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...
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 spell...
If a 10th-level Wizard (who can cast up to 5th-level spells) finds a spell scroll for an abjuration spell of 6th level or higher (such as globe of invulnerability) and attempts to cast it, they will need to make an ability check. Does the wizard get to apply their ...
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...
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...
The Valor Bard gains similar feature (Battle Magic) at level 14, that works with all bard spells. These features in particular make Blade Ward almost always the superior choice because you can retain part of your offensive capability. If you happen to be a Beastmaster Ranger of at ...
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. [...] —Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, pg. 142 & 143 This also affects...