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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Aberrant Surge. When the ruffian casts Witch Bolt, roll 1d8. On an even number, the ruffian gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled. On an odd number, one creature of the ruffian
"} Piercing damage.
Spellcasting. The ruffian casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Constitution as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Multiattack. The remnant makes two Necrotic Surge attacks.
Necrotic Surge. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Necrotic Surge"} to hit, reach
5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Surge", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. The
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
A Wizard multiclasses into a Sorcerer with the Wild Magic Sorcery subclass. Do spells cast from their spellbook trigger Wild Magic Surge if they are on the Sorcerer spell list, or do they have to
gain them from Sorcerer to trigger? From the multiclassing rules: “Each spell you prepare is associated with one of your classes.” This rule means only the spells prepared as part of your Sorcerer class features trigger Wild Magic Surge.
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
holding or wearing the shard, you can roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook. If the result is a spell, it is too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally
requires concentration, it doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell lasts for its full duration.
If you don’t have the Wild Magic Sorcerous Origin, once this property is used to roll on the Wild Magic Surge table, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated.Multiattack. The pledgemage makes two Elemental Strike attacks.
Elemental Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5
half as much damage and isn’t stunned.
Spellcasting. The pledgemage casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save
magic-items
Arcane artillery requires a powerful surge of magical energy to fuel the attack. Wizards and other spellcasters can prime arcane artillery by expending a spell slot, but bombardiers don’t have
spell slots. Instead, a bombardier charges the weapon by using the Breath of Siberys—a small globe containing a highly refined solution of dragonshards held in a suspended state. While priming
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
the spell again until the next dawn.
Surge of Brimstone. Whenever you cast a spell that deals fire or necrotic damage, you can use the rod to deal the maximum damage instead of rolling. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
resistance to fire and necrotic damage.
Searing Rebuke. You can cast the Hellish Rebuke spell as a 4th-level spell (save DC 16) from the rod. Once you use the rod to cast the spell, the rod can’t cast
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Elemental Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Elemental Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) fire
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: minor illusion
1/day each: gust of wind, mage armor, silent imageThe students of Prismari College—first as apprentices and then as Prismari pledgemage
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Basic Rules (2014)
Choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of positive energy washes through the creature, causing it to regain 70 hit points. This spell also ends blindness, deafness, and any diseases
affecting the target. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the amount of healing increases by 10 for each slot level above 6th.
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook.Multiattack. Simon makes three Quarterstaff or Chaos Bolt attacks. He can replace one attack with one use of Spellcasting.
Quarterstaff. Melee
damage if used with two hands, plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Quarterstaff", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Chaos Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +6
Spell Scroll
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A Spell Scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material components. Otherwise
, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted
Spells
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
turns until the spell ends. You can move the cube up to 10 feet before you roll.
Mischievous Surge
d4
Effect
1
The smell of apple pie fills the air, and each creature in the cube
You fill a 20-foot cube you can see within range with fey and draconic magic. Roll on the Mischievous Surge table to determine the magical effect produced, and roll again at the start of each of your
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
damage instead of bludgeoning damage.Multiattack. Shemeshka uses Arcane Flux or Spellcasting. She then makes one Claw attack or one attack with her Razorvine Tiara.
Arcane Flux. Shemeshka causes a surge
throws until the end of its next turn.
Spellcasting. Shemeshka casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 26):
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect
’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Fireball. Zariel casts the fireball spell.
Infernal Illusions. Zariel casts the major image spell four times, targeting different areas with it
Ancient Black Dragon
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dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Pools of water that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20 feet
light can’t illuminate it. If any of the effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
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Aboleth
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skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can’t regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher
aboleth surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 20 feet into the water and knocked
Adult Black Dragon
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; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Pools of water that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20
light can’t illuminate it. If any of the effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
Regional
feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
spellcasting ability for this spell.
Aberrant Surge. When you cast the level 1 spell from this feat, you can expend one of your Hit Point Dice and roll it. If you roll an even number, you gain a number of
Long Rest.
Aberrant Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Sorcerer spell list. Also, choose a level 1 spell from that spell list. You always have that spell prepared. You can cast it once
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can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Vengeful Surge. Whenever a creature you can see within 60 feet of
modifier of the ability increased by this feat.
