Spirit Guardians
- Level & School
- 3rd-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M (a prayer scroll)
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 10 minutes
- Classes
- Cleric
Protective spirits flit around you in a 15-foot Emanation for the duration. If you are good or neutral, their spectral form appears angelic or fey (your choice). If you are evil, they appear fiendish. When you cast this spell, you can designate creatures to be unaffected by it. Any other creature's Speed is halved in the Emanation, and whenever the Emanation enters a creature's space and whenever a creature enters the Emanation or ends its turn there, the creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d8 Radiant damage (if you are good or neutral) or 3d8 Necrotic damage (if you are evil). On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage. A creature makes this save only once per turn.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 3.
- Level & School
- 3rd-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self (15-foot radius)
- Components
- V, S, M (a holy symbol)
- Duration
- Concentration, 10 minutes
- Classes
- Cleric
You call forth spirits to protect you. They flit around you to a distance of 15 feet for the duration. If you are good or neutral, their spectral form appears angelic or fey (your choice). If you are evil, they appear fiendish.
When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be unaffected by it. An affected creature's speed is halved in the area, and when the creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d8 radiant damage (if you are good or neutral) or 3d8 necrotic damage (if you are evil). On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.
Spirit Guardians 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
The 2024 version clarifies that damage occurs when the Emanation enters or ends its turn there, and creatures make one Wisdom save per turn, not per entry. It also specifies the damage is only once per turn per creature. The damage increase wording is simplified but functionally similar.