Power Word Stun
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 8th-level enchantment
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
You overwhelm the mind of one creature you can see within range. If the target has 150 Hit Points or fewer, it has the Stunned condition. Otherwise, its Speed is 0 until the start of your next turn.
The Stunned target makes a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the condition on itself on a success.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 8th-level enchantment
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 60 feet
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
You speak a word of power that can overwhelm the mind of one creature you can see within range, leaving it dumbfounded. If the target has 150 hit points or fewer, it is stunned. Otherwise, the spell has no effect.
The stunned target must make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, this stunning effect ends.
Power Word Stun 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
How popular is Power Word Stun in 5e?
Power Word Stun is the #10 most popular level 8 spell (of 27) and the #9 most picked level 8 Wizard spell (of 22).
Among level 8 spells, Power Word Stun ranks just below Dominate Monster and just above Entrancing Mirrors in popularity.
- #401 (of 567) most popular 5e spell
- #10 (of 27) most popular level 8 spell
- #9 (of 22) most picked level 8 Wizard spell
- #4 (of 9) most picked level 8 Sorcerer spell
- #4 (of 8) most picked level 8 Warlock spell
- #6 (of 7) most picked level 8 Bard spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
Spells similar to Power Word Stun
Dominate Monster 8th-level enchantment
Both are 8th-level Enchantment spells available to the same four classes and aimed at disabling a single creature within 60 feet.
Psychic Scream 9th-level enchantment
Although it affects multiple creatures and deals psychic damage, its high-level Enchantment effect can also leave failed targets Stunned.
Players prefer Power Word Stun over Psychic Scream
Hold Monster 5th-level enchantment
This similarly shuts down one dangerous creature through a powerful mental condition, with a Constitution save determining whether the effect ends.
Players prefer Power Word Stun over Hold Monster
Power Word Pain 7th-level enchantment
It is another high-level Enchantment that targets one creature at 60 feet and imposes a severe debilitating effect without requiring concentration.
Players prefer Power Word Stun over Power Word Pain
Otto's Irresistible Dance 6th-level enchantment
Both spells use mental compulsion to severely restrict an enemy's actions, making them especially valuable against a pivotal foe.
Players prefer Power Word Stun over Otto's Irresistible Dance
Mental Prison 6th-level illusion
This 6th-level spell shares the 60-foot range, overlapping class lists, and focus on trapping a single enemy with a debilitating psychic effect.
Players prefer Power Word Stun over Mental Prison