much shines with only active fails for long

Sunbeam

Spells Player’s Handbook

You launch a sunbeam in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long Line. Each creature in the Line makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 Radiant damage and has the Blinded

condition until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only. Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to create a new Line of radiance. For the duration

Hat of Wizardry

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed check, the spell fails, and the action used to cast the spell is wasted. In either case, you can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.

Find the Path

Spells Player’s Handbook

You magically sense the most direct physical route to a location you name. You must be familiar with the location, and the spell fails if you name a destination on another plane of existence, a

moving destination (such as a mobile fortress), or an unspecific destination (such as “a green dragon’s lair”). For the duration, as long as you are on the same plane of existence as the

Dark Shard Amulet

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

a casting time of an action, and you make a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed check, the spell fails, and the action used to cast it is wasted. In either case, you can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.

Lightning Bolt

Spells Player’s Handbook

A stroke of lightning forming a 100-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the Line makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d6 Lightning damage on

a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

Blight

Spells Player’s Handbook

A creature that you can see within range makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 8d8 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A Plant creature automatically

fails the save. Alternatively, target a nonmagical plant that isn’t a creature, such as a tree or shrub. It doesn’t make a save; it simply withers and dies. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 4.

Raise Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.

Tsunami

Spells Player’s Handbook

A wall of water springs into existence at a point you choose within range. You can make the wall up to 300 feet long, 300 feet high, and 50 feet thick. The wall lasts for the duration. When the wall

appears, each creature in its area makes a Strength saving throw, taking 6d10 Bludgeoning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. At the start of each of your turns after

Hag Eye

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

the Hag Eye sees if the hag and the Hag Eye are on the same plane of existence. This effect lasts as long as the hag maintains Concentration. Multiple hags in the coven can see through the Hag Eye

the Incapacitated condition. If the hags take any other actions during this rite, the rite fails and ends.

Boon of Fate

Feats Player’s Handbook

another creature within 60 feet of you succeeds on or fails a D20 Test, you can roll 2d4 and apply the total rolled as a bonus or penalty to the d20 roll. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you roll Initiative or finish a Short or Long Rest.

Prismatic Spray

Spells Player’s Handbook

Prismatic Rays table. Prismatic Rays 1d8 Ray 1 Red. Failed Save: 12d6 Fire damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage. 2 Orange. Failed Save: 12d6 Acid damage. Successful Save

: Half as much damage. 3 Yellow. Failed Save: 12d6 Lightning damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage. 4 Green. Failed Save: 12d6 Poison damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage

Conjure Celestial

Spells Player’s Handbook

Cylinder, choose which of these lights shines on it: Healing Light. The target regains Hit Points equal to 4d12 plus your spellcasting ability modifier. Searing Light. The target makes a Dexterity

saving throw, taking 6d12 Radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Until the spell ends, Bright Light fills the Cylinder, and when you move on your turn, you can also

Moonbeam

Spells Player’s Handbook

A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot-radius, 40-foot-high Cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, Dim Light fills the Cylinder, and you can take a Magic

save, a creature takes half as much damage only. A creature also makes this save when the spell’s area moves into its space and when it enters the spell’s area or ends its turn there. A

Wind Wall

Spells Player’s Handbook

A wall of strong wind rises from the ground at a point you choose within range. You can make the wall up to 50 feet long, 15 feet high, and 1 foot thick. You can shape the wall in any way you choose

so long as it makes one continuous path along the ground. The wall lasts for the duration. When the wall appears, each creature in its area makes a Strength saving throw, taking 4d8 Bludgeoning

Ring of Shooting Stars

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of yourself. The spheres last as long as you maintain Concentration, up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds Dim Light in a 30-foot radius. As a Bonus Action

spheres you created, as shown in the following table. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage. Number of Spheres Lightning Damage 1 4d12 2 5d4 3 2d6

Staff of Thunder and Lightning

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

take a Magic action to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the staff’s tip in a Line that is 5 feet wide and 120 feet long. Each creature in that Line makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw

, taking 9d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Thunderclap. You can take a Magic action to cause the staff to produce a thunderclap audible out to 600 feet

Prismatic Wall

Spells Player’s Handbook

A shimmering, multicolored plane of light forms a vertical opaque wall—up to 90 feet long, 30 feet high, and 1 inch thick—centered on a point within range. Alternatively, you shape the

violet layer. Prismatic Layers Order Effects 1 Red. Failed Save: 12d6 Fire damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage. Additional Effects: Nonmagical ranged attacks can’t pass

Simulacrum

Spells Player’s Handbook

, its Hit Point maximum is half as much, and it can’t cast this spell. The simulacrum is Friendly to you and creatures you designate. It obeys your commands and acts on your turn in combat. The

simulacrum can’t gain levels, and it can’t take Short or Long Rests. If the simulacrum takes damage, the only way to restore its Hit Points is to repair it as you take a Long Rest, during

Blade Barrier

Spells Player’s Handbook

You create a wall of whirling blades made of magical energy. The wall appears within range and lasts for the duration. You make a straight wall up to 100 feet long, 20 feet high, and 5 feet thick, or

Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d10 Force damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes that save if it enters the wall’s space or ends it turn there. A creature makes that save only once per turn.

