Delayed Pain

Description

You target a creature within range, inflicting a temporal anomaly that delays the sensation of pain. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5d8 psychic damage, but this damage is delayed and not felt immediately. Instead, after 1d4 rounds, the accumulated damage manifests all at once, causing the creature to experience the full extent of the pain suddenly. If this delayed damage reduces the creature to 0 hit points, they die in a state of utter confusion as their body "catches up" to the inflicted harm.​

Higher Levels

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the initial delayed damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.