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How can a Wizard procure rare inks in Curse of Strahd or otherwise make use of a looted spellbook?
For information specific to the Curse of Strahd campaign, please use spoiler tags because I am a player and not the GM.
Two notes first:
We are playing the Curse of Strahd, but I don't know what ...
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Would it be possible for a Multiclass Order of scribes wizard/sorcerer to put sorcerer spells into their spell book [duplicate]
The Multiclassing rules state that you determine the spells you are able to prepare and cast independently, but it does not seem to apply to spells a wizard is able to transcribe into their spellbook.
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Multiclassing mid-dungeon into Wizard. Where's my spellbook? When do I prepare my spells?
In one of my campaigns I have a character that just leveled up. I've been planning for a while to multi-class into Wizard, but never really had the character RP prepare for the event, since I didn't ...
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Can one wizard prepare a spell that a second wizard wrote in the first wizard's spellbook?
The rules for a wizard are that they can prepare spells that are in their spellbook, and cast ritual spells from their spellbook without preparing them. There is also the cost and time spent to copy a ...
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Does a wizard need to attune to the magical spellbooks in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything in order to use them as spellbooks?
The wizard at my table does not have any available attunement slots and just discovered an Alchemical Compendium. We are trying to determine if he could use the spellbook only for the spells contained ...
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Can a Wizard use two spell books? [duplicate]
So lets say I am playing a level 12 Wizard, and I am in a dungeon when I find a spell book. So something similar happened in a quest I was playing and then the my DM said something along the lines of &...
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Can a wizard dual wield spellbooks and still use somatics while gaining the spellbooks "held" abilities?
I'm playing a wizard who has come across two magical spellbooks. Both spellbooks have abilities/effects that I may choose to activate if I hold them, as well as functioning as spell foci. In the PHB/...
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What’s easier for a new dnd player, component pouch or arcane focus?
I’m just starting out in dnd and creating my first character (a half-elf wizard) and I’m at the equipment section. I’ve looked up the differences between the component pouch and arcane focus and can’t ...
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Can a Wizard write spells in something other than a spellbook? [duplicate]
So basically I have a bard that I am about to multiclass into a wizard. I’d like to know if it’s possible to not need a grimoire specifically, but be able to say write my spells by writing them on or ...
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Do wizards' spells gained per level just appear in their spellbook?
I understand that a wizard gains 2 free spells to add into their Spellbook when they gain a level (pg. 178). What isn't clear is if they have to pay to inscribe the spell or take the time to put the ...
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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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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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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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Can a Wizard gain more spell slots by having multiple spell books?
Can a Wizard gain more spell slots by having multiple spell books?
If I had two or more spell books each with different spells, does that increase the spell limit?
