> #### posion spary > *Cantrip* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** 10 feet >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >You extend your hand toward a creature you can see within range and project a puff of noxious gas from your palm. The creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d12 poison damage. > >This spell’s damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), 17th level (4d12). > > #### ray of frost > *Cantrip* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** 60 feet >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >A frigid beam of blue-white light streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it takes 1d8 cold damage, and its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. > >The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8). > > #### shocking grasp > *Cantrip* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** touch >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. You have advantage on the attack roll if the target is wearing armor made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 lightning damage, and it can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn. > >The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8). > > #### Detect Magic (Ritual) > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** self >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 10 minutes > >For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any. > >The spell can penetrate most barriers, but is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt. > > #### burning hands > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** Self (15-foot cone) >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >As you hold your hands with thumbs touching and fingers spread, a thin sheet of flames shoots forth from your outstretched fingertips. Each creature in a 15-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. > >The fire ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried. >When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st. > \pagebreakNum > #### mage armor > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** Touch >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** 8 hours > >You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends it if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action. > > #### magic missile > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** 120feet >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously and you can direct them to hit one creature or several. > >When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot level above 1st. > > #### shield > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** Special >- **Range:** self >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** 1 round > >Reaction trigger: You are hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell > >An invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic missile. > > #### thunderwave > *1st level* >___ >- **Casting Time:** 1 action >- **Range:** self (15-foot cube) >- **Components:** v,s >- **Duration:** Instantaneous > >A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed. > >In addition, unsecured objects that are completely within the area of effect are automatically pushed 10 feet away from you by the spell’s effect, and the spell emits a thunderous boom audible out to 300 feet. > ### how do i read? if thats 'how do i read spells in d&d 5e' then i'v got cha. but if not...well then...sorry? > #### name > *level of spell* >___ >- **Casting Time:** how long it takes to cast >- **Range:** how far the spell reaches >- **Components:** v= verbal, s= somatic, m= matiral >- **Duration:** how long the spell last for > >swanky descrpion that descibes what the spell does. > ## Casting a Spell When a character casts any spell, the same basic rules are followed, regardless of the character's class or the spell's effects. Each spell description begins with a block of information, including the spell's name, level, school of magic(not included for these), casting time, range, components, and duration. The rest of a spell entry describes the spell's effect. ### Casting Time Most spells require a single action to cast, but some spells require a bonus action, a reaction, or much more time to cast. #### Bonus Action A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use a bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven't already taken a bonus action this turn. You can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. \pagebreak #### Reactions Some spells can be cast as reactions. These spells take a fraction of a second to bring about and are cast in response to some event. If a spell can be cast as a reaction, the spell description tells you exactly when you can do so. #### Longer Casting Times Certain spells (including spells cast as rituals) require more time to cast: minutes or even hours. When you cast a spell with a casting time longer than a single action or reaction, you must spend your action each turn casting the spell, and you must maintain your concentration while you do so (see “Concentration” below). If your concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you don't expend a spell slot. If you want to try casting the spell again, you must start over. ### Range The target of a spell must be within the spell's range. For a spell like magic missile, the target is a creature. For a spell like fireball, the target is the point in space where the ball of fire erupts. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Most spells have ranges expressed in feet. Some spells can target only a creature (including you) that you touch. Other spells, such as the shield spell, affect only you. These spells have a range of self. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Spells that create cones or lines of effect that originate from you also have a range of self, indicating that the origin point of the spell's effect must be you (see “Areas of Effect”). <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Once a spell is cast, its effects aren't limited by its range, unless the spell's description says otherwise. ### Components A spell's components are the physical requirements you must meet in order to cast it. Each spell's description indicates whether it requires verbal (V), somatic (S), or material (M) components. If you can't provide one or more of a spell's components, you are unable to cast the spell. #### Verbal (V) Most spells require the chanting of mystic words. The words themselves aren't the source of the spell's power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a character who is gagged or in an area of silence, such as one created by the silence spell, can't cast a spell with a verbal component. #### Somatic (S) Spellcasting gestures might include a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. If a spell requires a somatic component, the caster must have free use of at least one hand to perform these gestures. <div style='margin-top:100px;'></div> #### Material (M) Casting some spells requires particular objects, specified in parentheses in the component entry. A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus (found in “Equipment”) in place of the components specified for a spell. But if a cost is indicated for a component, a character must have that specific component before he or she can cast the spell. