Surprise Menu

You conjure an unpredictable magical dish from chaotic Yellow Colour Magic. As a Bonus Action, expend a 1st-level spell slot and roll 1d4 as your Surprise Menu die, or use a higher-level slot and its corresponding Surprise Menu die. The result determines which spell manifests from the Surprise Menu table. This die is a random selection roll and deals no damage itself.

Surprise Menu produces the resulting spell's effects as part of its casting, at an effective spell level one higher than the slot expended, or the resulting spell's normal minimum casting level, whichever is higher, to a maximum of 9th level. No additional action or spell slot is required.

Surprise Menu has no Verbal, Somatic, or Material components. The resulting spell manifests as part of this single casting and does not require its normal spell components. The resulting spell's effective level determines its effects and upcasting.

After determining the Surprise Menu result, but before resolving the resulting spell, you may apply Metamagic to that spell as though you were casting it normally, following the Metamagic option's usual costs and restrictions. Metamagic cannot alter the Surprise Menu die or its result.

Resolve the resulting spell using your Sorcerer spell attack modifier and spell save DC. The resulting spell retains its normal range, targeting requirements, and duration. If the resulting spell requires Concentration, you must concentrate on it normally; otherwise, the spell immediately ends. Any subsequent actions or Bonus Actions required to control the resulting spell function normally. Kitchen Mishap is an exception, as described below.

Surprise Menu

Kitchen Mishap (Result 1). Reroll the Surprise Menu die until the result isn't 1, then roll a d20. Starting with the creature with the highest initiative as number 1, count creatures in descending initiative order, skipping creatures outside the resulting spell's range. The second creature in the eligible initiative order is number 2, and so on. If the d20 result exceeds the number of eligible creatures, continue counting from number 1 until the indicated creature is determined. That creature becomes the miscast target.

If no creatures remain eligible after applying the range restriction, the DM may select another legal location for the resulting spell or rule that it fizzles.

If the resulting spell affects an area, the randomly selected creature determines the centre of that area, or its direction if the area originates from you, as adjudicated by the DM. All creatures within the area are affected normally. If the spell normally affects multiple individually selected targets, it affects only the miscast target where legally possible. Self-only spells remain self-targeted.

For spells that create a cone originating from you, such as Cone of Cold or Prismatic Spray, treat the cone's length at its effective spell level as its range for Kitchen Mishap's random target selection. The cone retains its normal point of origin and is directed towards the randomly selected creature, as adjudicated by the DM.

If the resulting spell is Arcane Hand, the hand appears in an unoccupied space adjacent to the randomly selected creature and immediately attempts to grapple that creature using its Grasping Hand effect. Resolve the grapple normally. This initial grapple requires no additional Bonus Action.

A spell produced by Kitchen Mishap requires no Concentration from you, even if it normally requires Concentration. It persists for its normal duration without Concentration, and the DM controls its effects and any subsequent decisions or actions normally made by the caster. The DM follows the resulting spell's normal rules for such actions, except that you do not need to expend your own actions or Bonus Actions to control it. You cannot apply Metamagic to a spell produced by Kitchen Mishap.

If the selected target cannot legally be affected, the DM determines the closest legal application, selects a random legal location, or rules that the spell fizzles. The spell slot remains expended even if the spell fizzles.

Custom Upcasting. Only Surprise Menu castings receive the following modifications, based on the resulting spell's effective level:

• Web: The cube's side length increases by 5 feet for each level above 2nd.

• Hypnotic Pattern: The cube's side length increases by 5 feet for each level above 3rd.

• Confusion: The sphere's radius increases by 5 feet for each level above 4th.

• Irresistible Dance: The spell affects one additional target for each level above 6th.

• Prismatic Spray: The cone's length increases by 5 feet for each level above 7th.

All other upcasting follows the resulting spell's normal rules. These modifications do not apply when the spells are cast normally.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Surprise Menu die changes according to the level of the spell slot expended:

The resulting spell's effective level cannot be lower than its normal minimum casting level.