So I'm playing a Bard and wanted to multiclass into warlock to get it's spells and invocations but I know that warlocks have special slots for their spells. What I'm wondering is if I'm supposed to be able to cast my Bard spells using the pact slots and the other way around?
Yes, you can generally use either kind of spell slot for spells you get from either class. This is stated explicitly in the Player's Handbook section on Multiclassing (chapter 2 in the 5.5e version, chapter 6 in the 5e version).
Note, though, that that's just for actually casting spells. There are a few other things you can use spell slots for, and they are not always interchangeable in those contexts. For instance, the Eldritch Invocation "Eldritch Smite" allows you to spend a spell slot to deal extra damage with a weapon attack, but it specifically says it has to be a Pact Magic spell slot (i.e., one of the ones you get from the Warlock class). Therefore, you can't use your Bard spell slots to power that.
Broadly speaking, if something just says "expend a spell slot", you can use either kind, but if it says something like "a Pact Magic spell slot" or "a Bard spell slot" then it's limited to that type.
You can, yes. The Multiclassing rules have a note on Pact Magic saying as much. However, Pact Magic slots don't stack with Spellcasting slots in the Spell Slots at Higher Levels chart.
Worth noting “Bard slots” aren’t a thing in 5e; any slots other than Pact Slots go into a general pool per the multiclassing table and aren’t attributed to a particular class.
If you have the Pact Magic feature from the Warlock class and the Spellcasting feature, you can use the spell slots you gain from Pact Magic to cast spells you have prepared from classes with the Spellcasting feature, and you can use the spell slots you gain from the Spellcasting feature to cast Warlock spells you have prepared.
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So I'm playing a Bard and wanted to multiclass into warlock to get it's spells and invocations but I know that warlocks have special slots for their spells. What I'm wondering is if I'm supposed to be able to cast my Bard spells using the pact slots and the other way around?
Yes, you can generally use either kind of spell slot for spells you get from either class. This is stated explicitly in the Player's Handbook section on Multiclassing (chapter 2 in the 5.5e version, chapter 6 in the 5e version).
Note, though, that that's just for actually casting spells. There are a few other things you can use spell slots for, and they are not always interchangeable in those contexts. For instance, the Eldritch Invocation "Eldritch Smite" allows you to spend a spell slot to deal extra damage with a weapon attack, but it specifically says it has to be a Pact Magic spell slot (i.e., one of the ones you get from the Warlock class). Therefore, you can't use your Bard spell slots to power that.
Broadly speaking, if something just says "expend a spell slot", you can use either kind, but if it says something like "a Pact Magic spell slot" or "a Bard spell slot" then it's limited to that type.
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You can, yes. The Multiclassing rules have a note on Pact Magic saying as much. However, Pact Magic slots don't stack with Spellcasting slots in the Spell Slots at Higher Levels chart.
Worth noting “Bard slots” aren’t a thing in 5e; any slots other than Pact Slots go into a general pool per the multiclassing table and aren’t attributed to a particular class.
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