Waves of Exhaustion
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level necromancy
- Casting Time
- Bonus action
- Range
- Self (60-foot cone)
- Components
- V, S, M (a piece of dried meat)
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Source
- Arcana Unleashed
You evoke a nimbus of flickering gray light around your body. For the duration, you can take a Magic action to emit a wave of gray light in a 60-foot Cone. Creatures in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level. This spell can't increase a creature's Exhaustion level above 4.
Exhaustion levels gained from this spell are removed when the spell ends.
Waves of Exhaustion 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Waves of Exhaustion is a new spell for the 2024 edition.
Spells similar to Waves of Exhaustion
Hold Monster 5th-level enchantment
This fifth-level control spell also uses concentration and repeated group-targeting saving throws to shut down dangerous foes.
Eyebite 6th-level necromancy
Both use a self-centered ongoing effect to impose severe conditions on enemies through repeated saving throws.
Synaptic Static 5th-level enchantment
It affects a large group at fifth level with a powerful saving-throw-based debuff, although its effect is instantaneous and includes psychic damage.
Slow 3rd-level transmutation
It is a fifth-level-style battlefield debuff that targets groups with saving throws and rewards sustained concentration.
Fear 3rd-level illusion
The shared 60-foot cone, concentration duration, and mass Constitution-or-be-disabled-style impact make it a close tactical alternative.
Sickening Radiance 4th-level evocation
Both are concentration spells that repeatedly pressure multiple creatures with debilitating effects rather than relying on direct damage alone.