Questions tagged [divine]
For questions about divine magic or abilities, such as drawing power from a deity or god within the in-game world.
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Can Cleric take Champion's Devotion Spell opposing their Divine Font?
Cleric's Divine Font ability states: Through your deity's blessing, you gain additional spells that channel either the life force called vitality or its counterforce, the void. When you prepare your ...
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Cleric options for communicating with undead
The party is in the classic module D3, in the drow city of Erelhei-Cinlu, seeking information about a suspected planned invasion of the surface world. For several days they have been in the city, ...
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Does Turn the Unholy work on fallen Celestials?
The description for the Oath of Devotion Paladin feature Turn Unholy mentions fiends and undead, but what about corrupted celestials that still have the celestial type (such as the Radiant Idol in ...
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Divine Scrolls - Magic Effects
I can't get some doubts off my mind. Do divine scrolls in D&D 5e exist? It seems that a cleric can read the scroll only when the spell is in common with an arcane class that can create it. Am I ...
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Are the powers of a Divine Soul sorcerer at the mercy of their deity's will?
The Divine Soul sorcerous origin in Xanathar's Guide to Everything description states: Sometimes the spark of magic that fuels a sorcerer comes from a divine source that glimmers within the soul. ...
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Has there ever been any class with the ability to smite neutral?
In the history of D&D and Pathfinder, has there ever been any class with the ability to smite neutral? We know about the smite evil of the paladin, the smite good of the blackguard, and I can ...
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How does Lucky Break work?
I have a problem to understand how this spell works. The spell description says: Reroll the saving throw and use the better result. You then become temporarily immune for 10 minutes. But there is no ...
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Alter Size Salient Divine Ability referring to Improving Monsters Size Increases?
The Alter Size Salient Divine Ability states As a free action, the deity can assume any size from Fine to Colossal. The deity also can change the size of up to 100 pounds of objects it touches. If ...
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Does Harness Divine Power use Channel Divinity?
The Harness Divine Power optional feature from both the Paladin and Cleric class in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything says the following: You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your ...
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Can a Divine Crusader that have more domains choose different spells of the same level from different domains?
Can a Divine Crusader that have more domains choose different spells of the same level from different domains? For example: if I have 3 level one slots and I have the domains of Strength and ...
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Is a sorcerer with the domain-access alternative class feature considered both an arcane and a divine caster?
The alternative class feature Domain Access (Complete Champion, p. 52) reads, in part: Choose one cleric domain. If you worship a specific deity, the domain you choose must be one to which your deity ...
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Using Divine Smite as a dual-wielder
Divine Smite allows my Paladin to expend a spell slot to deal extra damage after landing a melee attack. My character wields two swords. Since Divine Smite isn't a bonus action (because the rules don'...
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Access to divine casting with low Wisdom?
I started a campaign with a Gnome Bard Illusionist in D&D 3.5. As the campaign played out, due to story and circumstance, I would now like to become a Divine Trickster. The entry requirements ...
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Can Wish revive a creature consumed by Lich imprisonment?
Lich can imprison a soul in its philactery: A creature imprisoned in the phylactery for 24 hours is consumed and destroyed utterly, whereupon nothing short of divine intervention can restore it to ...
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Divine Favor learned prayer for regenerating FP through meditation?
I really like the concept of Divine Favor learned prayers to use with clerics. It gives them a more unique set of powers and makes gameplay more diverse. I have a cleric character that uses it and ...
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