Talk:Apothecary (5e Class)

Ambiguousness

"any spell or cantrip that handles plants"

thats really vague

Re: ambiguous

The whole line is, "You choose cantrips and spells from the apothecary's spell list as described at the bottom of the page, as well as any spell or cantrip that handles plants."

Many classes use this terminology to describe other spells the caster may select from instead of listing all "plant based" spells.

For example cleric spellcasting descriptor from 3.5e reads, " A cleric casts divine spells, which are drawn from the cleric spell list. However, his alignment may restrict him from casting certain spells opposed to his moral or ethical beliefs; see Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells, below." If you're a good aligned cleric, you may only cast spells with the good descriptor.

The statement "that handles plants" is simply referring to any spell or cantrip that may have a plant descriptor. It is the same as saying any spell or cantrip that has to do with fire. That is, saying all fire spells are able to be chosen.

For example, the apothecary would be able to choose the spell "entangle" from the druidic spell list. This spell's descriptor implies that it is plant based.

This is a common way of describing other spells a spellcaster may choose from in other tabletop RPGs as well; such as "Iron Claw" and "Pathfinder."

This was my first Homebrew for 5e, so I apologize if this is not common for 5e.

-FoxezPawz-