I have a question, I know that some wizard spells have a ritual tag, however, our campaign has a group of beings who Must Use rituals to cast spells. My question is, even though a spell does not have a ritual tag, would it be within the rules of DM's perogative to have these beings cast all their spells with a ritual even though the spell does not have a ritual tag? They don't cast spells like normal wizards, in fact they are a multi class race, having three classes that give them specific powers, they have their mystic powers for mind control and such, they have warlock spells, for casting spells without having to do a ritual, and they have wizard spells which they have managed to aquire by assimilating other wizards into their collectiveness, this is the only way they can get any wizard spells, but wizard spells require them to perform a moon ritual which is a ritual performed under certain phases of the moon.
To go along with what has already been said, the mechanics of the game and the description of what is done are separate things. You could say that preparing your spells is part of the "ritual" and casting the spell is simply finishing off the ritual. Mechanically, there would be absolutely no difference but there is a lot of difference narratively. If you wanted the full mechanical benefit of ritual casting (no spell slot used at the cost of a 10 minute longer cast time), then you would have to go homebrew which requires DM approval (as mentioned above).
I would consider whether the mechanical version is necessary before approaching the DM. Even if you are using a non- preparation class, you could describe the casting in a way that meets your conception of a ritual casting without requiring every spell to be mechanically cast as a ritual.
I have talked it over with the DM, I am the alternate DM (standby) and I was giving the idea to her as a sugestion for that group of beings. It just seemed logical to me that if they were beings that have to perform rituals to do their magic, then it should be for all of their magic and they would not be able to cast any assimilated magic without first performing a ritual to prepare the spell, then as jhffan said, use the casting to complete the casting of said spell. It just made more sense to me, she agrees. I just wanted your thoughts about it to make sure that something this complex was even possible ,as you said, the DM is all powerful and just as I thought, it should be her to make that decision.
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I have a question, I know that some wizard spells have a ritual tag, however, our campaign has a group of beings who Must Use rituals to cast spells. My question is, even though a spell does not have a ritual tag, would it be within the rules of DM's perogative to have these beings cast all their spells with a ritual even though the spell does not have a ritual tag? They don't cast spells like normal wizards, in fact they are a multi class race, having three classes that give them specific powers, they have their mystic powers for mind control and such, they have warlock spells, for casting spells without having to do a ritual, and they have wizard spells which they have managed to aquire by assimilating other wizards into their collectiveness, this is the only way they can get any wizard spells, but wizard spells require them to perform a moon ritual which is a ritual performed under certain phases of the moon.
The DM can do whatever they want. Players can only cast ritual spells as rituals unless specifically granted otherwise.
I agree with DxJxC except the DM can even allow players to cast non-ritual spells as rituals if they wish. The DM is all powerful.
I said "unless specifically granted otherwise." That means homebrew too.
But yes, as usual, the DM can overrule the rules (but that answer isn't much help in the rules forum).
To go along with what has already been said, the mechanics of the game and the description of what is done are separate things. You could say that preparing your spells is part of the "ritual" and casting the spell is simply finishing off the ritual. Mechanically, there would be absolutely no difference but there is a lot of difference narratively. If you wanted the full mechanical benefit of ritual casting (no spell slot used at the cost of a 10 minute longer cast time), then you would have to go homebrew which requires DM approval (as mentioned above).
I would consider whether the mechanical version is necessary before approaching the DM. Even if you are using a non- preparation class, you could describe the casting in a way that meets your conception of a ritual casting without requiring every spell to be mechanically cast as a ritual.
I have talked it over with the DM, I am the alternate DM (standby) and I was giving the idea to her as a sugestion for that group of beings. It just seemed logical to me that if they were beings that have to perform rituals to do their magic, then it should be for all of their magic and they would not be able to cast any assimilated magic without first performing a ritual to prepare the spell, then as jhffan said, use the casting to complete the casting of said spell. It just made more sense to me, she agrees. I just wanted your thoughts about it to make sure that something this complex was even possible ,as you said, the DM is all powerful and just as I thought, it should be her to make that decision.