Cloud of Daggers
- Level & School
- 2nd-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a sliver of glass)
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
You conjure spinning daggers in a 5-foot Cube centered on a point within range. Each creature in that area takes 4d4 Slashing damage. A creature also takes this damage if it enters the Cube or ends its turn there or if the Cube moves into its space. A creature takes this damage only once per turn. On your later turns, you can take a Magic action to teleport the Cube up to 30 feet.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 2d4 for each spell slot level above 2.
- Level & School
- 2nd-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a sliver of glass)
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
You fill the air with spinning daggers in a cube 5 feet on each side, centered on a point you choose within range. A creature takes 4d4 slashing damage when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 2nd.
Cloud of Daggers 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
The 2024 version adds that damage occurs when a creature enters, ends its turn there, or if the cube moves into its space, and limits damage to once per turn. It introduces a Magic action to teleport the cube up to 30 feet. The 2014 version only states damage when entering or starting turn there.
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