Elemental Weapon

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Damage

Elemental Weapon is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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spell that turns a weapon into an elemental force, sharpening its strikes and adding acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.

2024 Rules

Level & School
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 hour
Classes
Druid, Paladin, Ranger

A nonmagical weapon you touch becomes a magic weapon. Choose one of the following damage types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder. For the duration, the weapon has a +1 bonus to attack rolls and deals an extra 1d4 damage of the chosen type when it hits.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 5-6 spell slot, the bonus to attack rolls increases to +2, and the extra damage increases to 2d4. If you use a level 7+ spell slot, the bonus increases to +3, and the extra damage increases to 3d4.

2014 Rules

Level & School
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 hour
Classes
Druid, Paladin, Ranger

A nonmagical weapon you touch becomes a magic weapon. Choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. For the duration, the weapon has a +1 bonus to attack rolls and deals an extra 1d4 damage of the chosen type when it hits.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th or 6th level, the bonus to attack rolls increases to +2 and the extra damage increases to 2d4. When you use a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the bonus increases to +3 and the extra damage increases to 3d4.

Elemental Weapon 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Effectively the same spell. The 2024 version is reworded but functions identically.

Elemental Weapon popularity

How popular is Elemental Weapon? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may fill a specific niche for a spellbook.

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