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Vicious Mockery

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Vicious Mockery is a cantrip (Enchantment). It deals Psychic damage to enemies and inflicts Disadvantage on their Attack Rolls.

Description

Insult a creature: it has Disadvantage Icon.png Disadvantage on its next Attack roll.

Properties

Cost
Action
Damage: 1~4
Details
WIS Save (On Save: Spell is negated)
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

At higher levels

  • At character level 5, the damage increases to 2d4Damage TypesPsychic.
  • At character level 10, the damage increases to 3d4Damage TypesPsychic.

Technical details

UID
Target_ViciousMockery

Condition: Vicious Mockery

How to learn

Classes: Granted by features:

Other ways to learn:

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

Notes

  • In most cases casting this spell will cause the caster to make a verbal quip or insult the target. These remarks are fully voice acted, including for characters who don't normally have access to the spell. (These same lines are also used for the College of Lore Bard feature Cutting Words Cutting Words.)
  • Targets hit by this spell will face the caster.

Bugs

  • Vicious Mockery Vicious Mockery is removed on any "attack" made by the target, which includes virtually any attack/spell which targets another creature (including allies), that does not need to include an Attack Roll.

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