Vampiric Touch

Vampiric Touch is a level 3 necromancy spell. It allows spellcasters at melee range to siphon the life force of their target.

Description

Touch an enemy to siphon their life force and regain half as many Hit Points.

For 10 turns, you can use Vampiric Touch again without expending an additional Spell Slot.

Upcasting: Casting this spell at a higher level deals an extra 1d6

Necrotic damage for each spell slot level above 3rd.

UID

Target_VampiricTouch

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsMelee, IsSpell

Vampiric Touch

Duration: 10 turns

Each turn, using an Action, can recast Vampiric Touch without expending a Spell Slot.

Classes:

Class level 5: Warlock, Wizard, Circle of the Land (Swamp), and Death Domain (Domain Spell)
Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Other ways to learn:

Wizards with  Level 3 Spell Slots can scribe a Scroll of Vampiric Touch to their spellbooks.

While active, Vampiric Touch provides the caster with a Granted Vampiric Touch spell of the same level. Granted spells are issued to the caster after using the original, and can be recast without spending another spell slot as long as Concentration is not broken. Granted spells are not directly tied to the casters' repertoire of known spells (i.e., their spellbook icon in the game). Therefore, if a granted spell is used when multiclassing, subsequent re-uses use the spellcasting modifier of the most recently acquired spellcasting class rather than the spellcasting modifier that was used for the initial casting of Vampiric Touch. In this case, it may result in an unexpectedly low spell save DC.