Rusting Grasp

3rd-level, Transmutation

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: Touch
  • Components: V, S
  • Duration: Instantaneous

You conjure a potent acid at your fingertips, which can corrode metal and burn flesh. Make a melee spell attack against a creature or object within your reach. On a hit, a creature takes 6d4 Acid damage and it has a -3 penalty to its AC, to a minimum of 10, for 1 hour.

If you target a nonmagical metal object with this spell that isn’t being worn or carried, you corrode and destroy parts of the object you choose that can fit within a 1-foot Cube.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 2d4 for each spell slot level above 3. If you target a nonmagical object, you can destroy an additional cubic foot for each slot level above 3.

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Sources

Valda’s Spire of Secrets (2024) p. 0