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** Voluntarily ending the concentration effect. (This is done by clicking the x button on the concentrated spell's icon on top of/next to the caster's portrait) | ** Voluntarily ending the concentration effect. (This is done by clicking the x button on the concentrated spell's icon on top of/next to the caster's portrait) | ||
== Spellcasting Ability | == Spellcasting Ability and Proficiency == | ||
Every class, ''even non-spellcasters'', has an [[Ability Scores|ability]] specifically designated to represent their ability to cast spells. This ability would be that class's '''Spellcasting Ability''', the Ability Score Modifier of said '''Spellcasting Ability''' is directly added to the difficulty for which the spellcaster's targets face when trying to mitigate the effects of most spells from said spellcaster. This added difficulty-to-resist is more simply known as the spellcaster's '''Spellcasting Ability Modifier.''' | |||
Non-spellcasters typically only cast spells by using magical items (which include scrolls), however, they are not considered '''Proficient''' spellcasters. Whereas actual Spellcasters are considered '''Proficient''' at spellcasting, whether with learned spells or magical items. '''Spellcasting Proficiency''' has similar function to '''Spellcasting Ability Modifier'''. | |||
For more details, see the [[Saving Throw]] and [[Attack Roll]] pages for a comprehensive explanation of how the '''Spellcasting Ability Modifier''' and '''Spellcasting Proficiency''' is applied. | |||
<div style="display:flex; width:100%"> | Each class uses a different [[Ability Modifier|Ability Score Modifier]] for spellcasting:<!-- Sorted by spellcaster status, and then alphabetically --> | ||
* {{SmallIcon|Intelligence_Ability_Icon.png|link=Intelligence}} '''[[Intelligence]] (INT)''': {{Class|Wizard}}s, {{Class|Fighter}}s*<sup>†</sup>, and {{Class|Rogue}}s*<sup>†</sup>. | |||
* {{SmallIcon|Wisdom_Ability_Icon.png|link=Wisdom}} '''[[Wisdom]] (WIS)''': {{Class|Cleric}}s, {{Class|Ranger}}s, {{Class|Druid}}s, and {{Class|Monk}}s*. | |||
* {{SmallIcon|Charisma_Ability_Icon.png|link=Charisma}} '''[[Charisma]] (CHA)''':{{Class|Bard}}s, {{Class|Paladin}}s, {{Class|Sorcerer}}s, {{Class|Warlock}}s, {{Class|Barbarian}}s*. | |||
''*Non-spellcasters'' | |||
''<sup>†</sup>These classes, while normally non-spellcasters, have the option of becoming spellcasters by becoming specific subclasses ({{Class|Arcane Trickster}}s and {{Class|Eldritch Knight}}s)'' | |||
''NB: Occasionally, specific spells will designate its own '''Spellcasting Ability''' regardless of the class in question, this is most commonly a result of spells obtained via racial features.''<div style="display:flex; width:100%"> | |||
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== Prepared Spells == | == Prepared Spells == | ||