Psychic Scream

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Damage

Psychic Scream is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that lashes
multiple foes

Psychic Scream is a Multi Target spell. Multi Target spells have an area of effect or can explicitly target multiple allies or enemies.

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 with psychic force, blasting their minds and leaving survivors stunned.

2014 Rules
Level & School
9th-level enchantment
Casting Time
Action
Range
90 feet
Components
S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Source
Xanathar's Guide to Everything

You unleash the power of your mind to blast the intellect of up to ten creatures of your choice that you can see within range. Creatures that have an Intelligence score of 2 or lower are unaffected.

Each target must make an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 14d6 psychic damage and is stunned. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage and isn't stunned. If a target is killed by this damage, its head explodes, assuming it has one.

A stunned target can make an Intelligence saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, the stunning effect ends.

Psychic Scream 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Psychic Scream is currently only available in the 2014 edition.

How popular is Psychic Scream in 5e?

Psychic Scream is the #11 most popular level 9 spell (of 26) and the #6 most picked level 9 Warlock spell (of 12).

Among level 9 spells, Psychic Scream ranks just below Gate and just above Time Stop in popularity.

Read about how this popularity data is calculated.

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