[RPG] Can College of Lore magical secrets be traded at level up

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The Player's Handbook says that a spell can be traded at level up for any other spell in any slot that you can cast. I'm wondering if I can trade a spell learned from magical secrets and if the new spell I get from the trade can be from any class. There doesn't seem to be any specific mention in the rules.

Best Answer

Well, there's good news, and there's bad news. The good news is that you can trade away the spells from Magical Secrets. The bad news is that you can only trade them for bard spells.

The rules on trading one of your spells known for another say that:

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the bard spells you know and replace it with another spell from the bard spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

So, you can only trade away bard spells for other bard spells. However, Magical Secrets says that:

By 10th level, you have plundered magical knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines. Choose two spells from any class, including this one. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Bard table, or a cantrip. The chosen spells count as bard spells for you and are included in the number in the Spells Known column of the Bard table. You learn two additional spells from any class at 14th level and again at 18th level.

Since the spells from Magical Secrets count as bard spells for you, you can trade them for other bard spells when you level up. This doesn't change the fact that you can only trade bard spells for other bard spells, though, so the new spells you get from trading will have to be bard spells.

As one final caveat, the spells you chose with Magical Secrets count as bard spells for you, so if you trade one of them away, you can later trade something else away to get it back.

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