Conjure Barrage

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Damage

Conjure Barrage is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that hurls spectral weapons in a sweeping cone to strike
multiple foes

Conjure Barrage is a Multi Target spell. Multi Target spells have an area of effect or can explicitly target multiple allies or enemies.

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 at once.

2024 Rules
Level & School
3rd-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a Melee or Ranged weapon worth at least 1 CP)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Ranger

You brandish the weapon used to cast the spell and conjure similar spectral weapons (or ammunition appropriate to the weapon) that launch forward and then disappear. Each creature of your choice that you can see in a 60-foot Cone makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d8 Force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 3.

2014 Rules
Level & School
3rd-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self (60-foot cone)
Components
V, S, M (one piece of ammunition or a thrown weapon)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Ranger

You throw a nonmagical weapon or fire a piece of nonmagical ammunition into the air to create a cone of identical weapons that shoot forward and then disappear. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The damage type is the same as that of the weapon or ammunition used as a component.

Conjure Barrage 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It now deals 5d8 force damage instead of 3d8 damage of the weapon’s type, and it scales by 1d8 per slot above 3rd. It also now lets you choose which creatures you can see in the 60-foot cone are affected, rather than automatically hitting everyone in it.

Conjure Barrage popularity

Conjure Barrage is one of the rarest level 3 spells in the game. Choosing it will set you apart from all other casters.

Spells similar to Conjure Barrage

  • Lightning Arrow 3rd-level transmutation

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  • Conjure Volley 5th-level conjuration

    This conjuration spell produces a large, instantaneous ranged barrage that hits many foes at once, echoing the idea of summoned ammunition raining down.

  • Hail of Thorns 1st-level conjuration

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  • Laeral's Silver Lance 3rd-level evocation

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  • Magic Missile 1st-level evocation

    Though single-target-centric in each missile, it conjures force projectiles that automatically strike, matching the summoned-weapon and force-damage themes.