Can you cast spells with one hand?

Spellcasting with a somatic component requires one free hand; the other hand may be holding anything you want. Casting a spell with weapons in both hands would require either (a) the Warcaster feat, or (b) take 3 levels of sorcerer, or the feat that gives you a metamagic, and choose Subtle.
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Do spells require both hands?

Spellcasting only requires the use of one hand. Somatic (S) Spellcasting gestures might include a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. If a spell requires a somatic component, the caster must have free use of at least one hand to perform these gestures.
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Can you cast spells without a free hand?

Any spellcaster (cleric, oracle, or otherwise) casting a spell with a somatic component needs a free hand. Holding a light shield still allows the use of the hand for purposes of casting spells with somatic components. A divine focus does not need to be manipulated to cast the spell.
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Can you cast spells with a shield in one hand?

No, you need a free hand to cast spells. So either you have to sheath your weapon and take Quickdraw or you have to use a light shield or a buckler. No a light shield is NOT considered a free hand for spell casting. The buckler is, but you lose the buckler AC is you do use that hand for spell casting.
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Can you cast spells with left hand Elden ring?

In Elden Ring, you can equip two different armaments to your main (right) hand and off (left) hand, allowing you to strike with weapons, cast spells, fire bows, and block with shields.
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What spells can you cast spells with your hands full?

Should I use two hands in Elden Ring?

Two-handing a weapon increases the amount of damage that can be dealt with by both light and heavy attacks. It's a great way to maximize damage during key boss encounters.
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Can you cast spells with both hands full?

You can cast spells while wielding a weapon with both hands just fine as long as it doesn't have a Material or Focus component.
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Can a warlock only cast 2 spells?

Warlocks only have 2 spell slots at those levels. BUT! Those spells slots are recovered after every short rest. So if your party takes 2 short rests in a day, you'll be able to use 6 spell slots.
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Can wizards only cast prepared spells?

When in combat, A Wizard can only cast prepared spells. But outside of combat, A wizard should be able to cast any spell they have within their spellbook. It still uses a Spell Slot and adds 1 minute to the cast time. Rituals remain as they are, Not needing spell slots, but take 10 minutes.
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Can you cast without a wand?

A wandless spell is a spell which is performed without the use of a wand. This form of magic can be particularly volatile, and can only be used effectively by powerful and disciplined wizards and witches. Sometimes, specific hand gestures focus the power of the spell and guide it to the target.
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Can you cast touch spells on yourself?

Unless it specifically says otherwise, or you are not a creature, yes you can. You are a creature. You can touch your self. Therefore you can cast a spell that applies to creatures you can touch.
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How can Hermione cast spells without a wand?

We don't know about how she casts the spell in the book but in the movie it's shown that she just whispers "confundus" and that's it. Without a wand!
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How many hands do you need to cast spells?

Spellcasting with a somatic component requires one free hand; the other hand may be holding anything you want. Casting a spell with weapons in both hands would require either (a) the Warcaster feat, or (b) take 3 levels of sorcerer, or the feat that gives you a metamagic, and choose Subtle.
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Can all wizards do wandless magic?

Usually, witches and wizards accustomed to using wands could only reliably perform wandless magic if they possessed great skill. However, within regions of the wizarding world that historically did not use wands, wandless magic was considered the norm, and using one was optional.
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Can you only have 4 spells at once?

In Hogwarts Legacy, you can only have four active spells on your action bar; you can see which are currently active on your bottom right screen.
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Do cantrips count as spells?

Yes, cantrips are spells. They ate specially defined as level 0 spells in the PHB. So, if a description references a spell, with no level or slot reference, then cantrips are included.
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Can a Warlock cast 2 cantrips in one turn?

You can't cast two spells of 1st-level or higher in the same turn, but you can cast as many cantrips as you have actions for. If you cast a spell of 1st-level or higher - or a cantrip - as a bonus action, you can still cast a cantrip as your action.
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Why do warlocks only have 3 spell slots?

As mentioned, you have few spell slots because warlocks recharge their spells on a short rest while every other caster restores theirs on a long rest. They need to spread their spells out over an entire day (Generally 3 encounters) while Warlock will use all their spells every single encounter.
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Can you cast while wielding a two handed weapon?

If there's no somatic component, then you can cast it while your hands are full. In order to cast a spell with a somatic component, you normally need one hand free. However, if you take the War Caster feat, among other things, you can cast spell while both hands are being used to hold weapons or shields.
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Can you rage and cast spells?

Short answer? No. Rage is pretty clear on this: “If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while raging.” Longer answer - you can cast spells that don't require concentration and still use them before raging.
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Can you cast two spells if you have two attacks?

A spell is a full action not related to an attack, and thus having multiattack does not allow for you to also cast a spell. You can still cast a bonus action spell, but not an action one.
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Does 2 handing increase damage?

Holding a weapon two-handed increases the user's strength by 50%. This will increase the weapon's damage output based on its strength scaling, and also allows weapons to be used with less strength than if they were one-handed. Bows do not benefit from two-handing for the purposes of requirements or scaling.
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Does two handing dex weapons do anything?

Dexterity weapons generally don't hit as hard, but are faster. Two Handing increases STR by 50% (raising 60 STR to 90 STR for example), alters moveset, removes shield bounce, and increases poise damage a bit.
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