Otto's Irresistible Dance
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 6th-level enchantment
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Classes
- Bard, Wizard
One creature that you can see within range must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the target dances comically until the end of its next turn, during which it must spend all its movement to dance in place.
On a failed save, the target has the Charmed condition for the duration. While Charmed, the target dances comically, must use all its movement to dance in place, and has Disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws and attack rolls, and other creatures have Advantage on attack rolls against it. On each of its turns, the target can take an action to collect itself and repeat the save, ending the spell on itself on a success.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 6th-level enchantment
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Bard, Wizard
Choose one creature that you can see within range. The target begins a comic dance in place: shuffling, tapping its feet, and capering for the duration. Creatures that can't be charmed are immune to this spell.
A dancing creature must use all its movement to dance without leaving its space and has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws and attack rolls. While the target is affected by this spell, other creatures have advantage on attack rolls against it. As an action, a dancing creature makes a Wisdom saving throw to regain control of itself. On a successful save, the spell ends.
Otto's Irresistible Dance 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Otto's Irresistible Dance popularity
How popular is Otto's Irresistible Dance? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may fill a specific niche for a spellbook.
- Bottom 50% picked level 6 Bard spell
- Bottom 50% of all level 6 spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 6 Wizard spell
- Bottom 25% of all 5e spells
Spells similar to Otto's Irresistible Dance
Compulsion 4th-level enchantment
Compulsion similarly forces creatures to move and disrupts enemy positioning over a sustained, concentrated duration, making it a close mechanical analogue for battlefield manipulation.
Players prefer Compulsion over Otto's Irresistible Dance
Mass Suggestion 6th-level enchantment
A level 6 enchantment that imposes a lasting, social-style compulsion on targets, so it occupies the same niche of long-duration interpersonal control.
Players prefer Mass Suggestion over Otto's Irresistible Dance
Dominate Person 5th-level enchantment
Both are enchantments that seize control of a single humanoid's behavior and allow repeated saves to end the effect, making them tactically similar in combat control.
Players prefer Dominate Person over Otto's Irresistible Dance
Crown of Madness 2nd-level enchantment
This spell forces a target to act against its normal interests and requires concentration, sharing the theme of compelled actions and battlefield disruption.
Players prefer Otto's Irresistible Dance over Crown of Madness
Geas 5th-level enchantment
Geas is another social-control enchantment that compels behavior over an extended period, offering a nonviolent way to enforce actions that resembles the target's coercive intent.
Players prefer Otto's Irresistible Dance over Geas