Holy Aura

Level & School
8th-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a reliquary worth 1,000+ GP)
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Classes
Cleric

For the duration, you emit an aura in a 30-foot Emanation. While in the aura, creatures of your choice have Advantage on all saving throws, and other creatures have Disadvantage on attack rolls against them. In addition, when a Fiend or an Undead hits an affected creature with a melee attack roll, the attacker must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or have the Blinded condition until the end of its next turn.

Level & School
8th-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a tiny reliquary worth at least 1,000 gp containing a sacred relic, such as a scrap of cloth from a saint's robe or a piece of parchment from a religious text)
Duration
Concentration, 1 minute
Classes
Cleric

Divine light washes out from you and coalesces in a soft radiance in a 30-foot radius around you. Creatures of your choice in that radius when you cast this spell shed dim light in a 5-foot radius and have advantage on all saving throws, and other creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls against them until the spell ends. In addition, when a fiend or an undead hits an affected creature with a melee attack, the aura flashes with brilliant light. The attacker must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the spell ends.

Holy Aura 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version's duration is "up to 1 minute" (no change in length). It specifies "emit an aura in a 30-foot Emanation" instead of "coalesces in a soft radiance." The advantage/disadvantage effects are the same. The blinded effect now applies until the attacker's next turn, not until the spell ends.

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