D&D 5E Can items bypass the concentration limit?
Croesus
Adventurer
Yep, check the specific item description. If the item says that it allows you to cast a spell, it's a spell with concentration restrictions.
An item like the Ring of Invisibility, that doesn't refer to casting the spell...you should be okay.
RING OF INVISIBILITY
Ring, legendary (requires attunement)
While wearing this ring, you can turn invisible as an action. Anything you are wearing or carrying is invisible with you. You remain invisible until the ring is removed, until you attack or cast a spell, or until you use a bonus action to become visible again.
CapnZapp
Legend
Yes, either by not referencing a spell in the effect description, or by explicitly stating "no Concentration required".
CapnZapp
Legend
I realize you mean "can I maintain more than one casting of the spell?" and there's the answer no.
But the question as asked means "Can I upcast the staff's Invisibility to cast it on multiple people at once, using a higher spell level?" and there's the answer also no, since the staff's description does not contain any such language.
A wand of magic missiles, for example, says "You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend." The staff does not.
CapnZapp
Legend
Unfortunately using the ring counts as casting a spell (see the Activating a magic item quote above) so the example was a bit unlucky.
Yes, you don't need to concentrate, but that doesn't help for this particular spell since Invisibility specifically ends when you cast a spell.
Meaning that if it had been most other spells, you could have cast that spell on someone else and then use a Ring of That Other Spell to also buff yourself.
It's just for Invisibility the example doesn't work. The idea itself is sound.
Croesus
Adventurer
I'm unclear what you mean. The ring does not allow you to cast invisibility, it allows you to "turn invisible". I interpret that to be different - the language in 5E is pretty consistent, so I doubt the different language was an accident.
If you have a concentration spell active, then cast invisibility, the previous concentration spell stops per the concentration rules. Invisibility doesn't change that, since it's cast second in my example.
The ring specifically states that you use an action to turn invisible, not cast invisibility. So, as in the example above, you could cast a concentration spell, then turn invisible. You would retain the benefit of the first spell as well as the invisibility. YMMV
pukunui
Legend
The only example I'm aware of where a magic item will concentrate on a spell for you is, as I mentioned above, Blackrazor: "Blackrazor can caste the haste spell on you once per day. It decides when to cast the spell and maintains concentration on it so that you don't have to."
Note that Blackrazor is casting the spell, not you. That's why you don't have to concentrate on it yourself.
Note that Blackrazor is casting the spell, not you. That's why you don't have to concentrate on it yourself.
CapnZapp
Legend
That might well be true, but don't forget potions.
They might not do the concentration for you. But since they waive the concentration altogether, the end effect is the same.
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