Hello magic casters of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the 10th episode of our 2nd level spell series. Today we’re gonna be talking about one of the kind of more interesting spells in the way that firstly the naming convention behind it, as well as the effects are pretty dang cool as well. Today we’re gonna be taking a look at blindness deafness 5e which once again is named kind of weirdly and kind of sticks out like a sore thumb in comparision to every other name we’ve covered so far. It basically does what it is if that makes sense.
It is usable by the bard 5e, cleric, sorcerer and the wizard and it is found in the player’s handbook and don’t let its name deceive you, it’s actually pretty freakin awesome. In any case we recommend you to also read this blood hunter 5e and barbarian 5e. That being said, let’s take a look at its mechanics.
Mechanics
- Level: 2nd
- Casting Time: 1 Action
- Range/Area: 30 ft
- Components: V
- Duration: 1 Minute
- School: Necromancy
- Attack/Save: CON Save
- Damage/Effect: Blinded
The cast time is the standard one action, the range is a thirty feet, the duration is a whole minute and it’s not even concentration. The effect at a glance is as followed:
Choose one creature you can see within range to make a con save. On a failed save the target is blinded or deafened for the duration. They remake the con save at the end of their turn. Ending the effect on a success. Also read this how to cure blindness 5e.
At higher levels target 1 additional creature for each slot above 2nd. The components are just verbal meaning you just have to speak an incantation and wham done deal and the school is necromancy which is really cool because we haven’t covered a lot of them so i like covering them. Fantastic let’s take a look at the full description and just flush it out a better. Check out this what is the deafened spell in d&d?
Description
You can blind or deafen a foe. Choose one creature that you can see within range to make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, the target is either blinded or deafened (your choice) for the duration. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make a Constitution saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 2nd.
Wow i really like it. In case you’re not super familiar with the blinded 5e condition a blinding creature can see and fails any ability checks that requires sight. Attack rolls against the creature have advantage and the creatures attack rolls have disadvantage and for deafened 5e a deafening creature can’t hear and fails any ability check that requires hearing. Also check out our backgrounds 5e.
It’s pretty good, i really like it. There’s a ton of kind of funny hilarious ways to use it but there’s also a lot of pretty cool alternative uses. That being said, let’s check them out. Do you know what are the rules for blindness in 5e?
Alternative Uses
So the first one is kind of a granted but it’s gonna be worth pointing out anyways. One of the primary benefits of blinding a person is it’s very difficult for them to cast offensive spells. The vast majority of offensive spells require you have a direct line of sight with the target. Don’t miss this bladesinger 5e.
And if you can’t see, you can’t have a direct line of sight. So there goes that problem. In terms of the deafened condition it could be incredibly useful in one of two ways. The first is preventing them from hearing something that they might need to hear and the second is making them look like a total fool of themselves. Also check out this how do you end blindness in d&d?
This can also be done using the blinded effect as well, for example until you’re at a very luxurious party and all of a sudden your mark just loses his ability to see and he starts collapsing into tables and making a huge mess spilling drinks all over himself and then this spell effect ends and then he has to go to the bathroom to get himself cleaned up and that’s where you make your move. Also read blindsight 5e | 5e can you heal undead.
I think there’s a ton of interesting ways to do this from a stealth perspective especially. I daresay that’s probably the main campaign or the main quest type in which you’re gonna get the most bang for your buck out of this spell. Also read blink dog 5e.
Conclusion
However that being said, if you have any alternative uses, ideas or cool stories involving blindness deafness dnd 5e please let me know down in the comment section beneath. I like reading it i’m gonna really just curious more than anything else. That being said guys, thank you so much for checking out today, i really do appreciate it. I hope you all have a wonderful day and as always happy spell-casting.
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