Tasha's Caustic Brew

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Damage

Tasha's Caustic Brew is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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spell that drenches
multiple foes

Tasha's Caustic Brew 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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in acid, leaving them burning over time unless they shrug off the corrosive
save-or-suck

Tasha's Caustic Brew is a Save or Suck spell. Save or Suck spells fall entirely flat if the target succeeds on a saving throw.

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2014 Rules

Level & School
1st-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self (30-foot line)
Components
V, S, M (a bit of rotten food)
Duration
Concentration, 1 minute
Classes
Artificer, Sorcerer, Wizard
Source
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

A stream of acid emanates from you in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be covered in acid for the spell's duration or until a creature uses its action to scrape or wash the acid off itself or another creature. A creature covered in the acid takes 2d4 acid damage at start of each of its turns.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 1st.

Tasha's Caustic Brew 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Tasha's Caustic Brew is currently only available in the 2014 edition.

How popular is Tasha's Caustic Brew in 5e?

Tasha's Caustic Brew is the #75 most popular level 1 spell (of 82) and the #36 most picked level 1 Wizard spell (of 45).

Among level 1 spells, Tasha's Caustic Brew ranks just below Beast Bond and just above Chaos Bolt in popularity.

Read about how this popularity data is calculated and see Tasha's Caustic Brew visualized with all 5e spells.

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