You lace your words with biting venom, unleashing a cruel insult that targets the self-confidence and composure of a creature you can see within range. The target must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC.
- On a failure, the target takes 1d8 psychic damage.
- If the target fails the save by more than 6, the damage increases to 2d8.
- On a success, the target takes no damage.
Reacting to Failure: As a reaction, after casting the spell and only if the target failed the saving throw, you may unleash another scathing insult whenever the target fails a skill check, misses an attack roll, or is critically hit during the spell's duration. When you do, roll the psychic damage again and apply it to the target. Each reaction includes another verbal insult, which cuts at their self-worth and confidence. You may use this reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once) per casting of Cruel Disparaging.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the initial and reaction damage each increase by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.
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