Phantasmal Force

Phantasmal Force is a level 2 illusion spell. It allows spellcasters to flood a target creature's mind with an illusion of the last thing that attacked it, dealing 1d6⁠⁠Psychic damage per turn, changing to the last type of damage inflicted upon the target.

Description

Deal damage to a creature each turn. At the start of its turn, it takes ⁠Psychic damage. Each subsequent time it takes damage, the damage type of Phantasmal Force changes to match that damage type.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot

Details

 INT Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Concentration

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Condition: Phantasmal Force

 Phantasmal Force

Duration: 10 turns

Spell save DC  Intelligence saving throw

Haunted by an echo of the last thing that attacked them.

• Takes 1d6⁠⁠Psychic damage each turn.
• When the target takes damage from another source, Phantasmal Force changes to that damage type.
• At the end of each turn, the target makes an  Intelligence saving throw. On a success, the condition ends.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, The Great Old One, and The Archfey
• Class level 7: Arcane Trickster
• Class level 8: Eldritch Knight

Other ways to learn:

• There are no scrolls available for wizards to scribe to their spellbooks.

Notes

• The individual Phantasmal Force damage conditions all share the same StackID with each other, meaning only one may be active on a character at a time. Due to the way the passive is written, this causes a priority effect where the conditions follow this order of priority (with the earlier conditions taking priority over later conditions):
  • Slashing > Piercing > Bludgeoning > Acid > Thunder > Necrotic > Fire > Lightning > Cold > Psychic > Poison > Radiant > Force
    • For example, if a character casts  Ice Knife, which deals both Piercing and Cold damage, on a target that is affected by Phantasmal Force, the enemy will be left with Phantasmal Force: Piercing.

External links

• ⁠Phantasmal force on the Forgotten Realms Wiki