Dungeons & Dragons: Beginner's Guide To Spellcasting Classes

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Dungeons & Dragons is filled to the brim with ways for players to customize their characters, making them distinct and personalized. While a player's choice of their character's race and background are important, the choice of a character's class shapes the fundamental abilities that a given character will be able to bring to an adventuring party.

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Though the game's thirteen classes are each unique, they can be broken up into two categories: martial classes and spellcasting classes. As one would expect, spellcasting classes are those that are designed around the use of magic to help solve problems both in and outside of combat. As the various spellcasting classes in Dungeons & Dragons each bring entirely different utility and mechanics to the table, we're going to explore what each of these spellcasting classes are capable of for newcomers trying to decide which type of spellcaster may be right for you!

Bards are a class that utilizes their charisma to harness the power of music, performance, and expression to cast spells and support their allies. Among the most flexible classes in D&D, while they aren't as focused on dealing damage as a class like a sorcerer, Bards have access to their fair share of offensive options, healing magic, and useful utility options. Bards can notably fill nearly any role a party may need, as a Bard is capable of gaining proficiency in any skill in the game while its various subclasses can allow a player to choose an area where their Bard truly excels. One of the most notable features of the Bard class is "Bardic Inspiration," a feature that allows a Bard to help improve the capabilities of their