Flame Strike

Flame Strike is a level 5 evocation spell. It allows the caster to make a pillar of divine flame at a chosen location dealing 5d6⁠⁠Fire damage and 5d6⁠⁠Radiant damage.

Description

Make a pillar of divine fire roar down from the heavens like the wrath of affronted angels.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 5 Spell Slot

Damage: 10~60

5d6⁠Fire

+ 5d6⁠Radiant

Details

 DEX Save (On Save: Targets still take half damage.)

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

At higher levels

Deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Fire damage and 1d6⁠⁠Radiant damage for each spell slot level above 5th.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 9: Cleric, The Fiend, Light Domain (Domain Spell), and War Domain (Domain Spell)

Notes

• Flame strike is often compared with  Fireball:
  • When cast with a level 5 spellslot, both deal 10d6 damage total, though Flame Strike has a slight advantage in general due to the mixed damage type it has: fire damage is often resisted while radiant damage often is not.
  • Relatedly, Flame Strike imparts two separate instances (not merely types) of damage for the affect targets: radiant and fire. This has many mechanical benefits, the main one being it forces all targets which are concentrating to each roll a Concentration Saving Throw twice.
  • Fireball requires a direct trajectory between the caster and the target for the fireball to travel; Flame Strike can be used within range as long as the caster has sight on the target location.
  • Fireball has a 33% larger radius of effect when compared to Flame Strike.
• In D&D 5e, Flame Strike deals 2d6 less damage than a level 5 fireball, while having half the effect radius.
• The incantation for Flame Strike is Torrē, the Latin command "Parch/scorch/burn".

External links

• ⁠Flame strike on the Forgotten Realms Wiki