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Hello !

I'm here with a simple question. What stats are used to calculate damages in case of multiclass.

Let me put it in context :

I'm currently having a tempest cleric 6 / evo wizard 2 / storm sorc 2 in my party. Let's say I cast a chain lightning. What stats are taken to calculate the damages ? Int ? Char ? Wis ?

The spell is a wizard spell so I was leaning on Int is being used but sorcerers get it too so I wondered on Char. Then I told myself that my highest level is on tempest cleric so I thought of Wis... Then I asked myself if it was not just taking the highest one ?

What is the general rule ? That would help me for different builds.

Thanks !

Wis for Cleric spells. Also Druid and Ranger.

Int for Wizard spells. And Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight

Cha for Sorcerer spells. Also Bard and Paladin and Warlock.

Dont mix classes like that, unless you know the ins and out of D&D.

Well, my cleric has a good Int score so it is not a problem.

But what I gather is that a sorcerer mono classed should have a high Int score too since he's mainly casting wizards spells ?

Sorry I f*ed up this posting completely.

Restart:



It doesnt depend upon what spell you cast, it depends upon what class the spell is from.

Sorcerers do not cast Wizard spells. They cast Sorcerer spells. It may often be the same spell, but Sorcerer spells get their DC from Charisma, not from Intelligence.




Oh and by the way the original posting talked about DAMAGE.

Cantrips depend upon character level. They upgrade in damage at level 5 and 10.

Regular spells only increase in damage if you upcast them, i.e. if you cast them in higher spell slots.

Okay. So let's say my tempest cleric / evo wiz / storm sorc cast a chain lightning : which stats influence DC ? Int or Cha (and I guess not Wis since it's a wizard / sorc spell) ?

Is this a trick question? Chain Lightning is a 6th level spell you can only gain at level 11. It's not possible to do what you ask.

Edit* No, its possible since spell slots are based on character's total caster level. It would be Intelligence since you would require to learn the spell via Wizard scroll feature.

Also if you choose the same spell say Witch Bolt for multiple classes you'll have a choice to choose which class to cast the spell from for that spell. So if you have Witch Bolt for Sorcerer and Wizard you can cast that spell with Cha. or Int.

I'm sorry, I dont know which stat scrolls use if you have a multiclass character.

Well, for spells directly cast by the character, it obviously depends upon what class has prepared this spell.

And if you have a singleclass character, its the Spellcasting Ability of that class:

Int: Wizard, Fighter, Rogue
Wis: Cleric, Druid, Monk, Ranger
Cha: Bard, Paladin, Sorcerer, Warlock, Barbarian

Source: https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Spells#Spellcasting_Ability_and_Proficiency

(Yes I didnt knew that either, I really never use scrolls, except for learning spells on a Wizard or selling them to get money)

But multiclass characters, I dont know and I cant find any clarification about this anywhere.

Yep so if you look at your prepared spells with L, the spells you *prepare* with the different classes, in each of those categories, will use the spellcasting modifier of that class. So when you're looking at the spells you've slotted in for the Wizard, Cleric, Sorcerer section each of them uses their own spellcasting modifier when it's cast. You can add them to custom if you're not sure which is which, such as if you've added the same spell from 2 different classes, and arrange them into groups when you do in order to make it clear.

For scrolls, it will always use your highest level spellcasting class, if you have spellcasting classes. The character described in your initial post would use Wis for their scrolls since Cleric is their highest level spellcasting class. If you had two classes which were tied for highest level (let's say it was a Wiz 6 / Sorc 6 just as a hypothetical), it would use whichever attribute was higher of the tied classes (so in that example either Int or Cha, depending on which is higher).

So your character would use Wis if casting Chain Lightning from a scroll, and Int if they had learned it as a Wizard and prepared it. A Sorcerer mono class only needs to worry about their Cha, but your character needs to either have a good Wis, Int, and Cha, or at a minimum know which spells will use the stats they have which aren't that great, and use spells for those classes which aren't reliant on DC. Typically not too much trouble since they shouldn't need to worry about Dex or Str, so if you're using the Int headband you can get a good Wis, Con and Cha. Hope that helps!

Thanks for all the answers, I got what I needed !