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Can I retrain the spells I pick with Greater Crossblooded Evolution during downtime?
Pretty straightforward question--does GCBE give a Sorcerer the ability to retrain and learn any two spells during downtime?
If so, how long does it take?
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Gold Dragonborn Sorcerer level 3. ASI or Elemental Adept at level 4?
My Gold Dragonborn Sorcerer is level 3, 18 CHA, +4 modifier.
I'm trying to build Pyro from Team Fortress 2 in D&D 5e, and I'm optimizing for high fire damage.
Should I take the ASI to get a +7 ...
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Can a character use their sorcery points from the sorcerer's Font of Magic feature on a Metamagic option they learned from the Metamagic Adept feat?
The Metamagic Adept feat (TCoE, p. 80) lets you "learn two Metamagic options" and gives you "two sorcery points to spend on Metamagic".
The 2nd-level sorcerer feature Font of Magic ...
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If a sorcerer knows the Mage Hand cantrip and then takes the Telekinetic feat, how does that interact with the Metamagic option Distant Spell?
Say a sorcerer already knows the mage hand cantrip, and then takes the Telekinetic feat. If they cast mage hand and apply the Metamagic option Distant Spell to it, what would its range be?
(Ignore the ...
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Does the Metamagic Adept feat gives access to Flexible Casting as well or just sorcery points when taken at 1st level as a Variant Human Sorcerer? [duplicate]
Build
Race: Variant Human (feat: Metamagic Adept)
Class: Sorcerer (Shadow)
Metamagic adept feat:
(...)You gain 2 sorcery points to spend on Metamagic (these points are added to any sorcery points you ...
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I'm a lvl10 sorcerer: should I plan for Spell Sniper + Eldritch Adept to get a powerful cantrip? [closed]
I'm currently a level 10 Tiefling Sorcerer, playing my first game of D&D (5e). I'm mostly selecting spells for boon'ing party members, with a couple of save-or-suck spells in reserve + simple ...
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How does metamagic adept interact with flexible casting and the sorcery points cap?
You gain 2 sorcery points to spend on Metamagic (these points are added to any sorcery points you have from another source but can be used only on Metamagic). You regain all spent sorcery points when ...
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How does the Flames of Phlegethos racial feat interact with the sorcerer's Metamagic option Empowered Spell?
If I have both the Flames of Phlegethos feat and the sorcerer's Metamagic option Empowered Spell, can I re-roll the same die twice?
The description of the second benefit of the Flames of Phlegethos ...
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Can the 1st-level spell learned through the Aberrant Dragonmark feat trigger a Wild Magic Surge?
I'm playing a Wild magic sorcerer and it occurred to me that the 1st-level spell added from the Aberrant Dragonmark feat could potentially trigger a Wild Magic Surge.
Is this the case, and can I use ...
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Does the Pyromancer sorcerer's Fiery Soul feature work with the Elemental Adept feat (fire damage) to effectively ignore immunity as well?
The Pyromancer sorcerous origin from Plane Shift: Kaladesh gains the Fiery Soul feature at 18th level. Part of its description says:
[...] any spell or effect you create ignores resistance to fire ...
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Can a sorcerer with Spell Sniper use Distant Spell to cast a touch-range spell requiring a melee attack roll from a range of 60 feet?
Our use case spell will be inflict wounds (available to evil divine soul sorcerer):
Make a melee spell attack against a creature you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 3d10 necrotic damage.
The ...
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Is it possible for a sorcerer to write all the ritual spells they know in the ritual book of Ritual Caster Feat when they acquire this feat?
I was reading the D&D Beyond about wild magic sorcerer and I was thinking about something when I read the recommended feats, in particular the Ritual Caster Feat.
Is it possible for a sorcerer to ...
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Can a Sorcerer Gain Additional Spells Known with Magic Initiate? [duplicate]
The Magic Initiate feat states:
Choose a class: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You
learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's spell list.
In addition, choose one ...
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Arcane Disciple feat as a sorcerer and anyspell greater
With the Spell Domain, can a Sorcerer utilize anyspell greater with the Arcane Disciple Feat?
