Spray of Cards
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self (15-foot cone)
- Components
- V, S, M (a deck of cards)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Source
- The Book of Many Things
You spray a 15-foot cone of spectral cards. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d10 force damage and has the blinded condition until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 2nd.
Spray of Cards 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Spray of Cards is currently only available in the 2014 edition.
Spray of Cards popularity
How popular is Spray of Cards? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and it is almost never chosen when available. This spell is one that few spellcasters would ever acquire.
- Bottom 50% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 25% picked level 2 Warlock spell
- Bottom 25% picked level 2 Wizard spell
- Bottom 25% of all level 2 spells
- Bottom 10% picked level 2 Bard spell
- Bottom 10% picked level 2 Sorcerer spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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