All levelled spells can be cast using higher level spell slots. For some spells, this provides a benefit. For all spells, even those that don't provide an upcast benefit, this determines the level the spell was cast at. For example, symbol cast at 9th level would provide any added benefit, but would count as a 9th level spell (important for things like counterspell)
Oh okay, I thought that might be the case but not all spells show up as upcasting options, so I was confused. At first I thought it was because Symbol was arcane magic and I was on an arcane cleric’s sheet (a lot of cleric spells can’t be upcast on that sheet). I noticed, however, that there are arcane spells on my wizard’s sheet that similarly do not show up as upcastIng options (e.g., immolation). It’s not totally clear to me why that would be the case then if the mechanic is set to allow upcasting even without direct benefit.
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The character sheet shows the option to upcast the 7th-level spell Symbol. Unless I’m misreading something I think that’s an error.
All levelled spells can be cast using higher level spell slots. For some spells, this provides a benefit. For all spells, even those that don't provide an upcast benefit, this determines the level the spell was cast at. For example, symbol cast at 9th level would provide any added benefit, but would count as a 9th level spell (important for things like counterspell)
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Oh okay, I thought that might be the case but not all spells show up as upcasting options, so I was confused. At first I thought it was because Symbol was arcane magic and I was on an arcane cleric’s sheet (a lot of cleric spells can’t be upcast on that sheet). I noticed, however, that there are arcane spells on my wizard’s sheet that similarly do not show up as upcastIng options (e.g., immolation). It’s not totally clear to me why that would be the case then if the mechanic is set to allow upcasting even without direct benefit.