The Magic Initiate feat allows a character to take two Cantrips and one 1st level spell from a casting class of their choice.
Find Familiar is a 1st level spell that is a Ritual spell with casting time of 1 hour.
If a caster does not possess the Ritual Casting skill (such as Sorcerer), are they able to cast Find Familiar if they take Wizard spells as part of the Magic Initiate feat?
Best Answer
In 5th Edition D&D, a Ritual spell means the spell may be cast as a ritual, not that it must be cast as a Ritual.
So if you get the Find Familiar spell through Magic Initiate, but don't have the ability to perform Ritual Casting, you are still able to perform the spell as normal. You simply won't be able to cast it using the Ritual Spellcasting rules.