Entertainer

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

B: (A) Musical Instrument (same as above), 2 Costumes, Mirror, Perfume, Traveler's Clothes, 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP You spent much of your youth following roving fairs and carnivals, performing odd jobs

for musicians and acrobats in exchange for lessons. You may have learned how to walk a tightrope, how to play a lute in a distinct style, or how to recite poetry with impeccable diction. To this day, you thrive on applause and long for the stage.

Wall of Thorns

Spells Player’s Handbook

You create a wall of tangled brush bristling with needle-sharp thorns. The wall appears within range on a solid surface and lasts for the duration. You choose to make the wall up to 60 feet long, 10

Dexterity saving throw, taking 7d8 Piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature can move through the wall, albeit slowly and painfully. For every 1 foot a

Wall of Fire

Spells Player’s Handbook

You create a wall of fire on a solid surface within range. You can make the wall up to 60 feet long, 20 feet high, and 1 foot thick, or a ringed wall up to 20 feet in diameter, 20 feet high, and 1

foot thick. The wall is opaque and lasts for the duration. When the wall appears, each creature in its area makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d8 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails. The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you

cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3

Dirge

Spells Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Concentration, up to 10 minutes. A creature that fails its save against the spell’s effect also gains 1 Exhaustion level. While the creature has Exhaustion levels, finishing a Long Rest neither restores

throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d10 Necrotic damage and has the Prone condition. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and its Speed is halved. A creature makes this

Songal's Elemental Suffusion

Spells Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

, Lightning, or Thunder damage (your choice) and has the Prone condition. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only. Flight. You gain a Fly Speed of 30 feet and can hover

participates in the casting, you can choose one additional creature, to a maximum of nine additional creatures. The chosen creatures also gain the benefits of the spell for its duration. When the spell is cast, each secondary caster must expend a level 2+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails.

Doomtide

Spells Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only. A creature also makes this save when the Sphere moves into its space, when it enters the Sphere, or when it

this casting contributes to another casting of Doomtide as a Circle spell. When the spell is cast, each secondary caster must expend a level 3+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails.

Spellfire Storm

Spells Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 Radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes this save when it enters the spell’s area for the first

expend a level 3+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for every spell slot level above 4. The number of secondary casters determines

Mythal Touched

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

the ability increased by this feat and your Proficiency Bonus. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest

spell on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. 3-7 You and the triggering spell’s caster form a Telepathy;telepathic link for 1 hour. 8-10 Gravity is reversed in a

Crown of Horns

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

the curse to you. Only a Wish spell or the will of Myrkul can remove this curse. As long as you remain cursed, the following properties apply to you: Bound. You are unwilling to part with the crown

, taking (4d8) Necrotic;{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":" (Necrotic)", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A

Beast Bond

Spells Elemental Evil Player's Companion

You establish a telepathic link with one beast you touch that is friendly to you or charmed by you. The spell fails if the beast’s Intelligence is 4 or higher. Until the spell ends, the link is

active while you and the beast are within line of sight of each other. Through the link, the beast can understand your telepathic messages to it, and it can telepathically communicate simple emotions

Sunbeam Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

A beam of brilliant light flashes out from your hand in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long line. Each creature in the line must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8

radiant damage and is blinded until your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and isn't blinded by this spell. Undead and oozes have disadvantage on this saving throw. You can

Dawn

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

The light of dawn shines down on a location you specify within range. Until the spell ends, a 30-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder of bright light glimmers there. This light is sunlight. When the

cylinder appears, each creature in it must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature must also make this

Moonbeam Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A shapechanger makes its saving throw with disadvantage. If it fails, it also instantly reverts to its original form and can’t

A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, dim light fills the cylinder. When a creature enters the

Prismatic Spray Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

each target, roll a d8 to determine which color ray affects it. Red. The target takes 10d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Orange. The target takes 10d6 acid

damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Yellow. The target takes 10d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Green. The target

Tsunami Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

A wall of water springs into existence at a point you choose within range. You can make the wall up to 300 feet long, 300 feet high, and 50 feet thick. The wall lasts for the duration.When the wall

appears, each creature within its area must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d10 bludgeoning damage, or half as much damage on a successful save.At the start of each of

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