Cloudkill

Cloudkill is a level 5 conjuration spell. It conjures a moveable cloud which damages and obscures everything it envelops.

Description

Craft a large cloud that inflicts 5d8⁠⁠Poison damage per turn. You can reposition the cloud every turn.

The cloud Heavily Obscures everything within it.

Properties

Cost:  Action +  Level 5 Spell Slot
Damage: 5~40: 5d8 ⁠Poison ( Constitution Saving Throw to halve)
Details:  Range: 18 m (60 ft);  Creates Area: Cloudkill;  Concentration

At higher levels

Upcasting: Casting this spell at a higher level deals an extra 1d8⁠⁠Poison damage for each spell slot level above 5th.

Technical details

UID

Target_Cloudkill

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsSpell, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

Area: Cloudkill

 Cloudkill

Duration: 10 turns

 AoE: 6 m (20 ft) Radius

Creatures who remain in the cloud take heavy poison damage. The cloud also heavily obscures what's in it.

Type: Cloud

Condition: Cloudkill

 Cloudkill

Duration: Whilst on surface

While it remains in the cloud, affected entity takes 5d8⁠⁠Poison damage every turn.

How to learn

Classes:

Class level 9: Sorcerer, Wizard, Circle of the Spores (Circle Spell), Circle of the Land (Swamp and Underdark), and Death Domain (Domain Spell)

Granted by items:

Markoheshkir ( Recharge: Short rest)

Other ways to learn:

Wizards with a Level 5 Spell Slot can transcribe a  Scroll of Cloudkill to their spellbooks.

Notes

Characters under the effects of  Thoroughly Stuffed,  Poison Resistance,  Nature's Ward, or  Purity of Body are immune to this spell's damage.
Cloudkill can be recast without spending another spell slot, as long as  Concentration is not broken, effectively 'moving' the cloud area. This recast is treated as a granted spell, which uses the spellcasting modifier of the most recently acquired spellcasting class rather than the modifier used for the initial casting of Cloudkill. This can result in an unexpectedly low spell save DC.
When recast, Cloudkill has a shorter range of 9 m (30 ft).

Bugs

If upcast to level 6, Cloudkill creates an invisible cloud due to the surface lacking an attached particle effect.
- NPCs will not automatically leave this cloud, as its surface ID is missing from character PathInfluence.
The cloud lasts for 10 turns starting from the last time it was recast instead of starting from the initial cast. This often leads to a situation where the caster no longer has the ability to recast Cloudkill, but both the Concentration effect and the cloud persist for longer than they would otherwise be expected to.

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External links[edit section | visual editor]

 Cloudkill on the Forgotten Realms Wiki