Gaseous Form

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Support

Gaseous Form is a Support spell. Support spells strengthen, protect, or buff allies.

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 spell that turns a willing creature into mist, letting it drift through gaps and dodge harm.
swift movement

Gaseous Form is a Mobility spell. Mobility spells augment or allow for new ways of moving.

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extra targets

Gaseous Form 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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2024 Rules
Level & School
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (a bit of gauze)
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 hour
Classes
Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

A willing creature you touch shape-shifts, along with everything it's wearing and carrying, into a misty cloud for the duration. The spell ends on the target if it drops to 0 Hit Points or if it takes a Magic action to end the spell on itself.

While in this form, the target's only method of movement is a Fly Speed of 10 feet, and it can hover. The target can enter and occupy the space of another creature. The target has Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage; it has Immunity to the Prone condition; and it has Advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. The target can pass through narrow openings, but it treats liquids as though they were solid surfaces.

The target can't talk or manipulate objects, and any objects it was carrying or holding can't be dropped, used, or otherwise interacted with. Finally, the target can't attack or cast spells.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 3.

2014 Rules
Level & School
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (a bit of gauze and a wisp of smoke)
Duration
Concentration, 1 hour
Classes
Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

You transform a willing creature you touch, along with everything it's wearing and carrying, into a misty cloud for the duration. The spell ends if the creature drops to 0 hit points. An incorporeal creature isn't affected.

While in this form, the target's only method of movement is a flying speed of 10 feet. The target can enter and occupy the space of another creature. The target has resistance to nonmagical damage, and it has advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. The target can pass through small holes, narrow openings, and even mere cracks, though it treats liquids as though they were solid surfaces. The target can't fall and remains hovering in the air even when stunned or otherwise incapacitated.

While in the form of a misty cloud, the target can't talk or manipulate objects, and any objects it was carrying or holding can't be dropped, used, or otherwise interacted with. The target can't attack or cast spells.

Gaseous Form 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It now ends if the target uses a Magic action to end it on itself. The damage resistance is narrowed from all nonmagical damage to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing, and it now also grants immunity to prone. It also gains upcasting: one extra target per slot above 3.

Gaseous Form popularity

Gaseous Form is a seldom chosen level 3 spell. Choosing it adds a unique option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to Gaseous Form

  • Fly 3rd-level transmutation

    Both are 3rd-level transmutation options that grant a creature an alternative form of movement for an extended, concentration-based duration.

  • Etherealness 7th-level conjuration

    Etherealness and Gaseous Form both let a creature adopt an insubstantial state to move through the world in ways normal forms cannot.

  • Levitate 2nd-level transmutation

    Levitate and Gaseous Form alter how a target moves and interact with vertical space while requiring concentration and restricting normal actions.

  • Freedom of Movement 4th-level abjuration

    Freedom of Movement and Gaseous Form are defensive mobility spells that let a recipient avoid movement impediments and act more freely in hazardous situations.

  • Alter Self 2nd-level transmutation

    Alter Self is a lower-level transmutation that, like Gaseous Form, reshapes a willing creature for utility rather than offense over a similar time frame.