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> If a spell states that a material component is consumed by the spell, the caster must provide this component for each casting of the spell. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> A spellcaster must have a hand free to access a spell's material components–or to hold a spellcasting focus—but it can be the same hand that he or she uses to perform somatic components. ### Duration A spell's duration is the length of time the spell persists. A duration can be expressed in rounds, minutes, hours, or even years. Some spells specify that their effects last until the spells are dispelled or destroyed. #### Instantaneous Many spells are instantaneous. The spell harms, heals, creates, or alters a creature or an object in a way that can't be dispelled, because its magic exists only for an instant. #### Concentration Some spells require you to maintain concentration in order to keep their magic active. If you lose concentration, such a spell ends. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> If a spell must be maintained with concentration, that fact appears in its Duration entry, and the spell specifies how long you can concentrate on it. You can end concentration at any time (no action required). <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Normal activity, such as moving and attacking, doesn't interfere with concentration. The following factors can break concentration: * Casting another spell that requires concentration. You lose concentration on a spell if you cast another spell that requires concentration. You can't concentrate on two spells at once. * Taking damage. Whenever you take damage while you are concentrating on a spell, you must make a Constitution saving throw to maintain your concentration. The DC equals 10 or half the damage you take, whichever number is higher. If you take damage from multiple sources, such as an arrow and a dragon's breath, you make a separate saving throw for each source of damage. * Being incapacitated or killed. You lose concentration on a spell if you are incapacitated or if you die. * The GM might also decide that certain environmental phenomena, such as a wave crashing over you while you're on a storm-tossed ship, require you to succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on a spell. \pagebreak ### Targets A typical spell requires you to pick one or more targets to be affected by the spell's magic. A spell's description tells you whether the spell targets creatures, objects, or a point of origin for an area of effect (described below). <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Unless a spell has a perceptible effect, a creature might not know it was targeted by a spell at all. An effect like crackling lightning is obvious, but a more subtle effect, such as an attempt to read a creature's thoughts, typically goes unnoticed, unless a spell says otherwise. #### A Clear Path to the Target To target something, you must have a clear path to it, so it can't be behind total cover. If you place an area of effect at a point that you can't see and an obstruction, such as a wall, is between you and that point, the point of origin comes into being on the near side of that obstruction. #### Targeting Yourself If a spell targets a creature of your choice, you can choose yourself, unless the creature must be hostile or specifically a creature other than you. If you are in the area of effect of a spell you cast, you can target yourself. #### Areas of Effect Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> A spell's description specifies its area of effect, which typically has one of five different shapes: cone, cube, cylinder, line, or sphere. Every area of effect has a point of origin, a location from which the spell's energy erupts. The rules for each shape specify how you position its point of origin. Typically, a point of origin is a point in space, but some spells have an area whose origin is a creature or an object. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> A spell's effect expands in straight lines from the point of origin. If no unblocked straight line extends from the point of origin to a location within the area of effect, that location isn't included in the spell's area. To block one of these imaginary lines, an obstruction must provide total cover. #### Cone A cone extends in a direction you choose from its point of origin. A cone's width at a given point along its length is equal to that point's distance from the point of origin. A cone's area of effect specifies its maximum length. A cone's point of origin is not included in the cone's area of effect, unless you decide otherwise. #### Cube You select a cube's point of origin, which lies anywhere on a face of the cubic effect. The cube's size is expressed as the length of each side. A cube's point of origin is not included in the cube's area of effect, unless you decide otherwise. <div style='margin-top:80px;'></div> #### Cylinder A cylinder's point of origin is the center of a circle of a particular radius, as given in the spell description. The circle must either be on the ground or at the height of the spell effect. The energy in a cylinder expands in straight lines from the point of origin to the perimeter of the circle, forming the base of the cylinder. The spell's effect then shoots up from the base or down from the top, to a distance equal to the height of the cylinder. A cylinder's point of origin is included in the cylinder's area of effect. Line A line extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to its length and covers an area defined by its width. A line's point of origin is not included in the line's area of effect, unless you decide otherwise. #### Sphere You select a sphere's point of origin, and the sphere extends outward from that point. The sphere's size is expressed as a radius in feet that extends from the point. A sphere's point of origin is included in the sphere's area of effect. ### Saving Throws Many spells specify that a target can make a saving throw to avoid some or all of a spell's effects. The spell specifies the ability that the target uses for the save and what happens on a success or failure. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> The DC to resist one of your spells equals 8 + your spellcasting ability modifier + your proficiency bonus + any special modifiers. ### Attack Rolls Some spells require the caster to make an attack roll to determine whether the spell effect hits the intended target. Your attack bonus with a spell attack equals your spellcasting ability modifier + your proficiency bonus. <div style='margin-top:5px;'></div> Most spells that require attack rolls involve ranged attacks. Remember that you have disadvantage on a ranged attack roll if you are within 5 feet of a hostile creature that can see you and that isn't incapacitated.