Lesser Restoration

Support

Level & School
2nd-level abjuration
Casting Time
Bonus action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

You touch a creature and end one condition on it: Blinded, Deafened, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.

Level & School
2nd-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

You touch a creature and can end either one disease or one condition afflicting it. The condition can be blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Lesser Restoration 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version allows casting as a bonus action, whereas the 2014 version requires an action. The 2024 version specifies ending "one condition" with a list, while the 2014 version states ending "either one disease or one condition," but mechanically they are the same.

Spells similar to Lesser Restoration

  • Protection from Poison, 2nd-level abjuration

    It’s the same level, uses touch, and focuses on dealing with poison-related afflictions for the same set of divine-leaning classes.

  • Remove Curse, 3rd-level abjuration

    Also a touch abjuration that ends long-lasting harmful effects and is commonly on similar spell lists for frontline healers.

  • Greater Restoration, 5th-level abjuration

    A higher-level version that also cures debilitating conditions with an instantaneous touch effect and shares the same class availability.

  • Cure Wounds, 1st-level abjuration

    A low-level, touch-based instant support spell used by the same classes when a simple, immediate ally benefit is needed.

  • Aid, 2nd-level abjuration

    A level-2 abjuration available to the same classes that provides a non-instantaneous party-focused benefit and fills a similar support niche.