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Do innate spells cost spell slots in 5e? [duplicate]
I'm wondering if innate spells like a Yuan-Ti's animal friendship need spell slots.
I've searched through PHB and MoTM and haven't found anything on the subject.
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Does Cartomancer's Hidden Ace require you to expend a spell slot?
The new Cartomancer feat from The Book of Many Things has a feature, Hidden Ace, that says "when you finish a long rest, you can choose one spell from your class's spell list and imbue that spell ...
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Does Cartomancer's Hidden Ace allow you to cast a spell you normally couldn't prepare?
The new Cartomancer feat from The Book of Many Things has a feature, Hidden Ace, that says "when you finish a long rest, you can choose one spell from your class's spell list and imbue that spell ...
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Do out-of-combat spells use spell slots?
This feels like a dumb question, but does casting spells out of combat (like if someone used detect magic) use up spell slots? I would assume it does but I wanted to check in case.
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How does the Acolyte have 3 spell slots as a 1st-level spell caster?
The Acolyte stat block on page 342 of the 5e Monster Manual states
the acolyte is a 1st-level spellcaster.
However it also states, that the Acolyte has three 1st-level spell slots. This contradicts ...
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What are the consequences of changing the rule for casting multiple spells in a turn to "You can spend no more than one spell-slot each turn"?
The D&D 5e rules for casting multiple spells in one round are a frequent source of confusion across tables in my experience. While the rule is just a line of text
You can’t cast another spell ...
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What options are available for Sorcerers (or other spontaneous casters) to increase their daily number of spell slots?
I'm trying to find a hopefully exhaustive list of all of the potential methods for increasing the number of spells per day a Sorcerer (or other spontaneous spellcaster, but I'm mostly interested in ...
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Please Clarify Spiritual Weapon effects using higher spell slots?
Please Clarify Spiritual Weapon effects using higher spell slots?
Spiritual
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd
level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for every ...
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If the Raulothim's Psychic Lance spell "dissipates without effect", is the spell slot consumed?
I was reading the description of the Raulothim's Psychic Lance spell (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, p. 21) and I was left with a question. Raulothim's Psychic Lance gives the following alternative ...
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Can a wizard with the Artificer Initiate feat upcast a Cure Wounds spell that they learn using the feat?
The description of the Artificer Initiate feat states, in part (TCoE, p. 79):
You’ve learned some of an artificer’s inventiveness:
You learn one cantrip of your choice from the artificer spell list,
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Does casting a spell using a spell slot higher than its level upgrade its spell level even if it doesn't have additional effects from being upcast? [duplicate]
Does casting a spell using a spell slot higher than the spell's level upgrade its spell level even if it doesn't have additional effects from being upcast?
This is for the purposes of determining ...
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Assisting in casting spells
Legends of the Five Rings does offer rules for cooperationL5R 4E Core p.81, mainly they seem aimed at mundane tasks like building a ship or designing a new garden.
However, some spells, like Bonds of ...
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Do spells gained via feats like Fey Touched and Shadow Touched count as "always prepared" for classes that prepare spells?
Feats like Fey Touched and Shadow Touched (from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p. 79-80) grant you spells that you can cast once per long rest for free, or you can spend spell slots on them.
For ...
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When a caster affected by the Slow spell doesn't complete the spell they're casting, does it consume the spell slot and material components?
One of the effect of slow on a creature is (emphasis mine):
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 ...
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Can Arcane Trickster/Wizard use their Arcane Trickster's Spell Slots to cast Wizards spells that are not Enchantments or Illusions? [duplicate]
Can multiclass Arcane Trickster/Wizard use their Arcane Trickster's Spell Slots to cast Wizards spells they know that are not Enchantments or Illusions?
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