I'm trying to add this to my characters spell on the app but it won't show up. Any tips?

The druid would be able to cast Guiding Bolt at 1st level for free a time equal to their proficiency bonus. For example, if your druid was level 2, the druid would be able to cast Guiding Bolt for free 2 times and it would be as a 1st level spell.

Living this for the new “Circle of Stars” Druid!

I picture them hurling motes of starlight at enemies like shooting stars...and then having them burst into tiny flecks of light that hover around them when they hit.

I dig the cosmic flavor of it, rather than a explicitly “holy” spell.

The spell adds the extra damage when you cast the spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher.  Not using a spell slot  removes you from these conditions, so I'm thinking it would act as a first level spell when using the Circle of Stars feature.

rogue here- and ima multi class as a cleric just to get this- AND KILL EVERYONE(grave domain

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rogue here- and ima multi class as a cleric just to get this- AND KILL EVERYONE(grave domain

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Somehow I never noticed that Guiding Bolt applies advantage to the "next attack roll made against the target" which means you could use it to help set up an ally or make your rogue very happy

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Somehow I never noticed that Guiding Bolt applies advantage to the "next attack roll made against the target" which means you could use it to help set up an ally or make your rogue very happy

before the end of YOUR turn

 

 

"and the next attack roll made against this target before the end of your NEXT turn has advantage"

It's guiding to your teammates, who will get advantage if they attack the same target before your next turn.

I wonder do people play this as 'the next attack...", implying AN ATTACK (singular), or is this spell used to confer the advantage to ALL ATTACKS (plural), before the end of the casters next turn?

I feel RAW limits this to one attack (the next one after a successful cast) but I'm hoping to be convinced otherwise.

This just gives advantage for the next attack roll made against the target.

There are actually two singular words too here "attack" and "roll"

Goodo. Thanks.

Yep…my Tiefling Warlock with an Archdevil Patron has multi-classed into Divine Soul Sorcerer(or in his case, “Infernal Soul”), so Guiding Bolt has become “Hellfire Bolt”, where the target is wreathed in a nimbus of flames rather than holy light.

I know it's 1.5 years later, but I figured I'd answer anyways for anyone else reading. Casting a spell always uses a spell slot. It's showing under actions because, in combat, you could use your action to cast that spell. It still uses a spell slot like normal.

gah damn bro, 4d6 for a single 1st level spell slot? I mean, I guess it's pretty limited for Cleric, with their 4 level one spell slots from level 3-20, but it's still  incredibly powerful early-game.

So it doesn’t say you need to see the creature to cast this spell, would there be disadvantage on the roll if you can’t see the creature you are casting it on?

It is a "Ranged Spell Attack" so follows the normal rules for making one.

E.g. "Some spells require the caster to make an attack roll to determine whether the spell effect hits the intended target. Your attack bonus with a spell attack equals your spellcasting ability modifier + your proficiency bonus. Most spells that require attack rolls involve ranged attacks. Remember that you have disadvantage on a ranged attack roll if you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature that can see you and that isn’t incapacitated (see chapter 9)."

... and so this applies (From Chapter 9) "When you attack a target that you can’t see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true whether you’re guessing the target’s location or you’re targeting a creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn’t in the location you targeted, you automatically miss, but the DM typically just says that the attack missed, not whether you guessed the target’s location correctly.
When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it.
If you are hidden — both unseen and unheard — when you make an attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses."

It can be a little confusing as some spells require you see your target. But remember that "specific beats general", so in the case of ranged spell attacks, if it doesn't specify sight on a target, stick to the general rules for making a ranged attack. Hope that helps!

Mister beard, you could use magic initiate feat as a rouge to get the spell

Circle of Stars Druid gets this as well