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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7802914" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>Not quite. Warlocks, sorcerers, bards, paladins, and Rangers (as well as arcane tricksters abs Eldritch knights) don’t actually prepare spells. They just have a number of “known spells” chosen from their spell list that they can cast using their spell slots without having to prepare. Clerics and druids prepare spells from their full spell list, and can cast any of their prepared spells using spell slots. This is, in effect, like being able to choose their “known spells” every day, which gives them a lot of versatility compared to other casters. Wizards are the odd class out. They prepare the list of spells they can cast from each day like clerics and druids do, but instead of choosing their prepared spells from their full class spell list, they prepare from the spells in their spell book. This is a feature unique to wizards, and seems to exist mostly for legacy reasons.</p><p></p><p>Which ability a class’s spell attacks and DC key off of is unrelated to whether the class prepares spells or has a set of known spells.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, although it’s probably a good idea to use a one-handed weapon to keep the other hand free for somatic and material components.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You’re right that it doesn’t allow a save. Don’t get too excited though, it’s actually really bad. You roll for how many “hp worth of creature’s it can affect.” Then you start with the lowest HP creature in the area, and subtract its HP from the total you rolled. If there are points remaining, it’s affected and you move on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. Unless you really want to keep the targets alive, you would be much better off using literally any AoE damage spell.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If I recall correctly it translates into something silly. I don’t remember what though.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are more evil-themed paths in other books. But Alignment doesn’t really mean anything in 5e. The number of mechanics that actually care abut your alignment is vanishingly small.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Probably. Try google.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7802914, member: 6779196"] Not quite. Warlocks, sorcerers, bards, paladins, and Rangers (as well as arcane tricksters abs Eldritch knights) don’t actually prepare spells. They just have a number of “known spells” chosen from their spell list that they can cast using their spell slots without having to prepare. Clerics and druids prepare spells from their full spell list, and can cast any of their prepared spells using spell slots. This is, in effect, like being able to choose their “known spells” every day, which gives them a lot of versatility compared to other casters. Wizards are the odd class out. They prepare the list of spells they can cast from each day like clerics and druids do, but instead of choosing their prepared spells from their full class spell list, they prepare from the spells in their spell book. This is a feature unique to wizards, and seems to exist mostly for legacy reasons. Which ability a class’s spell attacks and DC key off of is unrelated to whether the class prepares spells or has a set of known spells. Yes, although it’s probably a good idea to use a one-handed weapon to keep the other hand free for somatic and material components. You’re right that it doesn’t allow a save. Don’t get too excited though, it’s actually really bad. You roll for how many “hp worth of creature’s it can affect.” Then you start with the lowest HP creature in the area, and subtract its HP from the total you rolled. If there are points remaining, it’s affected and you move on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. Unless you really want to keep the targets alive, you would be much better off using literally any AoE damage spell. If I recall correctly it translates into something silly. I don’t remember what though. There are more evil-themed paths in other books. But Alignment doesn’t really mean anything in 5e. The number of mechanics that actually care abut your alignment is vanishingly small. Probably. Try google. [/QUOTE]
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