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Do Multiclassed spellcasters add their ability modifier or proficiency bonus twice when determining spell save DC?
Are any 5e multiclassing options particularly strong compared to the base classes?How does the “Self Delusion” feat interact with the oracle's “Friendless” curse?At level up, can a sorcerer learn spells of a level granted by slots he has from any class?Can the Robe of the Archmagi increase the DC and spell attack bonus of Cleric Spells?How do Expertise and the Acrobat feat proficiency effects combine?How does the Celestial Warlock's Searing Radiance feature interact with the Sun Soul Monk's Radiant Sun Bolt?Multiclass Spellcaster: Do the involved classes share the same pool of spell slots?Is multi-classing with a lower ability score unbalanced?Under what conditions would I NOT add my Proficiency Bonus to a Spell Attack Roll (or Saving Throw DC)?How would it imbalance gameplay to allow a multiclassed wizard/sorcerer to copy wizard spells in a spellbook for which one has spell slots?
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I was told somewhere that a way to increase spell save DC was by multiclassing and taking a spell in each class multiclassed.
If this is the case, a Sorcerer and Warlock multiclass would be able to add Charisma modifier twice to spell save DC if both have the spell. I'm unsure if it was the ability score modifier or the proficiency that was doubled - are either correct?
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I was told somewhere that a way to increase spell save DC was by multiclassing and taking a spell in each class multiclassed.
If this is the case, a Sorcerer and Warlock multiclass would be able to add Charisma modifier twice to spell save DC if both have the spell. I'm unsure if it was the ability score modifier or the proficiency that was doubled - are either correct?
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I was told somewhere that a way to increase spell save DC was by multiclassing and taking a spell in each class multiclassed.
If this is the case, a Sorcerer and Warlock multiclass would be able to add Charisma modifier twice to spell save DC if both have the spell. I'm unsure if it was the ability score modifier or the proficiency that was doubled - are either correct?
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I was told somewhere that a way to increase spell save DC was by multiclassing and taking a spell in each class multiclassed.
If this is the case, a Sorcerer and Warlock multiclass would be able to add Charisma modifier twice to spell save DC if both have the spell. I'm unsure if it was the ability score modifier or the proficiency that was doubled - are either correct?
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No, they do not stack
Per the basic rules on multiclassing, specifically under spellcasting:
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
Spells you learn through a class are associated with that class, even if they are learnable/castable by other classes. If I learned Hold Monster as a Warlock for example, I would have to cast it as a Warlock spell, even if I multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard.
Learning through another class does allow you to choose which to use, but you still only cast from a single class, so you wouldn't be able to add your proficiency/ability modifier twice through multiclassing.
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Learning a spell as multiple classes does not empower those spells' Save DCs
You use the Save DC associated with the class you're casting from; you do not gain the ability to add both to your spellcasting.
This is most obvious if you go with a more classical (if less mechanically synergistic) example: the Wizard who sold their soul for Great Arcane Power™.
If a Wizard learns Burning Hands as both a Wizard and as a Warlock (through the Fiend Patron), they'd gain the ability to choose to use either their Wizard Save DC (8 + Prof. + INT) or their Warlock Save DC (8 + Prof. + CHA), but they'd have to choose one of them, not both. This makes sense: as a Wizard, they know the spell through years of training and research, and have perfectly inscribed the formulas necessary to cast the spell as part of their capabilities as a Wizard. Conversely, as a Warlock, they've learned the spell because their connection to their Patron allows them to share the arcane power of their Patron; although both methods produce a discrete spell effect, the methods by which they produce these effects are very different.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can he used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
—Multiclassing, Player's Handbook, pg. 164
The Save DC for each class's spells are specified as a simple formula: 8 + [Proficiency Modifier] + [Spellcasting Ability Modifier]. You would be required to choose which Spellcasting Modifier you use based on which class you're casting from, but there's no specification that you'd add those DCs together.
Additionally, there are no rules that stipulate that it should be possible to add together these modifiers or DCs when casting as a multiclassed character, so therefore, there is no way to do so within the rules.
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No, they do not stack
Per the basic rules on multiclassing, specifically under spellcasting:
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
Spells you learn through a class are associated with that class, even if they are learnable/castable by other classes. If I learned Hold Monster as a Warlock for example, I would have to cast it as a Warlock spell, even if I multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard.
Learning through another class does allow you to choose which to use, but you still only cast from a single class, so you wouldn't be able to add your proficiency/ability modifier twice through multiclassing.
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No, they do not stack
Per the basic rules on multiclassing, specifically under spellcasting:
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
Spells you learn through a class are associated with that class, even if they are learnable/castable by other classes. If I learned Hold Monster as a Warlock for example, I would have to cast it as a Warlock spell, even if I multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard.
Learning through another class does allow you to choose which to use, but you still only cast from a single class, so you wouldn't be able to add your proficiency/ability modifier twice through multiclassing.
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No, they do not stack
Per the basic rules on multiclassing, specifically under spellcasting:
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
Spells you learn through a class are associated with that class, even if they are learnable/castable by other classes. If I learned Hold Monster as a Warlock for example, I would have to cast it as a Warlock spell, even if I multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard.
Learning through another class does allow you to choose which to use, but you still only cast from a single class, so you wouldn't be able to add your proficiency/ability modifier twice through multiclassing.
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No, they do not stack
Per the basic rules on multiclassing, specifically under spellcasting:
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can be used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
Spells you learn through a class are associated with that class, even if they are learnable/castable by other classes. If I learned Hold Monster as a Warlock for example, I would have to cast it as a Warlock spell, even if I multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard.
Learning through another class does allow you to choose which to use, but you still only cast from a single class, so you wouldn't be able to add your proficiency/ability modifier twice through multiclassing.
