Spirit Guardians

This article is about the spell. For other uses, see Spirit Guardians (disambiguation).

Spirit Guardians is a level 3 conjuration spell. It allows spellcasters to call forth spirits to damage nearby targets and slow their Movement.

Description

Call forth spirits to protect you.

Nearby enemies take 3d8Radiant or 3d8Necrotic damage per turn, and their Movement Speed is halved.

Caster can't become  Invisible while Concentrating on this spell.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 3 Spell Slot

Details

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

 Range: Self

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Concentration

At higher levels

When the spell is cast using a 4th Level spell slot or higher, damage increases by 1d8Radiant or 1d8Necrotic damage for each spell slot level above 3rd.

Technical details

UID

Shout_SpiritGuardians

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsLinkedSpellContainer, IsSpell

Variants

•  Spirit Guardians (Radiant)
•  Spirit Guardians (Necrotic)

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 5: Cleric, and War Domain (Domain Spell)
• Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
• Class level 9: Oath of the Crown (Oath Spell)
• Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Notes

• Spirit Guardians ends immediately if  Sanctuary is applied to a caster concentrating on this spell.
• Unlike most spells, Spirit Guardians will not damage (and thus kill) knocked-out enemies.
• The incantation for Spirit Guardians is Ira Et Dolor, Latin for "Anger and pain".

External links

• Spirit guardians on the Forgotten Realms Wiki