Questions tagged [cleric]
For questions about the cleric, a playable deity-bound caster class in a number of RPGs. Clerics may have different restrictions and allowances based on their deity, though these often vary by RPG and edition.
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Can you cast spells with a Somatic component if you're holding a two-handed weapon?
I have a halfling cleric of Bahamut who wears his holy symbol as an amulet around his neck as a spellcasting focus (so material components are not an issue).
However, as per this question, this does ...
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Can a spell be prepared once and cast multiple times?
Our group had some confusion about preparing spells for a Wizard and Cleric. The rules say that you prepare a number of spells from your list and that you tick off spell slots when you cast a spell. ...
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Action economies, two-handed weapons, and spells with Somatic components
This is a follow-on to Can you cast spells with a Somatic component if you're holding a two-handed weapon?
So, I have a spell, say Sanctuary, that is cast as a bonus action, yet requires Verbal ...
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Are there any rules for a Cleric to change his faith?
There are rules for a Cleric who loses faith, and how to regain his standing through atonement.
But what if he abandons one faith entirely for another? Presumably his new god/faith should be picking ...
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Can Clerics have divine power without it being provided by a god?
I have an experienced player wanting to create a tempest cleric who doesn't worship a god. His back story will be something along the lines of 'walking through a storm one day he is hit by lightning, ...
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How does wizard & cleric spell preparation and casting work? [closed]
In 3.X wizards had spellbooks, while clerics had their entire spell list, but they both memorized/prepared spells every day from those lists, and had a certain number of slots for preparing spells in.
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Can I copy prepared Cleric spells that are also on the Wizard spell list into my spellbook?
I'm multiclassing as a Wizard2/Cleric3. I'm wondering if it's possible to prepare a spell from the cleric spell list and then if it's also found in the Wizard spell list, would I be able to write it ...
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How does the Cleric's Blessings of Knowledge feature interact with the rules for gaining proficiency when already proficient in a skill?
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I am a level 1 Half-Elf Monk, using a combination of my Monk starting skill proficiencies and Skill Versatility racial features to start with proficiency in Arcana, History, Religion, and ...
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Does the Tempest cleric's Thunderbolt Strike feature still work if the target is immune to lightning damage?
Tempest Domain clerics (PHB, p. 62) get the Thunderbolt Strike feature at 6th level:
At 6th level, when you deal lightning damage to a Large or smaller creature, you can also push it up to 10 feet ...
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How does Augury work exactly?
I am the DM for a party that started to rely more and more on the augury spell, casting it as a ritual at least daily, because it has shown them the 'right' path on multiple occasions in the past.
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Can I cast spells that require a material component and still hold my hammer and shield?
I have a human cleric (war domain) with the War Caster feat. She holds a warhammer and a shield. Am I able to cast spells that require a material component and still hold my hammer and shield?
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Can Goodberries heal a Life cleric when consumed by another?
Are Goodberries affected by the Life domain class features? asked whether or not the Life domain cleric's Disciple of Life feature improved the healing of each berry.
My question is: does the Life ...
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What happens when I can prepare more spells than I have slots to cast them with?
I am a level 4 cleric with a 20 (+5) wisdom in D&D 5e. This means I have a total of 9 spells I can cast in 1 day. I only have 4 level 1 spell slots and 3 level 2. So if I were to use all those ...
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If I cast Thunderous Smite and Booming Blade, hit, and use Destructive Wrath to maximize damage, how many uses of Channel Divinity are expended?
How many uses of channel divinity should be expended in the following example?
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A character is using that a weapon that deals 2d6 thunder damage on a hit.
They cast Thunderous Smite, using ...
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Given powerful low-level Clerical healing, how can sick, crippled or otherwise unhealthy people exist?
In my attempt to make a more harsh, uncaring setting, I’ve hit a stumbling block in terms of the ease with which even low level Clerics can treat the poor and the sick:
A 1st-level Cleric can bring ...
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