Includes the debut of Monsters of the Multiverse, a comprehensive resource for players and Dungeon Masters alike, containing over 30 updated player character races and a massive bestiary with over 250 redesigned monsters and stat blocks, all for use in any D&D world.Monsters follow the rules, but can be designed to break them.
While monsters have additional options allowing them to cast extra spells, they’re still restricted by the bonus action spellcasting rule (unless they have a specific exception in their stat block). I’d need to go dig in on my MM, but I’m thinking of things like Legendary Actions, etc., which already set monsters into a different set of casting rules/economy than players.
If so, that would mean current creatures, such as a War Priest, could cast healing word (bonus action) & any other spell as an action. “You can’t cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action.” #dnd #dnd5e /a5AntzRg7aĬurious development indeed…and a way to bypass counterspell!ĭoes it (spellcasting rules) only apply to Player Characters? If they were, they’d break the spellcasting rule: Take a look at the new War Priest stat block.
