It does say, however, that the Spell Save DC is 13 for whatever you are casting. Since Spell Save DC is normally calculated as "8 + your modifier", that would imply that your spell attack modifier would be +5. The DM, of course may choose something different...
In each example, the implication is that the bard is casting a spell, and the implication is that the action of the bard is central to the magic, and at least to my reading, that the voice, sword/mail, and instrument are spellcasting foci. Maybe it is meaningless fluff, or maybe the...
at-will spells that don’t burn through any arcane resources to use. There are some interesting changes to much-maligned cantrips which seem great for spellcasters, like True Strike (which now lets you make a weapon attack using your spellcasting modifier) or Blade Ward (which is now a re...
TheDnD Deck of Many Thingsis a magical deck of cards with the power to change lives. Drawing a single card may grant your D&D character more riches than they could ever spend – or it could send them to an inescapable hell dimension. That’s how things go when you leave fate up to t...
spellcasting system. If you had any experience with D&D at all, you’d probably argue that the game “feels like D&D.” The magic system of D&D 5E (and 3E and 2E and 1E) is very tightly married to the D&D world. And that’s why Pathfinder feels like D&D. Because, mechanically, ...
This would allow you to gain Shillelagh as a Warlock spell through the Warlock Invocation "Book of Ancient Secrets". You could use a staff as a focus for casting, and having cast Shillelagh on a previous round, could use your Haste attack to make a melee attack ...
In addition to probably not working mechanically due to stipulations regarding casting any other spell during the same round during which a Bonus Action spell is cast, for my personal taste I find this unsatisfying because it breaks the immersion and idea that...
So, what happens if you are casting a spell with a longer casting time and choose to stop concentrating? Or perhaps the premise is flawed, and stopping concentration on a spell like this does count as breaking your concentration; if that is the case, I would like ...
After those setbacks, allowing creatures to deal only 1 + Strength modifier damage, which is quite pitiful on many enemies, weakens the spell. Its only use would be to prevent a target from using its action in some other way, and though this is quite strong it mak...
Or a wizard character who accepts a physical disability to maximize spell casting power/mana. Exactly how the optimization works and in what directions it should go heavily depends on the system and what the player is trying to achieve. While the most common optimization is for the greatest ...