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#dnd simulacrum and an army of duplicate wizards
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Apr 30, 2025
The only thing preventing me from conquering the multiverse with an army of simulacrums is my inability to cast level 9 spells. I did bring my familiar, though, and that has to count for something. #dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons
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all right time for some deep wizard
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shenanigans then all right so we need to
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solve the problem of wizards not being
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able to be in enough places and cast
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enough spells in a day to upset the
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economy the obvious answer is Simulacrim
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simulacrim lets you create essentially a
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perfect copy of yourself it has all of
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your abilities however it can't
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naturally heal and it can't recover
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spell slots so those are pretty big
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limitations for a wizard and
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also generally you're only supposed to
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have one the 2024 version of Simulacrim
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says that if you cast Similacrim again
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any previous Simulacrim you've created
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melts away to nothing which kind of
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sucks because it's a very expensive
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spell so you can get around it the
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limitation which causes the previous
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simulacum to melt only applies if you
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cast simulacrim again however there's
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nothing preventing more similacrims of
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your own character from being made so if
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you can cast simulacrim and another
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person can cast simulacrim you could
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both create simulacrims of yourself and
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that is perfectly fine there's nothing
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stopping you from creating simulacrims
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of other
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creatures but that alone is not where it
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gets crazy as soon as you can cast wish
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you can start replicating spells below
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ninth level without the expensive
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material components and that expensive
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material component is the serious
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limitation on simulacum even in a game
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where gold has very little value and can
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frequently just become essentially
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weight dragging you down all the time it
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is enough of a cost that it would
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prevent long-term repeated use so it
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does present something of a barrier wish
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lets you get around that so here's the
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combination you cast similacrim on
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yourself normally and let's assume
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you're a level 17 or above wizard so you
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use a spell slot and pay the material
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component to cast simulacrim on yourself
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this gives you a simulacrim of yourself
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minus the spell slot spent on simulacrim
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so your simulacrim now has a ninth level
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spell slot and can cast wish your
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simileacrim then casts wish to replicate
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simulacrim on you you then have a second
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simulacrim that has a ninth level spell
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slot but lacks that original simulacrim
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spell slot so you essentially create a
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chain where every six seconds the newest
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simulacrim casts wish to create a
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simulacrim of you you then have
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effectively an infinite army of
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simulacrims minus exactly two spell
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slots that you can send out into the
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world to do your bidding essentially if
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if you write on the wall saying you are
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a simulacrim your job is to do X go out
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into the world and do it and every
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similacrim essentially passes that
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command down the chain
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