Faerie Fire

Level & School
1st-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes
Bard, Druid

Objects in a 20-foot Cube within range are outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Each creature in the Cube is also outlined if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed Dim Light in a 10-foot radius and can't benefit from the Invisible condition.

Attack rolls against an affected creature or object have Advantage if the attacker can see it.

Level & School
1st-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V
Duration
Concentration, 1 minute
Classes
Bard, Druid

Each object in a 20-foot cube within range is outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Any creature in the area when the spell is cast is also outlined in light if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed dim light in a 10-foot radius.

Any attack roll against an affected creature or object has advantage if the attacker can see it, and the affected creature or object can't benefit from being invisible.

Faerie Fire 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version specifies "up to 1 minute" duration, whereas the 2014 version states 1 minute. The 2024 version clarifies that objects are outlined regardless of creatures' saving throws, while the 2014 states only creatures are outlined if they fail a save. The 2024 version explicitly states affected creatures can't benefit from invisibility; the 2014 version states they can't benefit from being invisible.

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