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I think it should work, but Anyspell says: Anyspell allows you to read and prepare any arcane spell
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What happens if you apply Practiced Spellcaster to a prestige class?
Say you're a 14th-level Sorcerer with 1 level in Archmage who then goes Fighter. You take Practiced Spellcaster (CA p.82) to boost your Sorcerer CL, and then later take it again to boost your Archmage ...
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Is there any way to get the Draconic Claw feat without losing BAB?
Races of the Dragon has a very interesting feat in Draconic Claw (p. 102), which gives you a pair of claw attacks as well as the ability to make a claw attack as a swift action in any turn in which ...
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What spells can the Inscribe Magic Tattoo feat be used for?
The item creation feat Inscribe Magic Tattoo has a short list of sample magic tattoos, but there is no list given for what you can and can't tattoo. Does this use the Sorcerer/Wizard spell list in its ...
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How does the Eldritch Heritage feat function if you're already a Sorcerer?
How does the Eldritch Heritage feat function if you're already a Sorcerer?
I'm a sorcerer with Celestial bloodline.
Eldritch Heritage finishes by saying:
You do not gain any of the other ...
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How do Stylized Spell (Metamagic) and Rakshasa Bloodline Arcana interact?
Both mechanisms are all about lying on what you are casting.
Bloodline Arcana:
Add half your sorcerer level to the Spellcraft DC for others to identify spells you cast. If their checks fail by 5 or ...
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As a Sorcerer, can you trade out the spells granted by the Drow High Magic feat?
The Drow High Magic racial feat (XGtE, p. 74) states:
You learn more of the magic typical of dark elves. You learn the detect magic spell and can cast it at will, without expending a spell slot. You ...
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Can I use Bloodline Havoc on Eldritch Heritage?
Sorcerer through the Orc or Draconic bloodline can add +1 per die rolled. As a Shocking Grasp Magus, I would love to get that. I could dip. Lets explore another (cheesy?) way.
Eldritch Heritage is a ...
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Can a Wild Magic sorcerer trigger Wild Magic Surges with rituals?
Wild Magic Surges may only trigger after casting a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher. By default, sorcerers cannot cast spells as rituals, but if they take the Ritual Caster feat, they can (for ...
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Could a Wild Magic Surge be triggered by a Wild Magic Sorcerer using a Magic Initiate spell?
Under Wild Magic Surge it states:
Immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of first level or higher, the DM can have you roll a d20.
Since Magic Initiate has you choose spells from a specific ...
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Can the Dragonwrought feat be used as draconic heritage?
I'm planning on playing a sorcerer kobold, and I want to know whether the Dragonwrought feat from Races of the Dragon (pg. 100) can replace the draconic heritage prerequisites for both other draconic ...
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How does the Draconic Breath feat interact with the Animate Breath spell?
The Draconic Breath [Draconic] feat (Complete Arcane) allows a Sorcerer to spend a spell slot to use a breath weapon as a standard action. This is a supernatural ability and the damage and save DC is ...
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Do dragonmark spell-like abilities add to Sorcerer's spells known?
I am playing in a Eberron Pathfinder campaign.
Do the spells from this Least True Dragonmark feat get added to a sorcerer spell's known list if you get the feat?
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Ways for a Sorcerer to cast Spells he doesn't "know"
A Wizard prepares and casts Spells from his Spellbook and can therefore cast pretty much any Spell he has the appropriate Slot for and can get a Scroll to learn it from.
I'd like to have a similar ...
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Can I use Persistent Spell's effect with Bloodline powers?
Im making a Protean Bloodline Sorceror, and I was wondering if you can use Persistent Spell on Bloodline powers. As far as I have seen bloodline powers do not have the same levels as the normal spells,...
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Is Dragonblood Sorcerer worth it?
Dragon Magic presents a system of substitute levels of various classes for characters with the Dragonblood subtype. One of which, Dragonblood Sorcerer, provides the following benefits:
1st level: ...
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Need help with Sorcerer build options
Ok, so I'm working on a Spellscale Sorcerer with a gambler theme; he will eventually be taking levels of Fatespinner and Fortune's Friend (he doesn't consider this cheating any more than an athlete ...
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