A bit of living flesh is taken from a creature, and from it, an exact duplicate of the creature at the time the flesh was taken is created, complete with that person’s knowledge. If the person duplicated is still alive, the clone will try to kill the original, and if this is not possible, both will become insane.
Can your simulacrum cast simulacrum?
The simulacrum is not the caster, it is a different creature. Since it has spell slots and the statistics of the caster (Including the spellcasting trait), it could cast simulacrum too.
Can your simulacrum cast spells?
The simulacrum lacks the ability to learn or become more powerful, so it never increases its level or other Abilities, nor can it regain expended Spell Slots. This implies that it indeed has spell slots, and therefor can cast spells.
Does a simulacrum have class features?
So, yes the simulacrum you created will have class features and proficiencies of the creature it duplicated.
Can you clone a simulacrum?
Yes, because the simulacrum is a creature. The points you present are plausible reasons for why a DM might disallow cloning a simulacrum in their own campaign setting, but a strict reading of the rules shows that you can clone a simulacrum.
Can simulacrum be dispelled?
If the spell is still in effect when the target is subjected to an effect that would kill it instantaneously without dealing damage, that effect is instead negated against the target, and the spell ends. The simulacrum is never actually killed. It is dispelled.
Can a simulacrum long rest?
RAW, yes. There is no restriction on the Simulacrum’s ability to regain other expendable class feature. Additionally, any creature can take a short or long rest (and thereby restore the expended class features).
Can you cast simulacrum on a dead creature?
No, as your corpse is not you.
Can a simulacrum repair itself?
What the simulacrum is is an illusory beast or humanoid that is partially real – illusions don’t heal naturally or magically.
Can a simulacrum use second wind?
Recovering HP calls for the simulacrum to be repaired This argues against the simulacrum being healed via any means, be it second wind or otherwise. Repair, not heal. That’s the rules-text-centric response.
Can a simulacrum attune to magic items?
In AL play, and assuming your main character is not using all three attunement slots, can a simulacrum attune to an item? Yes, but their attuned magic items count against your 3 attunement slots.
Can a simulacrum cast a spell more than once?
The simulacrum can definitely cast spells, as it says “nor can it regain expended spell slots.” in the description. That means when you copy yourself, you now have a version that has all of the spells you normally have, it can just only use them once.
Can a simulacrum be a duplicate of another creature?
Based on clarification by Jeremy Crawford himself, I’d say that this would be a definitive Yes. A simulacrum is a duplicate of another creature at the time of the spell’s casting. You essentially take a snapshot of that creature’s game statistics at the completion of the 12-hour casting, and those become the statistics of the simulacrum.
What does a simulacrum know about the target creature?
Given that spellcasting abilities and class features require a lot of training, it would be reasonable to assume that the simulacrum also has basic memories of the target creature as well. If we look at earlier editions for guidance, here is what we can learn from the 2e PhB, which has essentially the same spell with some differences.
How does wish change the casting time of simulacrum?
In this popular combo, Wish basically changes the casting time of Simulacrum to 1 action instead of 12 hours (In addition to foregoing all magical components). My question is that in the Simulacrum spell description it says : “You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or humanoid that is within range for the entire casting time of the spell”.
