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{{Icon|Upcast Icon.png|24px}}'''Upcasting''' is when a spellcaster chooses to use a higher level spell slot to cast a lower level spell. Many spells gain additional damage dice, a larger area of effect, allow for more targets or are otherwise improved when upcast, but some spells gain no additional benefit other than the fact they are treated as a higher level spell. | {{Icon|Upcast Icon.png|24px}}'''Upcasting''' is when a spellcaster chooses to use a higher level spell slot to cast a lower level spell. Many spells gain additional damage dice, a larger area of effect, allow for more targets or are otherwise improved when upcast, but some spells gain no additional benefit other than the fact they are treated as a higher level spell. | ||
Because the {{Class|Warlock}}'s | Because the {{Class|Warlock}}'s Pact Magic feature only grants spell slots of their highest known spell level, their lower level spells are ''always'' upcast to that level. (The only exception is if they use a lower-level spell slot gained from another source.) | ||
[[Cantrip]]s do not use spell slots, but damaging cantrips grow more powerful as a character gains | [[Cantrip]]s do not use spell slots, but damaging cantrips grow more powerful as a character gains [[level]]s. Upon reaching Character Levels 5 and 10, an additional damage die is automatically added (or, in the case of {{SAI|Eldritch Blast}}, an additional beam is added). This is not optional; a spellcaster cannot choose to cast a cantrip as if they were of lower level. While this is not technically upcasting, it is a similar enough process to be included here. | ||
== List of spells that benefit from upcasting == | == List of spells that benefit from upcasting == | ||
This is a list of all [[Spells]] that benefit from | This is a list of all [[Spells]] that benefit from upcasting. It is automatically generated via Cargo. | ||
{{Spell table | {{Spell table | ||