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Does a sorcerer's metamagic work for non-sorcerer spells?
Can a multiclass sorcerer/cleric use the Metamagic class ability with non-sorcerer spells? For example, using Twinned Spell when casting cure wounds to heal two creatures instead of just one?
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How can we prevent a sorcerer with the Subtle Spell metamagic option from casting?
The sorcerer's Subtle Spell metamagic option states:
When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to cast it without any somatic or verbal components.
The description of material ...
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Can a Sorcerer protect their friend from Web by using Careful Spell?
With the metamagic "Careful Spell" does the caster protect his friend from a Web spell for its full duration or just for the first save? If the friend stays in the area or re-enters the area does he ...
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Can a sorcerer make independent spell-effect choices for a Twinned spell?
Can a sorcerer make independent spell-effect choices for a Twinned spell?
For instance, the Polymorph spell can be used on willing and unwilling targets; the unwilling can make a Wisdom save to avoid ...
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Can a Ring of Spell Storing make it possible to apply multiple Metamagic options to one spell?
The Ring of Spell Storing is a unique item in that it allows one spell to be cast two times. The first time is when the spell is cast into the ring:
Ring of Spell Storing, DMG 192
This ring ...
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If a target affected by the Slow spell uses the Metamagic option Quickened Spell when casting a spell, does that spell take effect on the same turn?
The Slow spell affects spellcasting:
If the creature attempts to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action, roll a d20. On an 11 or higher, the spell doesn’t take effect until the creature’s next ...
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Can a Sorcerer use the Silence spell and the Subtle Spell Metamagic to silently cast the Knock spell?
The knock spell has a verbal spell component and states:
[...] When you cast the spell, a loud knock, audible from as far away as 300 feet, emanates from the target object [...]
I'm wondering if ...
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Do you waste sorcery points if you try to apply metamagic to a spell from a scroll but fail to cast it?
To cast a spell from a scroll that is on your list but of a higher level you can cast, you need to make a spellcasting ability check (wasting the spell scroll on a failure).
What happens if a low ...
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Do sorcerers' Subtle Spells require a skill check to be unseen?
I have a guest player who is secretly an evil "plant" inside the party causing trouble. He's a sorcerer who wants to use Subtle Spell metamagic to stop the party from delving into his master's old ...
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Can a sorcerer use metamagic when casting a spell via a spell scroll?
Can a sorcerer use metamagic when casting a spell via a spell scroll?
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Dispel Magic VS a spell which has been Twinned Spell
I'm curious about what would happen, in combat, if a sorcerer twin spells a haste on the fighters of the party and an enemy then casts a 4th level dispel magic.
Would dispelling the Magical Effect of ...
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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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Using Careful Spell on a wild magic fireball
If a sorcerer wild mage rolls on the wild magic table and ends up casting a fireball centered on themself, can the mage use Careful Spell when they cast that fireball, allowing the mage and some of ...
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How many attack/damage rolls does a sorcerer make when using the Twinned Spell metamagic option?
Two related questions:
When using Twinned Spell with an attack spell, do you make one attack roll for both targets, or one each?
When using TS with a spell that deals damage: do you roll damage once ...
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Can you use the Metamagic option Extended Spell more than once on a single spell?
Can you use the sorcerer's Metamagic option Extended Spell more than once on a single spell? In other words, can you pay more SP to extend the duration by one factor?
For example:
Say a given spell ...
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