Can I cast shield thrice a combat, once from each tradition?

[Particle_Man]

Could I have a character that knows the shield cantrip from the arcane list, the divine list and the occult list?

If so, can I cast shield from the arcane list in round 1, shield from the divine list in round 2, and shield from the occult list in round 3?

[HammerJack]

What would be the purpose? AC wouldn't stack, and you wouldn't have extra reactions for blocking with more than one.

[Cupcakus]

HammerJack wrote:

What would be the purpose? AC wouldn't stack, and you wouldn't have extra reactions for blocking with more than one.

If you use them to shield block, you normally wouldn't be able to cast it again for 10 minutes, I think OP is asking if he can cast it again from another spell list without waiting and I wouldn't think so.

[HammerJack]

My mistake. I somehow read that as thrice a round, instead of thrice a combat.

I believe the answer is still no, but the question makes a lot more sense.

[Castilliano]

I was wondering (hoping?) the same thing, but I think you can't.

The Cantrip says after you block you can't cast "it" (the spell) again for 10 minutes.
Even when it comes from different traditions, Shield is the same spell.
Much like if you had Fireball from different traditions. They'd all still be Fireball, and if you couldn't cast it, you couldn't cast any.

The different traditions only matter if another ability messes with specific traditions (usually divine!). Then you could switch to another, which would be pretty funny.

[WatersLethe]

Let's see:

Evidence for:

1. You're using three cantrip slots from three different traditions. There is *some* level of investment here.

2. Your spells are from different power sources. If you call upon your god to shield you, then trigger an arcane recipe to provide the same effect, it doesn't make a ton of sense that they would share the same "cooldown"

Evidence against:
1. Shield is a better shield than shields. It's got a few points more hardness than Sturdy Shields of the same levels, doesn't weigh anything, doesn't use a hand, and can block Magic Missiles.

2. 3 Shield spells per 10 minutes could be potentially very close to 3 per combat. That appears to be roughly the number of shield blocks a fighter or champion might make in a combat.

3. You can get a lot of cantrips, and cantrip slots aren't that important an investment.

4. The shield spell doesn't have a separate listing for each of its traditions, so each tradition would send you to the same rules block which says "You can't cast it again for 10 minutes".

5. Cantrips are inherent to you, as evidenced by them being heightened to half your level, not to your highest spell level of the associated tradition. It's not your god casting your spell, it's you.