When you begin casting this spell, a swirling red vortex appears in the air 100 feet above you (or directly underneath the ceiling if in an enclosed space). The vortex is a rough circle with a radius of 50 feet.
At the end of the casting time, a giant ball of rock, seemingly lunar in origin, plummets out of the vortex and makes impact with the ground. Save for the caster, all creatures of Large size or smaller with a challenge rating of 23 or lower in a 1-mile radius die instantly in a monstrously large, planet-shaking explosion. The explosion destroys buildings, walls, boulders, and anything else that can be considered a form of cover, whether magical or nonmagical, in its radius. Creatures behind or inside the destroyed objects are automatically spared from the explosion, but must succeed a Charisma saving throw or else become frightened. Creatures at least 200 feet above the ground where the meteor makes impact are also spared, as are creatures in other planes such as through the effects of the blink or rope trick spells.
You cannot choose to spare any creatures in the radius from the blast, even if you have an ability specifically meant to do that such as the Sorcerer's Careful Spell metamagic.
If the spell is cast inside a building of any size, the shockwave of the explosion completely annihilates the building from within, but the walls contain the blast from reaching outside of it.
You need to have taken at least 1/3 of your max hit points in damage within the last hour before being able to cast this spell a single time. If you cast the spell without meeting this criteria, the Ecliptic Meteor drops on top of your head, bypassing any cover you yourself may have, and consumes you in the epicenter of the blast, killing you first.
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