Infernal Protection. You always have the Armor of Agathys spell prepared. You can cast it once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to cast
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 (1d12);{"diceNotation":"1d12","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacle
choose to be affected.
Pools of water within 90 feet of the aboleth surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins. Each time the goblin casts a spell, there is an accompanying surge of wild magic; roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook to determine the wild magic effect.
. The goblin can cast a randomly determined 1st-level wizard spell once per day. Intelligence is its spellcasting ability.
Booyahg Wielder. This goblin found a magic item (a necklace of fireballs, a
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
can cast the Scrying spell on the cursed creature without material components or a spell slot. Malaxxix doesn’t need to be on the same plane of existence as the creature to use this ability, and
the creature automatically fails the saving throw against the spell.
Teleport. As an action, Malaxxix can teleport, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space within
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 20, +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following
uses her lair action to cause one of the following effects:
Pools of water in the lair surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 20 Strength
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Pools of water that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it surge outward in a grasping tide. Any creature on the ground
can’t illuminate it. If any of the effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
Regional Effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Wild Magic Surge (p. 103) Starting with the second sentence, this section now reads, “Once per turn, the DM can have you roll a d20 immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher
. If you roll a 1, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table to create a magical effect. If that effect is a spell, it is too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally requires concentration, it doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell lasts for its full duration.”
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
no more than 300 feet in diameter, magic behaves unpredictably. Whenever a creature expends a spell slot to cast a spell in a wild magic zone, roll 1d20. If you roll a 20 on the die, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook to create a magical effect.
Wild Magic Zone A past magical disaster or uncontrolled surge of power in a particular place can cause the fabric of magic to unravel, creating a wild magic zone. In such an area, which is typically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
text states otherwise. Lighting. The mansion is illuminated by continual flame spells cast on candles that are mounted to the walls. Windows. Each window is under the effect of an arcane lock spell. The
influence is strongest in certain rooms. When a room’s description calls for it, or whenever a creature casts a spell in Delphi Mansion, roll on the Eldritch Surges table to see how Krokulmar’s influence
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The remnant makes two Necrotic Surge attacks.
Necrotic Surge. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10
+ 3) necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. The remnant casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
level of the spell you’re duplicating. Does a sorcerer’s Wild Magic Surge effect replace the effect of the spell that triggered it, or do both effects happen? The spell and the Wild Magic Surge
effect both happen. As clarified in the errata for the Player’s Handbook, a surge effect that normally requires concentration does not require concentration in this case. Can my sorcerer use Twinned Spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Heal 6th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of positive energy washes through the
creature, causing it to regain 70 hit points. This spell also ends blindness, deafness, and any diseases affecting the target. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead. At Higher Levels. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
or wear it. When you use a Metamagic option on a spell while you are holding or wearing the shard, you can roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook. If the result is a spell, it is
too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally requires concentration, it doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell lasts for its full duration. If you don’t have the Wild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Sorcery, does the Wild Magic Surge effect replace the effect of the spell that triggered it, or do both effects happen? The spell and the Wild Magic Surge effect both happen.
Sorcerer Metamagic rules state you can’t use multiple Metamagic options on a single spell. Can you use one option multiple times? A Sorcerer can use one Metamagic option once in the casting of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Heal 6th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Choose a creature that you can see within range. A surge of positive energy washes through the
creature, causing it to regain 70 hit points. This spell also ends blindness, deafness, and any diseases affecting the target. This spell has no effect on constructs or undead. At Higher Levels. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
main limiting factor is your action. Most spells require an action to cast, and unless you use a feature like the fighter’s Action Surge, you have only one action on your turn. If you cast a spell
bonus action. For instance, if you cast a second spell using Action Surge, you aren’t limited to casting a cantrip with it. Does the rule on casting a bonus action spell apply when you take a bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
can see within range with fey and draconic magic. Roll on the Mischievous Surge table to determine the magical effect produced, and roll again at the start of each of your turns until the spell ends
. You can move the cube up to 10 feet before you roll. Mischievous Surge d4 Effect
1 The smell of apple pie fills the air, and each creature in the cube must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw