Spellcasting
Magic permeates fantasy gaming worlds and often appears in the form of a spell.
Magic permeates fantasy gaming worlds and often appears in the form of a spell.
This chapter provides the rules for casting spells. Different character classes have distinctive ways of learning and preparing their spells, and monsters use spells in unique ways. Regardless of its source, a spell follows the rules here.
- What Is a Spell?A spell is a discrete magical effect, a single shaping of the magical energies that suffuse the multiverse into a specific, limited expression.
- Casting a SpellWhen a character casts any spell, the same basic rules are followed, regardless of the character's class or the spell's effects.
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