Turn Undead

See also: Turn the Unholy and Turn the Faithless

Turn Undead is a Channel Divinity action available to clerics of any domain. As an action, they can present their holy symbols and cause undead creatures to flee.

Description

Pray to  Turn all undead that can see you.

The condition ends upon taking damage.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Channel Divinity Charge

Details

 WIS Save (Spell save DC)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 9 m (30 ft) Radius

 Targets: All undead in the radius

At higher levels

• At level 5, clerics gain  Destroy Undead, which causes Turn Undead to deal 4d6⁠⁠Radiant damage to successfully  Turned creatures.

Technical details

UIDs

Shout_TurnUndead

Normal cleric action

Shout_MAG_TurnUndead

Once-per-rest version granted by Veil of the Morning

Spell flags

HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful

Condition: Turned

 Turned

Duration: 3 turns

 WIS Save (Spell save DC)

• A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from the creature which turned it as possible.
• It cannot willingly move to a space within 9 m (30 ft) of that creature.
• It also cannot take Reactions.
• For its Actions, it can use only the  Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving.
• The condition ends upon taking damage.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Cleric

Granted by items:

• Veil of the Morning ( Recharge: Long rest)

Notes

• This also affects creatures affected by  Malefic Possession.

External links

• ⁠Turn undead on the Forgotten Realms Wiki