Heal

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Support

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

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Heal is a Healing spell. Healing spells restore hit points and bring characters back to life.

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 that floods a creature with positive energy, restoring a huge burst of health and ending blindness, deafness, and poison.

2024 Rules
Level & School
6th-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Cleric, Druid
Source
Player's Handbook (2024)

Choose a creature that you can see within range. Positive energy washes through the target, restoring 70 Hit Points. This spell also ends the Blinded, Deafened, and Poisoned conditions on the target.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The healing increases by 10 for each spell slot level above 6.

2014 Rules
Level & School
6th-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Cleric, Druid
Source
Player's Handbook (2014)

Choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of positive energy washes through the creature, causing it to regain 70 hit points. This spell also ends blindness, deafness, and any diseases affecting the target. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the amount of healing increases by 10 for each slot level above 6th.

Heal 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It now ends the Poisoned condition instead of curing diseases, so it no longer removes diseases at all. The spell otherwise works the same.

Heal popularity

How popular is Heal? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, but is chosen above nearly all other options when available. This spell is a rare gem that spellcasters seek out.

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