Basically, i was thinking of building a wild magic barbarian/arcane archer, and while i'm aware that with this combo i wouldn't be able to add rage damage nor reckless to my bow attacks, i don't really mind that, this build is all for the Technically Not A Caster flavor. I just was wondering, as close to RAW as possible, would Arcane Shot count as casting a spell, and thus not be applicable during rage? Most of the arcane shot options contain wording like 'you imbue the arrow with [school of magic],' so would that count as casting, or is it more flavor text, as some don't contain that while doing essentially the same thing?
Basically, i was thinking of building a wild magic barbarian/arcane archer, and while i'm aware that with this combo i wouldn't be able to add rage damage nor reckless to my bow attacks, i don't really mind that, this build is all for the Technically Not A Caster flavor. I just was wondering, as close to RAW as possible, would Arcane Shot count as casting a spell, and thus not be applicable during rage? Most of the arcane shot options contain wording like 'you imbue the arrow with [school of magic],' so would that count as casting, or is it more flavor text, as some don't contain that while doing essentially the same thing?
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No, Arcane Shot does not count as casting a spell.
Arcane shots are magic, but magic does not always mean spell.