Cloudkill

Cloudkill is a level 5 conjuration spell. This spell allows spellcasters to conjure a moveable cloud that 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

5d8Poison ( 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

• 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

Granted by items:

• Markoheshkir ( Recharge: Short rest)

Notes

• Characters under the effects of Heroes' Feast are immune to this spell's damage
•  Cloudkill is considered a "granted" condition not unlike that of a "granted" spell. Granted spells are issued to the caster after using the original, and can be can be recast without spending another spell slot as long as  Concentration is not broken. This (10-turn) condition is not directly tied to the casters' repertoire of known spells (i.e., their spellbook icon in the game). Therefore, if a granted spell (or, in this case, a granted condition) is used when multiclassing, subsequent re-uses (in this case,  Cloudkill) use the spellcasting modifier of the most recently acquired spellcasting class rather than the spellcasting modifier that was used for the initial casting of Cloudkill. In the case of this condition, it may result in an unexpectedly low spell save DC.

Bugs

• If upcast to level 6, Cloudkill will create 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.
  • Recasting Cloudkill after it was upcast to level 6 will cast the level 5 version of the spell instead.

Visuals

External links

• Cloudkill on the Forgotten Realms Wiki