Blindness

Blindness is a level 2 necromancy spell. It allows spellcasters to magically  Blind a targeted hostile creature.

Description

Limit a foe's sight range. It is easier to hit, and the creature will miss more often.

 Attack rolls against it have  Advantage and the foe attacks with  Disadvantage.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot

Details

 CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

At higher levels

Upcasting: Affects an additional target for each spell slot level above 2nd.

Technical details

UID

Target_Blindness

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsSpell

Condition: Blindness

 Blindness

Duration: 10 turns

Spell save DC  Constitution saving throw

• The affected creature has Disadvantage on Attack rolls.
• Ranged attacks and spells of the affected creature have a range of 3 m / 10 ft.
• Attack Rolls against affected creatures have Advantage.
• At the end of each turn, the affected creature makes a Constitution saving throw. If successful, the condition is removed.

 Blinded

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard, The Fiend, Circle of the Spores (Circle Spell), and Death Domain (Domain Spell)
• Class level 8: Arcane Trickster, and Eldritch Knight

Other ways to learn:

• Wizards with  Level 2 Spell Slots can scribe a  Scroll of Blindness to their spellbooks.

Notes

• See also Blind Immunity.
• Blindness is one of a relatively small number of spells that can apply a disabling effect without requiring concentration be maintained.
• The incantation for Blindness is Caeco Te, Latin for "I blind you".

Visuals

External links

• ⁠Blindness on the Forgotten Realms Wiki