maybe hold watch for 2 hours sometime in between, and in the morning before officially ending the long rest, cast spells for less then one hour, then resume the rest and end the rest at which time spell slots are regained.
For spells like flame arrows, lightning arrow or absorb elements, the spells are cast before making an attack, yet they deal damage when an attack hits. Flame arrows would deal 1d6 fire damage, lightning arrow 4d8 lighting damage, or absorb elements dealing 1d6 of the absorbed elemental dama...
Strictly speaking, you don't need to use two hands to hold a staff; you might need to use two hands if you attempt to make a melee attack with one*, but because you're only required to hold the staff in one hand, you satisfy the somatic components. * The only staff in the PHB ...
I know Warcaster allows you to use spells' somatic components while still wielding weapons or shields in both hands, but does it also allow you to access your spellcasting focus or component pouch in order to meet the material components of said spells? War Caster Pre...
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...
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...
Allowing casters to upcast spells in 2 ways functionally increases the number of spells they have at their disposal. Versatility itself is powerful (in fact, it's the primary driver of the Tiers of Classes). While 5E may be better than its predecessors in minimizing the...
36 Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons? 14 Does the Sharpshooter feat work on ranged spells that require an attack roll? 5 Can I make a melee attack with a ranged weapon? 7 RAW, can you use the Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master feats to...
Inspired by this question on how to improve the chances of casting spells from scrolls. Improved Abjuration, the School of Abjuration wizard's 10th-level feature, states (PHB, 115): Beginning at 10th level, when you cast an abjuration spell that requires you to make an abil...
Pretty much all of them have resistance to all physical damage (Bludgeoning/Piercing/Slashing), and the lack of spells means that the only ways to get nonphysical damage are magic items and a couple of class features. This is compounded by the lack of splash weapons in 5e (which would b...