Level 5 Spells
- Casting Cost: Core Action +5SD, 7SD, 20ft movement + 5SD, or 70ft movement
- Range: Varies (default 50ft if not specified)
- Base Damage: Spellcasting modifier + Proficiency + damage pool
- Scaling (SD): Allocate SD to increase damage, duration, number of targets, range, or specific spell effects.
Animate Objects
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Animate up to 10 non-magical objects to fight. Objects are now considered “summons” and follow summons rules.
Antilife Shell
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Creates a 10ft radius barrier around you that prevents living creatures from entering unless they pass a check against your spellcasting ability.
Range: Self (10ft radius)
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +10ft radius, or resistance penalty (+1 to DC)
Awaken
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Grant a beast or plant intelligence and speech. The creature becomes friendly to you.
Duration: Permanent
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 target awakened, or +caster control (if used on hostile or neutral creature)
Banishing Smite
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Next melee weapon hit deals base spell damage as force and attempts to banish the target if its HP drops below half.
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +damage, banishment duration
Cloudkill
Target: Agility
Effect: 20ft radius cloud deals poison damage and moves away 10ft each round.
Range: 120ft
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +10ft radius, +damage
Commune
Target: Knowledge
Effect: Ask 3 yes/no questions to a higher power; GM provides answers based on fidelity of contact.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 question or clarity
Commune with Nature
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Gain knowledge of terrain, plants, animals, people, or powerful presences within a 3-mile radius.
Range: Self
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +distance or depth of information
Cone of Cold
Target: Constitution
Effect: Blast of cold in a 60ft cone deals base spell damage + SD.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +damage, +10ft cone
Contact Other Plane
Target: Knowledge (stressed cast)
Effect: Mentally contact a powerful extraplanar entity to gain up to 5 answers. Failing the check results in confusion.
Duration: Instant
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 question or +1 clarity
Contagion
Target: Constitution
Effect: Infect a creature with a magical disease chosen by the caster. GM determines exact mechanical effect.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 target or disease severity
Creation
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Create a non-living object of plant or mineral material within a 5ft cube.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 cube, +range
Dispel Evil and Good
Target: Untargeted
Effect: End charm, fright, or possession. Also banishes extraplanar creatures upon successful check.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +targets, +damage to extraplanar creatures
Dominate Person
Target: Wisdom
Effect: Control a humanoid’s actions. Target may contest each round.
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 target, or improved control
Dream
Target: Influence
Effect: Send a dream that can deliver a message or psychic damage if resisted.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +clarity, +targets, +psychic backlash
Flame Strike
Target: Agility
Effect: A pillar of divine flame deals radiant and fire damage.
Range: 50ft
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +damage, +radius, +casting range
Geas
Target: Wisdom
Effect: Compel a creature to follow one command for up to 30 days or take damage for disobedience.
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +duration (6 days per SD), +range, +target, +commands
Greater Restoration
Target: Untargeted
Effect: End one effect afflicting the target: critical, curse, etc.
Range: Touch
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 additional effect removed
Hallow
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Sanctify a 60ft radius area, warding against certain creature types and spells.
Duration: Permanent
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +radius, +effect (e.g. resistances, fear immunity)
Hold Monster
Target: Strength
Effect: Paralyze a creature of any type (not just humanoid).
Range: 50ft
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 target, +range
Insect Plague
Target: Agility
Effect: Summon a 20ft radius swarm of biting locusts causing difficult terrain. Creatures in area take spell damage and must move or suffer spell damage every round.
Range: 300ft
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +10ft radius, +damage
Legend Lore
Target: Knowledge
Effect: Gain information about a legendary person, place, or item (amount determined by GM).
Range: Self
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +clarity, +detail
Mass Cure Wounds
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Up to 6 creatures heal base spell healing + SD.
Range: 60ft radius
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +targets, +healing, +radius
Mislead
Target: Untargeted
Effect: You become invisible and an illusory duplicate distracts enemies.
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +range, +interaction realism
Modify Memory
Target: Wisdom
Effect: Alter the target’s memory of an event.
Range: 50ft
Duration: Permanent (if not resisted)
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +clarity, +time window altered, +target
Passwall
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Create a 5ft x 8ft tunnel through stone or wood.
Range: 50ft
Duration: 1 hour
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +5ft length or width, +duration
Planar Binding
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Bind an extraplanar creature to service.
Range: 50ft
Duration: Concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +1 hour of service, +1 target
Raise Dead
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Return a dead creature to life with 1HP (must have died within 10 days).
Range: Touch
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +2 days to viable resurrection window, +10ft range, +HP (roll +1 SD)
Reincarnate
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Restore life to a dead creature by placing its soul in a new random body. Creature regains all memories. GM determines new form.
Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +selection control (you or the creature may choose body from short list)
Scrying
Target: Untargeted or Wisdom of subject (if unwilling)
Effect: Observe a target remotely through magical means.
Range: Unlimited
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +clarity, +resist difficulty
Seeming
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Change appearance of targets in range.
Range: 30ft radius
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +targets, +radius
Telekinesis
Target: Untargeted or Constitution for contested physical control
Effect: Move or manipulate creatures and objects with your mind. May use for grapple, shove, or disarm actions at range.
Range: 50ft
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +targets, +distance moved, +size of object controlled
Telepathic Bond
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Mentally link creatures within range, allowing shared communication across any distance (but not planes of existence) for duration.
Range: 30ft (to initiate)
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +targets, +range of initial cast
Teleportation Circle
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Create a short-term portal to a known location.
Range: Self (10ft radius portal)
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +portal duration, +stability, +familiarity flexibility
Tree Stride
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Step into a tree and teleport to another tree within 500ft.
Range: 500ft
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +100ft range or +targets
Wall of Force
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Create a 50sqft invisible wall immune to damage. May be shaped freely if surface is available. Can be brought down by a counterspell targeting the original roll + modifier and proficiency if proficient.
Range: 120ft
Duration: concentration
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +10ft length
Wall of Stone
Target: Untargeted
Effect: Over the course of 5 minutes, create a solid wall of stone of 50 cubed ft anywhere within range. May be shaped freely if surface is available.
Range: 120ft
Duration: Permanent if concentration completes
Scaling (SD): +1 SD = +segment (10x10x10ft), +range