[RPG] Are there limitations on casting a spell from an Ioun Stone of Reserve

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The DMG doesn't explicitly spell any of the following out about the Ioun Stone of Reserve:

  1. Can non-casters use the stone to cast a spell stored inside?

  2. If not, does the spell stored in the stone need to be on a character's spell list to cast it?

  3. Can the stone store spells that require concentration? If so, how does that work when that spell is cast from the stone?

Best Answer

This functions more or less the Ring of Spell Storing.

  1. Yes, as evidenced by DMG p177...

While this stone orbits your head, you can cast any spell stored in it.

  1. Yes, as evidenced by DMG p141...

The spell uses its normal casting time, range, and duration, and the user of the item must concentrate if the spell requires concentration.

Anyone can use the spells out of a Ring of Spell Storing or a Reserve Ioun Stone and the spells that are cast out of them are cast with all the "settings" of the original cast.

Example: Your Barbarian has a Reserve Ioun Stone and your party's Cleric casts Cure Wounds at 3rd level (as that is the limit of the stone's capacity) into it. Your Barbarian can at any time use that spell as though he had cast it barring any other restrictions such as incapacitated or raging (as you are in fact "casting" a spell), but the Cleric's DC, spell attack modifier and all other such relevant parameters are of those of your party's Cleric at the time of the cast.