Can a simulacrum have a familiar?

You can't use Simulacrum on a familiar. Simulacrum only works on Beasts or Humanoids - and Find Familiar specifically says the creature summoned becomes a Celestial / Fey / Fiend instead of a Beast.

Can a simulacrum make another simulacrum?

Can I Make a Simulacrum of Myself? You sure can! And that's where things can get especially weird since as a wizard able to cast the simulacrum spell, your simulacrum will also be a wizard able to cast the simulacrum spell.

Can a simulacrum act independently?

It's not actually the creature you duplicated, though. So if the creature you copied was fiercely independent and highly intelligent, the simulacrum would be fiercely independent, highly intelligent, but also always friendly to you and following your orders to the best of its abilities.

Can a simulacrum cast wish?

Ah—so simulacra can never cast 9th level spells! I will have to inform the player of the level-20 bard from the end of my last campaign. Simulacrum is a 7th level spell my dude. Unless your player is Wish-duplicating it, it should have a 9th level spell slot.

Is simulacrum a creature?

You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or Humanoid that is within range for the entire Casting Time of the spell. The duplicate is a creature, partially real and formed from ice or snow, and it can take Actions and otherwise be affected as a normal creature.

What is a Simulacrum? (Postmodern Philosophy)

Can you twin simulacrum?

Yes, Simulacrum can be twinned

Just to take the first line of the Simulacrum spell: You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or humanoid that is within range for the entire casting time of the spell.

Can a simulacrum cast clone?

Yes, because the simulacrum is a creature. The points you present are plausible reasons for why a DM might disallow cloning a simulacrum in their own campaign setting, but a strict reading of the rules shows that you can clone a simulacrum.

Can a simulacrum attune?

Yes, it can use items

Otherwise, the illusion uses all the statistics of the duplicated creature. It can use items provided to it, and attune with them as normal.

Can simulacrum use spell scrolls?

Nothing happens to the wizard's simulacrum.

The wizard would have to cast the spell again to destroy his simulacrum. When someone else uses a spell scroll the wizard made, that someone is casting the spell, not the wizard, so someone else casting the spell doesn't affect the wizard's simulacrum.

Can a simulacrum cast magic jar?

RAW, nothing prevents a simulacrum from casting magic jar.

That being said, there is nothing mechanically that would prevent a simulacrum with a 6th level slot from casting magic jar on itself. You have correctly observed that the only target mentioned is "self" with no creature type limitations.

Does a simulacrum have all spell slots?

Your spell slots are part of your statistics, so if you cast Simulacrum on yourself, the simulacrum you create has the same spell slots that you had when the spell was cast.

Do simulacra have memories?

The simulacrum does not have any memories or knowledge (apart from the general stuff that the proficiencies would give) of the original. And it was as such during almost all editions of D&D.

Do Simulacrums bleed?

The game has bleeding typically be a largely cosmetic effect, so this DM would rule that The creature that's created by the spell simulacrum bleeds if the original creature bleeds if for no other reason than such a creature's true identity would be too easily detected were it not to.

Can a simulacrum repair itself?

If the simulacrum is damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 gp per hit point it regains. The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.

Can a simulacrum change spells?

So the short answer is, the simulacrum can cast rituals so long as they have the spellbook handy. They cannot change memorized spells ever.

Can a simulacrum short rest?

There is no reason a simulacrum cannot sleep or take a long rest. The spell description for simulacrum states: the illusion uses all the statistics of the creature it duplicates, except that it is a construct. So mechanically, the simulacrum is identical to the original, except its creature type is "construct".

Can a simulacrum prepare different spells?

Yes, if … … the Illusion uses all the Statistics of the creature it duplicates. For a cleric, one of those “statistics” is their Spellcasting feature which says: You can change your list of prepared Spells when you finish a Long Rest.

Does simulacrum copy equipment?

So, yes the simulacrum you created will have class features and proficiencies of the creature it duplicated.

Can you dispel magic a simulacrum?

One of the biggest weaknesses of a Simulacrum is its susceptibility to Dispel Magic (as the duration says "until dispelled"). So, dispelling a Simulacrum "kills" it in some way. The Death Ward spell protects against the first effect that would kill the target.

Can a simulacrum reproduce?

The Simulacrum is a Construct

As such, any human mating with a Simulacrum would not be the same species, thus rendering true reproduction impossible.

How can you tell simulacrum?

The simulacrum feels slightly cold to the touch (owing to the face that a simulacrum is made of snow and/or ice) The real wizard always carries a certain magic staff, but the simulacrum is never seen with it.

Do simulacrum have souls?

As for "soul" there is nothing to say the Simulacrum lacks a soul and it does say it a duplicate of the original creature and basically the same except for the specifically mentioned differences. So, RAW the Simulacrum casts the spells.

Can Firebolt be twinned?

She may only twin the spell if she elects to target a creature (and the spell is unable to target more than that one creature). In your particular case, Firebolt is only ever a single bolt (unlike, say, Eldritch Blast). So it is eligible to be twinned provided you are using it to target a creature.

Can you twin spell wish?

Q: Can you Twin a spell duplicated with Wish? And if you do, how many sorcery points do you use. A: Yes, and use the number of points appropriate for the level of the spell you are duplicating.

Can a dragon cast simulacrum?

She would like to cast Simulacrum. Monster Manual Page 86 / Variant: VARIANT: DRAGONS AS INNATE SPELLCASTERS: Dragons are innately magical creatures that can master a few spells as they age, using this variant. A young or older dragon can innately cast a number of spells equal to its Charisma modifier.