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Learning a spell as multiple classes does not empower those spells' Save DCs
You use the Save DC associated with the class you're casting from; you do not gain the ability to add both to your spellcasting.
This is most obvious if you go with a more classical (if less mechanically synergistic) example: the Wizard who sold their soul for Great Arcane Power™.
If a Wizard learns Burning Hands as both a Wizard and as a Warlock (through the Fiend Patron), they'd gain the ability to choose to use either their Wizard Save DC (8 + Prof. + INT) or their Warlock Save DC (8 + Prof. + CHA), but they'd have to choose one of them, not both. This makes sense: as a Wizard, they know the spell through years of training and research, and have perfectly inscribed the formulas necessary to cast the spell as part of their capabilities as a Wizard. Conversely, as a Warlock, they've learned the spell because their connection to their Patron allows them to share the arcane power of their Patron; although both methods produce a discrete spell effect, the methods by which they produce these effects are very different.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can he used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
—Multiclassing, Player's Handbook, pg. 164
The Save DC for each class's spells are specified as a simple formula: 8 + [Proficiency Modifier] + [Spellcasting Ability Modifier]. You would be required to choose which Spellcasting Modifier you use based on which class you're casting from, but there's no specification that you'd add those DCs together.
Additionally, there are no rules that stipulate that it should be possible to add together these modifiers or DCs when casting as a multiclassed character, so therefore, there is no way to do so within the rules.
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Learning a spell as multiple classes does not empower those spells' Save DCs
You use the Save DC associated with the class you're casting from; you do not gain the ability to add both to your spellcasting.
This is most obvious if you go with a more classical (if less mechanically synergistic) example: the Wizard who sold their soul for Great Arcane Power™.
If a Wizard learns Burning Hands as both a Wizard and as a Warlock (through the Fiend Patron), they'd gain the ability to choose to use either their Wizard Save DC (8 + Prof. + INT) or their Warlock Save DC (8 + Prof. + CHA), but they'd have to choose one of them, not both. This makes sense: as a Wizard, they know the spell through years of training and research, and have perfectly inscribed the formulas necessary to cast the spell as part of their capabilities as a Wizard. Conversely, as a Warlock, they've learned the spell because their connection to their Patron allows them to share the arcane power of their Patron; although both methods produce a discrete spell effect, the methods by which they produce these effects are very different.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can he used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
—Multiclassing, Player's Handbook, pg. 164
The Save DC for each class's spells are specified as a simple formula: 8 + [Proficiency Modifier] + [Spellcasting Ability Modifier]. You would be required to choose which Spellcasting Modifier you use based on which class you're casting from, but there's no specification that you'd add those DCs together.
Additionally, there are no rules that stipulate that it should be possible to add together these modifiers or DCs when casting as a multiclassed character, so therefore, there is no way to do so within the rules.
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Learning a spell as multiple classes does not empower those spells' Save DCs
You use the Save DC associated with the class you're casting from; you do not gain the ability to add both to your spellcasting.
This is most obvious if you go with a more classical (if less mechanically synergistic) example: the Wizard who sold their soul for Great Arcane Power™.
If a Wizard learns Burning Hands as both a Wizard and as a Warlock (through the Fiend Patron), they'd gain the ability to choose to use either their Wizard Save DC (8 + Prof. + INT) or their Warlock Save DC (8 + Prof. + CHA), but they'd have to choose one of them, not both. This makes sense: as a Wizard, they know the spell through years of training and research, and have perfectly inscribed the formulas necessary to cast the spell as part of their capabilities as a Wizard. Conversely, as a Warlock, they've learned the spell because their connection to their Patron allows them to share the arcane power of their Patron; although both methods produce a discrete spell effect, the methods by which they produce these effects are very different.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can he used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
—Multiclassing, Player's Handbook, pg. 164
The Save DC for each class's spells are specified as a simple formula: 8 + [Proficiency Modifier] + [Spellcasting Ability Modifier]. You would be required to choose which Spellcasting Modifier you use based on which class you're casting from, but there's no specification that you'd add those DCs together.
Additionally, there are no rules that stipulate that it should be possible to add together these modifiers or DCs when casting as a multiclassed character, so therefore, there is no way to do so within the rules.
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Learning a spell as multiple classes does not empower those spells' Save DCs
You use the Save DC associated with the class you're casting from; you do not gain the ability to add both to your spellcasting.
This is most obvious if you go with a more classical (if less mechanically synergistic) example: the Wizard who sold their soul for Great Arcane Power™.
If a Wizard learns Burning Hands as both a Wizard and as a Warlock (through the Fiend Patron), they'd gain the ability to choose to use either their Wizard Save DC (8 + Prof. + INT) or their Warlock Save DC (8 + Prof. + CHA), but they'd have to choose one of them, not both. This makes sense: as a Wizard, they know the spell through years of training and research, and have perfectly inscribed the formulas necessary to cast the spell as part of their capabilities as a Wizard. Conversely, as a Warlock, they've learned the spell because their connection to their Patron allows them to share the arcane power of their Patron; although both methods produce a discrete spell effect, the methods by which they produce these effects are very different.
Each spell you know and prepare is associated with one of your classes, and you use the spellcasting ability of that class when you cast the spell. Similarly, a spellcasting focus, such as a holy symbol, can he used only for the spells from the class associated with that focus.
—Multiclassing, Player's Handbook, pg. 164
The Save DC for each class's spells are specified as a simple formula: 8 + [Proficiency Modifier] + [Spellcasting Ability Modifier]. You would be required to choose which Spellcasting Modifier you use based on which class you're casting from, but there's no specification that you'd add those DCs together.
Additionally, there are no rules that stipulate that it should be possible to add together these modifiers or DCs when casting as a multiclassed character, so therefore, there is no way to do so within the rules.
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