Questions tagged [sorcerer]
For questions about the sorcerer, a particular class or type of magic user in many tabletop RPGs. In several editions of Dungeons & Dragons, the sorcerer class typically harnesses some form of innate magic, but other game systems may use the term differently. (Questions about the occult horror/fantasy RPG "Sorcerer" by Ron Edwards should use the [sorcerer-rpg] tag instead.)
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Does Psionic Sorcery value spell levels differently than Flexible Casting?
In attempting to answer this question I ran into a different question about how the Abberant Mind Sorcerer's Psionic Sorcery works.
Psionic Sorcery states:
When you cast any spell of 1st level or ...
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Can Aberrant Mind Sorcerers upcast Psionic Spells using Sorcery points?
Aberrant Mind Sorcerers get Psionic Sorcery at L6:
When you cast any spell of 1st level or higher from your Psionic Spells feature, you can cast it by expending a spell slot as normal or by spending ...
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If a fighter multiclasses into sorcerer, when they cast spells do they also replace material components with somatic?
From the Sorcerer class page,
Because you're a sorcerer, you can usually replace material components with somatic components, so you don't need to use a material component pouch.
I interpret this to ...
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permanent strongholds for warlocks
In Xanathar's Guide to Everything, there are a series of spells, Druid Grove, Temple of the Gods, and Mighty Fortress for druids, clerics, and wizards respectively. However, there is no equivalent I ...
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Does the Seeking Spell Metamagic work on a weapon attack caused by a spell?
The Seeking Spell Metamagic from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything reads:
Seeking Spell
If you make an attack roll for a spell and miss, you can spend 2 sorcery points to reroll the d20, and you must ...
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Can a multiclassed Warlock/Sorcerer create Pact Slots with the Sorcerer’s flexible casting? [duplicate]
In dnd warlock spell slots are max level so if you make a first-level warlock spell slot using Sorcery points does the spell slot become max level is this possible and if it is can you make infinite ...
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Does the Aberrant Mind Sorcerer Subclass' Warping Implosion Ability Affect the User?
For the Aberrant Mind sorcerer origin, it's lv 18 ability, Warping Implosion, reads as follows:
You can unleash your aberrant power as a space-warping anomaly. As an action, you can teleport to an ...
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If a Shadow sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen "can use its action only to attack its target", what exactly is it allowed to do?
I have a few questions regarding what falls under the category of "attack[ing] its target" for the Shadow Magic sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen feature, which summons a hound to target a single ...
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What counts as a sorcerer spell for the purposes of the Wild Magic sorcerer's Wild Magic Surge feature? [duplicate]
The Wild Magic sorcerer's Wild Magic Surge feature states (PHB, p. 103):
Starting when you choose this origin at 1st level, your spellcasting can unleash surges of untamed magic. Immediately after ...
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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 Distant Spell Metamagic interact with the Thunderclap spell?
The Thunderclap spell has a range of 5 feet and states (emphasis mine):
You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100 feet away. Each creature within range, other than you, must ...
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Does Favored by the Gods work with counterspell rolls?
I was trying to counterspell power word kill and needed the extra rolls. Does Favored by the Gods work with counterspell rolls?
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Hound of Ill Omen - Does it have to attack?
The description states:
On its turn, it can move only toward its target by the most direct route, and it can use its action only to attack its target.
Who controls whether he indeed uses what he can?...
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Does the disadvantage on saves from Shadow Sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen feature persist beyond the first turn?
Shadow Sorcerer's Hound of Ill Omen feature's text reads:
...Additionally, while the hound is within 5 feet of the target, the target has disadvantage on saving throws against any spell you cast. The ...
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Can a level 16 draconic sorcerer maintain their dragon wings (from the Dragon Wings bloodline spell) indefinitely?
Draconic sorcerers gain the focus spell Dragon Wings at 5th level.
When the spell is heightened to 8th level, "the duration increases to ten minutes."
If a sorcerer has a focus point at time ...
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Is this Void Themed Sorcerer Subclass Reasonably Balanced?
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I'm trying to make a Sorcerer subclass that has a Lovecraftian/Far Realm theme. I tried to balance it around Shadow, Divine Soul, Storm and the Abberant/Psionic Mind UA. (I realize that ...
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If a player rolls 33-34 on the wild magic table (maximize damage), what happens if they miss the target on the damaging attack?
On the Wild Magic Sorcerer's Wild Magic Table, (PHB p.104), getting a roll of 33-34 results in:
Maximize the damage of the next damaging spell you cast within the next minute.
What happens if the ...
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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 I twin cast a cantrip used with reaper from the death domain? [duplicate]
Assuming I multiclass as a death domain cleric and a sorcerer.
Can I use my Twinned Spell metamagic to cast a necromantic cantrip, in conjunction with the Death Domains Reaper ability?
Reaper:
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Does Empowered Spell metamagic work over multiple turns?
The Sorcerer's Empowered Spell metamagic option reads
Empowered Spell
When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Charisma ...
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Are dice re-rolled together or sequentially for Chaos Bolt with the Metamagic option Empowered Spell?
The Sorcerer's Empowered Spell metamagic option reads
When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of ...
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Can a Shadow Magic sorcerer cast the Darkness spell using sorcery points, and still apply a Metamagic option to it?
Let's say that I want to use the Shadow Magic sorcerer feature Eyes of the Dark (XGtE, p. 51) to cast the darkness spell by spending 2 sorcery points. More, I would like to cast it as a bonus action, ...
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Can a multiclassed Divine Soul sorcerer/wizard add cleric spells to their spellbook?
I am in a campaign where I am a multiclassed Divine Soul sorcerer 2/wizard 1. I have a paladin, a cleric, and a druid in my party. As a Divine Soul sorcerer, I have access to the cleric spell list.
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How does the Heightened Spell metamagic work on the Immolation spell?
I've been looking for an answer on how the sorcerer's Heightened Spell Metamagic option would affect the immolation spell. Would it apply to all the Dex saves of the spell? Or would it only apply to ...
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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 totally bypass immunity to fire damage?
The Pyromancer sorcerous origin from Plane Shift: Kaladesh has a feature called Fiery Soul:
At 18th level, you gain immunity to fire damage. In addition, any spell or effect you create ignores ...
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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 dragonborn Draconic Bloodline sorceror have 2 different resistances?
My player has rolled up a dragonborn Draconic Bloodline sorcerer. They have decided to be a silver dragonborn - i.e. they chose silver dragons for the dragonborn's Draconic Ancestry trait (cold ...
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Should a dragonborn Draconic Bloodline sorceror have only 4 starting skill proficiencies?
One of my party rolled up a dragonborn (race) Draconic Bloodline sorcerer in a session and after going through the race, class, and background (outlander), she ended up with just 4 skill proficiencies:...
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With these buffs, would the Storm Sorcery subclass still be balanced with other official sorcerer subclasses?
The Storm Sorcery subclass (SCAG, p. 137; XGtE, p. 51-52) is widely regarded as the weakest of the sorcerer subclasses; for instance, see RPGBOT's assessment of the subclass. We - as in my D&D ...
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