omen uses\
3 more Hounds can be quite nice
I think the biggest thing detracting from sorcerer capstone is they don't get much else at the 4th tier. Bards also have a fairly mediocre capstone, but they just got level 18 magical secrets 2 levels earlier
@DavidCoffron Yeah, but Hound of Ill Omen is actually just straight-up broken. It's a little unfair to judge the value of all Sorcery Points used by that one feature. =P
Sorcerers get their fairly mediocre transformation from their bloodline
@Xirema If I say you are wrong, I'd be lying xD
Hound of Ill Omen is like a repeatebly Heightened Spell Metamagic. It's so good
@Xirema Although, I've never had a GM try to kill it; it might be less good if your enemies target it down (then it's just an expensive Heightened Spell)
And when it's not that, it's also a spammable companion that
- knocks creatures prone after dealing damage - gains advantage from adjacent allies - can thwart retreating enemies - is summonable as a Bonus Action (meaning you can still cast spells with your Action on the same turn!)
> 'No Thank You Evil!' assumes every kid has a companion, and that’s a great piece of tech, since it gives the GM a “voice” in the scene, even if there are no other characters present. (Rob Donoghue, "Playing with the Dude")
Under "Moving Between Attacks" it says:
"If you take an action that includes more than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even further by moving between those attacks..."
If you were to twin booming blade then this would be an action that includes more than one weapon attack....
Say I play a wizard who learns cure wounds by taking magic initiate. Could I cast that spell using the Wizard's spell slots?
Expanding upon this question in a tweet at Jeremy Crawford who confirms once again that Initiative is a skill check and can be modified by things that modify ability checks.
Cutting Words states
When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, an ability check, o...
You can at least escape from web
Web is a more straightforward case; as you've shown it says:
"Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw" Emphasis mine
And if you already took the Ready action to move on your previ...
