persons. The spell allows polygamy. Also, no gender restrictions. You can marry all of your party into one big family, RAW.
You may need to check the local laws, though.
By the way, the spell does not allow for divorce - it’s strictly “till death do us part”.
It would generally be better to put them in pair-wise marriages, but when there’s a kaiju on the loose, you can’t wait multiple hours to cast it multiple times.
I once played a series of all-combat one shots, in which we could use the previous day to precast buffs. Every session we used that day to cast ceremony to make the party a polycule, until the DM banned it.
persons. The spell allows polygamy. Also, no gender restrictions. You can marry all of your party into one big family, RAW. You may need to check the local laws, though.
By the way, the spell does not allow for divorce - it’s strictly “till death do us part”.
I mean, with resurrection being possible I think divorces would be far less often.
But especially in rich families there would probably be a lot of murdering and resurrecting, just to get out of some forced marriage.
Does the +2 stack in that case?
No, the spell is only cast once, for all partners at the same time. “A creature can benefit from this rite again only if widowed”.
Does it stack though? If n people cast ceremony on a party, does that mean they get +2n AC?
EDIT: I read the rules. And completely read over the latter part of your comment. “A creature can benefit from this rite again only if widowed.” 😢
Even if the rules worked that way, it would technically be +2(n-1) AC, since you don’t get any bonus from yourself.
Only if the casters are part of the group that’s being repeatedly wed. If the casters are all external, it’s +2n AC.
Wait, how can anyone outside the marriage party benefit from additional AC?
Ok that brings the questions Can you marry, kill, and merry again for +4 ac
I think you should be able too because that’s like a literal human sacrifice for +4 ac for just 7 days lol
No. Benefits from spells of the same name do not stack.
Which has… consequences
Wouldn’t the entire policule need to be close for them to get the bonus then? That doesn’t sound like the best tactical strategy.
You know what it doesn’t offer? Dex save bonuses. 🔥
It would generally be better to put them in pair-wise marriages, but when there’s a kaiju on the loose, you can’t wait multiple hours to cast it multiple times.
It says you can’t benefit from it again unless widowed. Once someone is they can benefit from it as often as they want.
Also, you could still marry someone else and have them benefit from it again.
I once played a series of all-combat one shots, in which we could use the previous day to precast buffs. Every session we used that day to cast ceremony to make the party a polycule, until the DM banned it.