Quartz 5

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  • Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
    created: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.020-04:00
    modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.020-04:00
    published: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.020-04:00
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  • ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/warlock
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/wizard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/fey-touched
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/level/1st-level
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/school/enchantment
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/burden-of-levity
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/crone
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/gingerbread-magic
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/great-old-one-patron
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/house-of-bishops
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/tea-magic
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    classes:
  • Bard
  • Bard (College of Lore)
  • Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
  • Martyr (Burden of Levity)
  • Necromancer (Crone)
  • Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
  • Warlock
  • Warlock (Great Old One Patron)
  • Warmage (House of Bishops)
  • Witch (Gingerbread Magic)
  • Witch (Tea Magic)
  • Wizard

Tasha’s Hideous Laughter

1st-level, Enchantment

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: 30 feet
  • Components: V, S, M (a tart and a feather)
  • Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

One creature of your choice that you can see within range makes a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it has the Prone and Incapacitated conditions for the duration. During that time, it laughs uncontrollably if it’s capable of laughter, and it can’t end the Prone condition on itself.

At the end of each of its turns and each time it takes damage, it makes another Wisdom saving throw. The target has Advantage on the save if the save is triggered by damage. On a successful save, the spell ends.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 1.

Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Martyr (Burden of Levity); Necromancer (Crone); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Warlock (Great Old One Patron); Warlock; Warmage (House of Bishops); Witch (Gingerbread Magic); Witch (Tea Magic); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 331. Available in the SRD (as “Hideous Laughter”) and the Free Rules (2024)

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