Chromatic Orb (5e24)
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Chromatic Orb [1][2] (Spell)
Level: 1st-level
Casters: Sorcerer, Wizard
School: Evocation
Casting Time: Action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth 50+ GP)
Duration: Instantaneous
Scales: True
ADDITIONAL INFO:[3]
Target: Target
Attack: Ranged
Damage: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Thunder
Other Casters: Draconic Sorcery, Oath of the Noble Genies
You hurl an orb of energy at a target within range. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 damage of the chosen type.
If you roll the same number on two or more of the d8s, the orb leaps to a different target of your choice within 30 feet of the target. Make an attack roll against the new target, and make a new damage roll. The orb can’t leap again unless you cast the spell with a level 2+ spell slot.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1. The orb can leap a maximum number of times equal to the level of the slot expended, and a creature can be targeted only once by each casting of this spell.\s\s\s
Sources and Notes[edit]
- ↑ Wizards RPG Team (22 April 2025). SRD 5.2. (5e 2024) Wizards of the Coast. p. 115. Licensed: CC-BY.
- ↑ Wizards RPG Team (17 September 2024). Player's Handbook. (5e 2024) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 9780786969821. p. 249-250. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Unofficial information.
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| Attack | Ranged + |
| Author | SRD 5.2 + |
| Canon | true + |
| Casters | Sorcerer + and Wizard + |
| Casting Time | Action + |
| Component | V +, S + and M + |
| Damage | Acid +, Cold +, Fire +, Lightning +, Poison + and Thunder + |
| Level | 1 + |
| Other Casters | Arcane Trickster +, Eldritch Knight + and Oath of the Noble Genies + |
| Publication | SRD 5.2 + |
| Range | 90 feet + |
| Scalable | true + |
| School | Evocation + |
| SortText | Chromatic Orb (5e24) 5e24 + |
| Spell Name | Chromatic Orb + |
| Valuable Component | true + |
