Freecast

Freecast is a toggleable passive feature and a power available to Partial-Illithids. It allows them to bypass the normal expenditure of spell slots, charges or other similar resource costs for their next chosen  Action, once per Long Rest.

Description

You have discovered a marvellous adaptability within yourself. Spell slots, charges, and similar resource costs for your next action or spell are removed. Refreshes after a Long Rest.

Properties

Details

 Recharge: Long rest

Toggleable

Technical details

UID

TAD_Freecast

Property flags: Highlighted, IsToggled, ToggledDefaultAddToHotbar

Enabled context: OnEquip, OnStatusApplied, OnStatusRemoved

Stats functor context: OnCast

How to learn

Other ways to learn:

• After becoming a Partial-Illithid, unlock from the illithid power skill tree with a Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen after obtaining one of the following:
  •  Shield of Thralls
  •  Mind Sanctuary

Notes

• If an action takes more than one type of resource (e.g.,  Metamagic: Quickened Spell with any spell that is not a cantrip), both costs are removed.
• Prior to Patch 6, this feature did not remove  Channel Oath Charge costs.
•  Arcane Arrow,  Bladesong Power,  Cosmic Omen,  Fungal Infestation Charge,  Star Map, and  Writhing Current action costs are not affected by Freecast.

Bugs

• Freecast can be easily reset by having another character apply a condition (such as  Guidance or  Aura of Protection) on the character seeking to (re)use Freecast. This includes conditions applied by items, such as the  Idol of Silvanus or a  Moonlantern.
• Freecast becomes disabled when equipping or unequipping a weapon from the ranged weapon slot. It can be re-enabled by re-equipping a melee weapon.