does sorcerer need to wield a staff to cast?

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

I'm playing a fighter and want to multi class as a sorcerer. I don't care about build efficiency etc, just want fun. But I don't want to have to use a staff. Is it necessary? (if not, what's even the point of the staff anyway?)

[Ellie]

Staff isn't necessary, you just can't use any weapons that you aren't proficient with, otherwise you can't cast anymore.

As for the point of staffs, some have good effects for casters, I'd say.

[cookie]

no you dont have to use a staff to cast spells

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by Lizzy:

Staff isn't necessary, you just can't use any weapons that you aren't proficient with, otherwise you can't cast anymore.

As for the point of staffs, some have good effects for casters, I'd say.

nice thanks! So I can use a sword and shield but still cast spells from a range if I'm proficient with those weapons?

[Ellie]

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

Originally posted by Lizzy:

Staff isn't necessary, you just can't use any weapons that you aren't proficient with, otherwise you can't cast anymore.

As for the point of staffs, some have good effects for casters, I'd say.

nice thanks! So I can use a sword and shield but still cast spells from a range if I'm proficient with those weapons?

yes, exactly

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by Lizzy:

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

nice thanks! So I can use a sword and shield but still cast spells from a range if I'm proficient with those weapons?

yes, exactly

sweet! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks a bunch!

[deadsanta]

You can get one level in fighter (to start, or during respec) and get Heavy Armor, Shield, and the all-important CON proficiency, which goes a long way towards keeping your concentration spells active through hits.

[Cyrus]

If your trying to build a warcaster or eldritch knight, go to nexus mods and download 5ed spells. Spells such as booming blade, green blade make a lot of new spells viable as cantrips.

Basically a S tier mod that everyone should be using

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by deadsanta:

You can get one level in fighter (to start, or during respec) and get Heavy Armor, Shield, and the all-important CON proficiency, which goes a long way towards keeping your concentration spells active through hits.

LOL yeah I didn't see this in time. I reclass into sorcerer and added fighter as a multi-class, but found out I can't wear heavy armor. I thought fighter has that built-in but guess it doesn't carry over when you multi-class?

[Sentient_Toaster]

When you pick up a second (or third, etc) class, you don't get all the proficiencies that it would give you had you started with it. The details vary a bit, but you never get proficiency in heavy armor from the class (*) nor do you pick up proficiencies in saving throws.

(*) There is a quirk in that you get full proficiencies granted by a *subclass*. So, for instance, multiclassing into fighter grants you proficiency in martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, shields... but not heavy armor.

Multiclassing into cleric gets you light armor, medium armor, and shields... but clerics can pick a subclass at level 1. If, say, you multiclass into Tempest or War clerics, you also get proficiency in martial weapons and heavy armor.

[deadsanta]

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

Originally posted by deadsanta:

You can get one level in fighter (to start, or during respec) and get Heavy Armor, Shield, and the all-important CON proficiency, which goes a long way towards keeping your concentration spells active through hits.

LOL yeah I didn't see this in time. I reclass into sorcerer and added fighter as a multi-class, but found out I can't wear heavy armor. I thought fighter has that built-in but guess it doesn't carry over when you multi-class?

Yeah just use Withers to respec, and take fighter for level 1 for the heavy armor. Or as someone else pointed out, you can multi-class into cleric and pick the subclass that gets heavy armor as a perq and you get it immediately.

[SIX]

Originally posted by deadsanta:

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

LOL yeah I didn't see this in time. I reclass into sorcerer and added fighter as a multi-class, but found out I can't wear heavy armor. I thought fighter has that built-in but guess it doesn't carry over when you multi-class?

Yeah just use Withers to respec, and take fighter for level 1 for the heavy armor. Or as someone else pointed out, you can multi-class into cleric and pick the subclass that gets heavy armor as a perq and you get it immediately.

5 edition is really a joke it's so easy everyone gets to have everything...

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Unfortunately, we do not have Shadow Blade.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Originally posted by deadsanta:

Originally posted by UnhappyLawbro:

LOL yeah I didn't see this in time. I reclass into sorcerer and added fighter as a multi-class, but found out I can't wear heavy armor. I thought fighter has that built-in but guess it doesn't carry over when you multi-class?

Yeah just use Withers to respec, and take fighter for level 1 for the heavy armor. Or as someone else pointed out, you can multi-class into cleric and pick the subclass that gets heavy armor as a perq and you get it immediately.

yeah thanks, I picked the war cleric and it's so amazing!