Toll the Dead

Toll the Dead is a cantrip (Necromancy). It deals ⁠Necrotic damage and increases in damage if the target has already been damaged.^{[See: Bugs]}

Description

Ring the bell of impending doom. If the target is at full health, you deal 1d8⁠⁠Necrotic damage instead.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 1~12

1d12⁠Necrotic (1d8⁠⁠Necrotic if the target is at full health)

Details

 WIS Save (On Save: Damage is negated)

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

At higher levels

• At character level 5, the damage increases to 2d12⁠⁠Necrotic (2d8⁠⁠Necrotic if undamaged).
• At character level 10, the damage increases to 3d12⁠⁠Necrotic (3d8⁠⁠Necrotic if undamaged).

Technical details

UID

Target_TollTheDead

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsSpell

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Cleric, Warlock, Wizard, and Death Domain (Domain Spell)
• Class level 3: Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster

Races:

• Character level 1: High Elf and High Half-Elf

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Cleric
•  Magic Initiate: Warlock
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard

Other ways to learn:

• There are no scrolls available for wizards to scribe to their spellbooks.

Notes

• The incantation for Toll the Dead is Mortalis, Latin for "mortal."

Bugs

• The description of this cantrip's functionality on damage is arguably misleading. The coding for this spell tests if the target's HP are less than or equal to 99%, rather than 100%. Therefore, against targets with large HP pools, Toll the Dead may still deal only d8s of damage (not increasing to d12s) if such opponents are merely barely wounded.

External links

• ⁠Toll the dead on the Forgotten Realms Wiki