Kinetic Jaunt
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- Bonus action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- S
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
- Source
- Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
You magically empower your movement with dance-like steps, giving yourself the following benefits for the duration.
- Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.
- You don't provoke opportunity attacks.
- You can move through the space of another creature, and it doesn't count as difficult terrain. If you end your turn in another creature's space, you are shunted to the last unoccupied space you occupied, and you take 1d8 force damage.
Kinetic Jaunt 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Kinetic Jaunt is currently only available in the 2014 edition.
How popular is Kinetic Jaunt in 5e?
Kinetic Jaunt is the #88 most popular level 2 spell (of 97) and the #65 most picked level 2 Wizard spell (of 71).
Among level 2 spells, Kinetic Jaunt ranks just below Pyrotechnics and just above Uncertain Footing in popularity.
- #415 (of 580) most popular 5e spell
- #88 (of 97) most popular level 2 spell
- #65 (of 71) most picked level 2 Wizard spell
- #28 (of 29) most picked level 2 Artificer spell
- #35 (of 36) most picked level 2 Bard spell
- #49 (of 50) most picked level 2 Sorcerer spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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Haste 3rd-level transmutation
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Zephyr Strike 1st-level transmutation
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Players prefer Zephyr Strike over Kinetic Jaunt
Freedom of Movement 4th-level abjuration
The spell excels at keeping a creature mobile through difficult terrain and restrictive effects, making it a broader defensive counterpart.
Players prefer Freedom of Movement over Kinetic Jaunt
Spider Climb 2nd-level transmutation
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Players prefer Spider Climb over Kinetic Jaunt
Ashardalon's Stride 3rd-level transmutation
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Players prefer Ashardalon's Stride over Kinetic Jaunt
Expeditious Retreat 1st-level transmutation
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Players prefer Expeditious Retreat over Kinetic Jaunt