Ritual casting is intentionally left undefined outside of taking an extra 10 minutes to cast, and requiring concentration. It doesn’t have to involve circles, candles, or anything like that if that’s not how your group/your DM envision it.
Can you normally cast a regular spell while moving? According to the rules, as I understand them, you can move, cast a spell, and then move again, but you can’t cast a spell WHILE moving. Just as you cannot normally shoot a bow or firearm accurately while walking (ask any hunter), why would it make sense to allow you to perform a ritual casting while walking?
Ritual casting is a single extended Action across 10 minutes or more, not as series of individual Actions every six seconds, accompanied by possible Movement every six second.
Moving around within a limited area makes perfect sense for some spellcasting, such as walking the perimeter while ritual casting the Alarm spell, but that’s more flavor than actual movement, as you’re still in the same area where you started.
That literally makes no sense. By definition, ritual casting involves circles, candles and all sorts of stationary stuff.
Ritual casting is intentionally left undefined outside of taking an extra 10 minutes to cast, and requiring concentration. It doesn’t have to involve circles, candles, or anything like that if that’s not how your group/your DM envision it.
a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
Can you normally cast a regular spell while moving? According to the rules, as I understand them, you can move, cast a spell, and then move again, but you can’t cast a spell WHILE moving. Just as you cannot normally shoot a bow or firearm accurately while walking (ask any hunter), why would it make sense to allow you to perform a ritual casting while walking?
Ritual casting is a single extended Action across 10 minutes or more, not as series of individual Actions every six seconds, accompanied by possible Movement every six second.
Moving around within a limited area makes perfect sense for some spellcasting, such as walking the perimeter while ritual casting the Alarm spell, but that’s more flavor than actual movement, as you’re still in the same area where you started.