Summary

  • Alter Self allows you to change appearance and form, enhancing roleplay opportunities.
  • Speak With Animals lets you communicate with beasts for interesting roleplay.
  • Charm Person is best used in non-combat situations to create engaging roleplay.

Roleplay is one of the most fun aspects of any 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons campaign and can turn any good adventure into a great one. Spellcasting is oftentimes, an underutilized way to enhance your roleplay as a player. Typically, most DMs and players think of spellcastin✤g primarily in the context of combat.

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10 ෴ Al♌ter Self

Two students attend a ball at Strixhaven in Dungeons & Dragons.
Strixhaven Ball by Carolina Gariba

Spell Level

2

Duration

1 hour

Concentration

Yes

Classes

Sorcerer, Wizard

Alter Self is a great roleplay spell that allo🃏ws you to alter your physical form and appearance if you so desire. Unlike lower-level transformation spells, Alter Self can give you the ability to sprout gills or form natural weapons like cl⛦aws or fangs.

What makes this such a great roleplay spell though, is the ability to make yourself look like almost any other type of creature you want, including one you are familiar with. This can give you the roleplay opportunity to try to emulate 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a familiar NPC or fellow party member.

9 💜 ꦐ Speak With Animals

A druid sitting next to a bear in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Human Druid by Jesper Ejsing

Spell Level

1

Duration

10 minutes

Concentration

No

Classes

Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock

This classic Dungeons & Dragons spell allows you to verbally comꦅmunicate with beasts and e☂ven potentially persuade them to help you. This is a great roleplay spell for any campaign for two reasons.

First, it allows the player to roleplay an encounter with an animal, which can prove interesting depending on the type of beast they're trying to persuade or cajole. Second, it also gives the Dungeon Master the opportunity to try to role🍸play a beast like a bear, tiger, or bird. This can prove really fun for the whole table.

8 ♉ 🌞 Charm Person

A player-character is seduce by a fey creature at a Feywild ball in Dungeons & Dragons.
Boreal Ball by Katerina Ladon

Spell Level

1

Duration

1 hour

Concentration

No

Classes

Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Charm Person is a great spell that often works its way into most low-level casters' spell lists. Wh﷽ile youꦯ can, of course, use this spell in combat as well, creatures have advantage on saves against this spell if you're actively fighting it, meaning you'll want to prioritize using this spell in non-combat, roleplay scenarios.

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Using Charm Person also gives players the roleplay opportunity to think strategically about how to use their thrall to the best of their abilities. Depe𒆙nding on the type of problem your party is trying to solve, charming someone with this spell can allow you to fle🌺x your creative muscles.

7 Commune

A paladin with glowing yellow eyes wearing brilliant armor in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Devout Warrior by Michael Broussard

Spell Level

5

Duration

1 minute

Concentration

No

Classes

Cleric

Commune is a relatively high-level spell that allows you to communicate with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:your deity of choice, or a 🦋proxy, as a cleric. During this communion, you can ask up to three questions of your deity, though they might not necessarily ha🦋ve the information you seek.

However, this allows cleric♓s to roleplay a face-to-face encounter with their god, which is always fun, and more importantly, all🦋ows the DM to roleplay a deity. These encounters are highly memorable for the whole table.

6 🦩 Zone Of Truth

A group of characters arguing while a Beholder sneaks up behind them in Dungeons & Dragons.
Conflict Between Characters by Scott Murphy

Spell Level

2

Duration

10 minutes

Concentration

No

Classes

Bard, Cleric, Paladin

Zone of Truth is a highly powerful spell that's great forꦆ interrogation sequences. If you're trying to get informatio🔯n out of an enemy, hostage, or any other important NPC, Zone of Truth is always the way to go.

However, there's also another really interesting way you can use Zone of Truth: as a mediator 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for intraparty conflict. If your party is fighting with each🌠 other, or party members are st💎arting not to trust each other, use Zone of Truth for a compelling and highly engaging roleplay scenario, in which the party can take turns interrogating one another.

5 ꧅ Project Image 𝓡

An adventurer looks into a magic mirror in Dungeons & Dragons.
Magic Mirror by Chris Seaman

Spell Level

7

Duration

1 day

Concentration

Yes

Classes

Bard, Wizard

Project Image is a ve🧔ry powerful hജigh-level spell in which you can create an illusory copy of yourself for up to 24 hours. This spell also has a range of 500 miles, meaning you can place and control this illusion from a great distance. Of course, physical interaction with the image proves it to be illusory.

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🌊However, this is a great spell for roleplaying deception. Say you want to get information about a villain's lair without putting yourself in danger. You can send your illusory double into the lair, perhaps even interrogating your big bad, all the while knowing you're safe ♏and sound up to 500 miles away.

4 Modi🐽fy🎉 Memory

Two player-characters bargain with a hag in her hovel in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Hag's Bargain by Linda Lithen

Spell Level

5

Duration

1 minute

Concentration

Yes

Classes

Bard, Wizard

Longtime fans of Critical Role know just how impactful a well-placed Modify Memory can be. This spell allows you to alt🦄er an NPC's memories up to a year prior (depending on the spell level you use). Depending on how you use this spell, you can potentially turn an enemy into an ally.

Of course, you have to be careful not to make the memory you change too nonsensical. It's up to the DM's discretion whether the memory you create is illog💎ical. However, walking this line makes for a great roleplay challenge for a seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player.

3 🐷 🤡 Illusory Script

A spellbook and group of components in a pouch in Dungeons & Dragons.
Wizard Components by Jane Katsubo

Spell Level

1

Duration

10 days

Concentration

No

Classes

Bard, Warlock, Wizard

When you cast this spell, you can write on any piece of paper or other material and place an illusion on it lasting for up to ten days. This is a great way to forge scrolls of ped🌄igree, letters of recommendation, and more. You can also use this spell to create hidden messages for specific players.

This is great 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for urban sprawl campaigns or espionage missions. Fওinding creative and clever ways to use this spell successfully offers u🎃p a lot of roleplay opportunities when it comes to subterfuge.

2 Friends

A wizard in blue robes conjuring a spell in his golden study in Dugeons & Dragons.
Mordenkainen by Helge C. Balzer

Spell Level

Cantrip

Duration

1 minute

Concentration

Yes

Classes

Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

This low-leve🌌l spell is great in a pinch. You can almost think of Friends as a lower-level version of Charm Person, though it only lasts for a minute. While this spell won't get you out of combat, it's great for quick roleplay encounters.

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Use a spell like Friends to get past a bouncer, guard, or security pa🅺trol quickly and easily. Or, you can use this spell to try to h🍬aggle with shopkeepers. Either way, using a spell like Friends gives you the chance to flex roleplay muscles.

1 Dream

Tasha brewing a potion over a cauldron in Dungeons & Dragons.
Tasha by Linda Lithen

Spell Level

5

Duration

8 hours

Concentration

No

Classes

Bard, Warlock, Wizard

Dream is the ultimate spell for testing your roleplay prowess. By using this spell, you can enter another creature's dream, and communicate to them, altering the very fabric of their dreamscape. While this is great for communicat꧅ing messages in secret, you can also get highly creative with this spell.

Another function of the spell is to create a nightmare to inflict damage on an NPC from afar. This allows players the opportunity 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to get creative⭕ with their description of how the dream appears to their targ🦹et, whether terrifying or euphoric.

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Original Release Date
1974
Designer
🍨 𝔍 E. Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson
Player Count
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