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 this character concept involving never taking a long rest and converting spell slots to sorcery points (aka coffeelock) violate RAW?
Does the following, very cheesy character concept, violate any RAW? Please cite rules or official rulings in your answer. (Apart from RAW, I expect my DM to disallow or limit the concept, in the ...
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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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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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Can I cast a Warlock spell with another (higher) spell slot from a different multiclass?
Reviewing an answer to a recent question I posted, I had a thought about Armor of Agathys. In the event of a Sorcerer 18 / Warlock 2 build, would the character be able to cast Armor of Agathys with a ...
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Does the Sorcerer feature Draconic Resilience work with shields?
Sorcerers of the Draconic Bloodline have the following class feature (located in the Player's Handbook p. 102):
Draconic Resilience
[...] Additionally, parts of your skin are covered by a thin ...
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I Roll To Seduce The Dragon! (or, Do doublings of proficiency bonus stack?) [duplicate]
Lets say there exist some enterprising young bard 3/ sorcerer 1 named Kirk.
Deciding to uphold (long past) family tradition, he has chosen to go out and have a little half-dragon of his own.
He ...
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Multiclass Warlock/Sorcerer: How do spell slots recover?
If you multiclass a Warlock and a Sorcerer, then you have a character with both the Spellcasting and Pact Magic features.
PHB Page 101, Sorcerer, Spellcasting, Spell Slots:
You regain all expended ...
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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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Can I use Pact Magic spell slots gained on a short rest to gain sorcery points?
I'm planning on multi-classing in Warlock as a Sorcerer in 5e. I'd like to be able to use my Warlock spell slots from Pact Magic (that I regain on a short rest) to gain sorcery points.
I'm inclined ...
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Does Elemental Affinity add damage to Witch Bolt only once?
If a 6th level Sorcerer with Elemental Affinity (lightning) casts Witch Bolt, is only the inital bolt's damage is increased, or the damage of every one of them?
Elemental Affinity:
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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 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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How do Wild Magic Surge and Tides of Chaos interact
The rules for Wild Magic Surge are:
Immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher, the DM can have you roll a d20. If you roll a 1, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table to create a ...
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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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Can a multiclass sorcerer make spell slots for their other class using sorcery points?
Can a multiclass sorcerer make spell slots for their other class using sorcery points?
For example: can a multiclassed sorcerer 3 / warlock 1 use Flexible Casting to create a warlock spell slot?
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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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Does the Draconic Bloodline sorcerer's Elemental Affinity feature apply to the spell Dragon's Breath?
The Draconic Bloodline sorcerer feature Elemental Affinity states:
[When] you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you can add your Charisma modifier ...
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Is there an easy way to validate a high-level Sorcerer's spell list?
Suppose I'm running a one-shot that starts at level 9, and I instruct players to generate characters using any officially published Sourcebooks to create their characters.
One of my players chooses ...
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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 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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Is it possible to "charge up" a sorcerer/warlock by taking multiple short rests?
So according to the wonders of multiclassing, it is possible to take levels in both Sorcerer (granting us sorcery points) and Warlock (giving us Pact Magic) which creates the handy combo of turning ...
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Can a Sorcerer Twin Telekinesis, Eyebite, and Bigby's Hand?
Telekinesis, Eyebite, and Bigby's Hand are some of the few spells which persistently affect one creature. As such, they appear to fit the requirements of Twinned spell, which are...
Twinned Spell:
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Can a sorcerer use the Quickened Spell metamagic option to cast cantrips?
Considering that in higher levels, cantrips deal more damage than L2 spells (especially if you dip 2 levels of Warlock, with EB + Hex + Agonizing Blast), I'm wondering whether it's more efficient for ...
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Is playing a paladin / sorcerer multi-class viable?
I would like know if it is viable and sustianable to mutliclass paladin with Sorcerer. But I am unsure if these two would mesh well together and end up becoming good or if it would just lead to a sub ...
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Does the Distant Spell Metamagic double the range of area of effect spells that have a range of self?
The Distant Spell Metamagic option gives you the ability to double the Range of a spell, or give a spell with range of Touch a range of 30ft.
If I would apply this to, let's say, burning hands, which ...
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Can a sorcerer spell cast from a magic item trigger a Wild Magic Surge?
A Wild Magic Surge may happen when a Wild Magic sorcerer (PHB, p. 103-104) casts a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher:
Once per turn, the DM can have you roll a d20 immediately after you cast a ...
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How would Elemental Affinity work with a Booming Blade-style delayed damage spell?
Draconic Bloodline sorcerers gain the Elemental Affinity feature at level 6:
Starting at 6th level, when you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you can ...
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Can I add the bonus from my Elemental Affinity on each scorching ray?
This may be quite obvious, but I want to be certain.
As a Draconic Bloodline sorcerer with Elemental Affinity to fire, do I get to add my Charisma modifier to each ray of scorching ray, or just one ...
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Why do Sorcerers use Charisma?
Sorcerers use Charisma as their primary Ability Score for spell-casting in Dungeons and Dragons. Wizards use Intelligence to cast, and Clerics use Wisdom. Intelligence and Wisdom make sense for the ...
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Wild Magic Surge - What does "You cast ..." mean for your spell slots?
In response to this question, I started to think about what it means when a Wild Magic Surge results in a "You cast spell-X".
So, "specific beats general" gives:
You can cast a second spell when you ...
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