Level
Cantrip
Casting Time
1 Action
Range/Area
30 ft.
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Necromancy
Attack/Save
Ranged
Damage/Effect
Poison
You spray toxic mist at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 Poison damage.
Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d12 when you reach levels 5 (2d12), 11 (3d12), and 17 (4d12).
A nice buff to the range.
Now I'm even more confused at what constitutes the "Necromancy" school of magic.
How so? This seems to fit well into the part of Necromancy that deal with disease and such.
So the 2024 Great Old One Warlock who uses the 3rd level Psychic Spells feature can essentially inflict 1d12 Psychic damage? Interesting.
not a save but an attack roll now? yay!
Benefits more from eldrich spear compared to eldrich blast, but benefits less from repelling blast and agonizing blast since it is still only one attack rather than several. Short window of time where this is more damage than EB. Could go hard with legacy death domain cleric
My friend use this in the stormking's thunder. and it willy rocks
The poison comes in the form of an earworm. "Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind..."
I'm glad they did something to differentiate it from Toll the Dead.
d12 attack cantrip. Super fair so long as every single enemy is resistant or immune.
Now it's better. Attack rolls are generally better than forcing an enemy to make a CON save.
Hmmm... I think the only way I would consider using this past tier 1 is if I had a way to sustainably change the damage type. I think the only way (please feel free to correct me) is as a 6th level Undead Warlock, since it qualifies for Grave Touched now that it's an attack roll.
If you're determined to build a Warlock around a cantrip that's not EB, that seems like a neat option to look at. Adding an extra d12 while Form of Dread is active is a nice boost to make up for the EB synergy with Agonizing Blast. Not to mention you could take Eldritch Spear, too, to improve the only 30ft. ranged attack roll cantrip option.