i'm not a D&D player, so i don't understand most things, as well...

i'm really confused by the spell UI. i'm playing a druid.


i seem to remember casting thunder-whack a few times as i wandered around the tutorial. (maybe i hit one of the regen things in between?) but it seems to me i walk a little further, then thunder-whack is greyed out.

i tried casting a few more spells, like animal understanding, goodberry, the shileighliegh thing (i know that's a cantrip). then suddenly, heal was greyed out.
see: https://prnt.sc/VYx-7nZV1f37

if i hover over it, it says ! action level 1 spell slot. and the square on the left under the roman I turns red. same for thunder-whack. but animal understanding is still castable?

i don't understand what the interface is trying to tell me. (and how come the right level 1 spell square never turns red?)


then i switched to the spell view...
see: https://prnt.sc/vK6qGbTjQtbc

i can apparently cast animal understanding at least 3 times. (though i see that is a 'ritual' not a spell, so... that means something?) why is it on there twice?



i'm not understanding the limits of what is going on. i "get" 2 level 1 spells, so... i only get to cast 2 spells each day/rest/turn/something? or i can cast each one two times?? or...?

are those squares supposed to turn red when i use one, and then if both are red, i'm out? i guess that wouldn't work when you can use dozens of spells at once.


MOST IMPORTANT!!! where can i go to learn this stuff? i went to 3 5e druid tutorial web pages, and they told me what a druid is, what the spells are, what stats, etc etc... but not how things like spells (and what's a ritual??) get put into play.