I'm fairly new to being a DM and I have a player that has read everything and tries to use that to his advantage, but not in a nasty or aggressive way.
He is playing a Fighter and has taken the Magic Initiative feat at first level and has chosen the 1st Level spell is shield. As he doesn't have any spell slots he is saying that he can cast it as a reaction every single turn. Which in essence gives him a +5 AC permanently. I believe that he should only be able to cast it once per day / once per long rest.
How does everybody else understand this to work please?
In addition, choose one 1st-level spell from that same list. You learn that spell and can cast it at its lowest level. Once you cast it, you must finish a long rest before you can cast it again using this feat.
It is only the two cantrips that he chose which can be cast multiple times.
I'm fairly new to being a DM and I have a player that has read everything and tries to use that to his advantage, but not in a nasty or aggressive way.
He is playing a Fighter and has taken the Magic Initiative feat at first level and has chosen the 1st Level spell is shield. As he doesn't have any spell slots he is saying that he can cast it as a reaction every single turn. Which in essence gives him a +5 AC permanently. I believe that he should only be able to cast it once per day / once per long rest.
How does everybody else understand this to work please?
yeah...its explictilty stated that its once per long rest for the leveled spell, if he wanted to cast it multiple times, hed need to take a feat that allows it to be cast with spell slots, and somehow get slots.
I'm fairly new to being a DM and I have a player that has read everything and tries to use that to his advantage, but not in a nasty or aggressive way.
Are you sure about that part? Trying to cast shield every turn with Magic Initiate doesn't seem like a particularly innocent mistake to me
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I'm fairly new to being a DM and I have a player that has read everything and tries to use that to his advantage, but not in a nasty or aggressive way.
He is playing a Fighter and has taken the Magic Initiative feat at first level and has chosen the 1st Level spell is shield. As he doesn't have any spell slots he is saying that he can cast it as a reaction every single turn. Which in essence gives him a +5 AC permanently. I believe that he should only be able to cast it once per day / once per long rest.
How does everybody else understand this to work please?
Read the wording of the feat:
It is only the two cantrips that he chose which can be cast multiple times.
yeah...its explictilty stated that its once per long rest for the leveled spell, if he wanted to cast it multiple times, hed need to take a feat that allows it to be cast with spell slots, and somehow get slots.
Are you sure about that part? Trying to cast shield every turn with Magic Initiate doesn't seem like a particularly innocent mistake to me
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Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Not everyone is as intelligent and diligent at reading the rules.
Yes, usually it is up to the DM to have to read the rules so that they KNOW how the character's abilities work.
Thanks all, he has been informed of how this works and has graciously accepted my ruling :)