Flame arrows would deal 1d6 fire damage, lightning arrow 4d8 lighting damage, or absorb elements dealing 1d6 of the absorbed elemental damage on the turn after absorb elements has been used as a reaction, from a melee attack. When the attack charged with the spell hits, does this count as...
She likes to wade into melee combat with a mace in one hand and a shield in the other. She uses the holy symbol as her spellcasting focus, so she needs to have the shield in hand when she casts a cleric spell that has a material component. If the spell, s...
When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn't have a range of self, you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell's level to target a second creature in range with the same spell (1 sorcery point if the spell is a cantrip). The wish spell ...
From this question I understand that when I cast Burning Hands, the touching of thumbs and then the spreading of fingers in order to cast the spell is non-negotiable. This brings into question how doable the spell is while holding, say, a staff in one hand. I imagine that as long as ...
At 2nd level, you can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your ranger spells. Conclaves with no reference to Spellcasting Focus All of them: Beast Master, Fey Wanderer, Gloom Stalker, Horizon Walker, Hunter, Monster Slayer, Swarmkeeper, Drakewarden. Other...
16 Is an item that increases spell save DC balanced? 9 Are there Class Tiers in D&D 5e? Related 7 Does Thunderwave's push effect knock away incoming spells/projectiles? 11 Would it be balanced to allow the darkvision spell to target multiple creatures when cast with...
Does the Sharpshooter feat's 3rd clause (-5/+10) work on spells cast through a ranged weapon being used as a spellcasting focus? Specifically, does the Sharpshooter feat work with spells cast through a Warlock's Improved Pact Weapon shortbow/longbow/crossbow options? dn...
There are exceptions; if you've gotten cornered and don't have any useful melee attacks, or you've been blinded, or something like that, defending is probably better than making an attack at disadvantage. If you've just cast a big concentration spell, you may want to defend to...
None of these classes are worth using without their spellcasting features, except maybe the artificer, and even then, would easily be the weaker than any martial class. Warlocks may still be serviceable, but still lose a lot. You can build a warlock around being a strong melee combatant, ...
This means that spells like Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade have no effect: they both stipulate that something occurs during the casting of the spell: As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the s...