D&D (2024) Why is Ritual Caster gated?

[bedir than]

This last isn't there; rituals aren't class-locked any more.

My last was an attempt to make it clear that it's only rituals, not normal spells

 

[bedir than]

a non-casting class to give yourself a few special tricks? That should inform what, and how much, of this feat you want to keep for a powered-down version.

Mostly for this, to create the ability to tell the tale of someone who must have all the stuff around them to cast spells. They can't just do it. They need the recipe and goods and time.

Like, they studied at a magic school, but didn't graduate

 

[Staffan]

/me grumbles about how 5e destroyed rituals.

 

[Deset Gled]

Magic Initiate casts a level 1 spell at will (including a reaction spell which takes nearly zero seconds).

Rituals take substantial time and rarely impact combat

Not to belabor the point, do what you wanna do. But did Magic Initiate change with 2024e? I thought 2014 was once per long rest.

 

[MarkB]

Not to belabor the point, do what you wanna do. But did Magic Initiate change with 2024e? I thought 2014 was once per long rest.

It's still once per long rest without using a slot. The differences are that you can only choose from the cleric, druid or wizard list, and that the spell is added to your known spells and is always prepared, allowing you to also cast it with spell slots if you have them.

Also, you can choose which mental stat to use as your spellcasting ability, and can switch out the spell at level-up for another 1st level spell from the same list.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Adapting the feat to an Origin feat is easy: just remove the +1 ASI. Everything else can remain the same.

 

[Charlaquin]

Adapting the feat to an Origin feat is easy: just remove the +1 ASI. Everything else can remain the same.

Yeah, it seems perfectly reasonable as an origin feat without that to me.

 

[Seramus]

I'm not sure about the details. Haven't had the chance to see Treantmonks videos. Can you give me a list of what it does?

All credit to Treantmonk, of course.

 

[pukunui]

Adapting the feat to an Origin feat is easy: just remove the +1 ASI. Everything else can remain the same.

Agreed. It looks reasonable to me, and it would work well representing an Eberron magewright.

 

[Xeviat]

I liked the old Ritual Caster letting you use a spellbook for Rituals. It is useful to everyone, even a Wizard (since they'd be able to add druid and cleric rituals to their spellbook). It also lets groups without a spellcaster use important rituals. Seems like basic magic in a magical world to me.