When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.
When do you use the war Caster feat?
The war caster feat includes the following feature: When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.
Can a war caster attack with a ranged weapon?
You only spellcast at disadvantage with War Caster if you use a ranged spell for the attack. If you use a 5ft or touch range spell to do a melee spell attack – you do so normally. As for opportunity attacks with a ranged weapon – even if you could it would be at disadvantage too.
Can a warcaster use their reaction to cast a spell?
However, Warcaster states “you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.”
When do you have an opportunity attack with a whip?
So when a creature moves from 5 feet away to 10 feet away, you can make an opportunity attack with your dagger or cast a spell using War Caster. When a creature moves from 10 feet to 15, you can only make your opportunity attack with the whip. Let’s look at the sequence of action and of the logic here:
When do you use a spell War caster?
Cast a spell – War Caster lets you cast a spell instead of make an opportunity attack. When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.
Can a spell be cast in place of an opportunity attack?
Note that it has been clarified by Jeremy Crawford that: [T]he spell you cast in place of an opportunity attack has the same timing as an opportunity attack. The enemy must trigger an opportunity attack while within 5 feet of you. That means there are three ways to avoid casting a spell with disadvantage.
When to use the war caster option in raw?
When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. By RAW, the only requirement to trigger the War Caster option is that a hostile creature provokes an opportunity attack with its movement.
