Cosmic Horror

3rd-level, Conjuration

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: 60 feet
  • Components: V, S, M (a dream journal)
  • Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

For the briefest moment, you open a portal to an eldritch dimension in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you can see within range. Each creature within the Sphere makes a Wisdom saving throw as it beholds the nightmarish dimension. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d6 Psychic damage and has the Frightened condition for the duration. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.

A creature Frightened by this spell makes another Wisdom saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

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Sources

Valda’s Spire of Secrets (2024)