Hello magic casters of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the 3rd episode of our third level spell series. Today we’re looking at a fantastic spell that i have looked over, probably at least a dozen times and i’ve never really taken seriously until now. Today we’re going to be talking about most frequently asked question what is the hope spell in d&d?
Today we’re talking about is beacon of hope dnd 5e spells. Which is kind of like a lame-ish sounding name but let me tell you this is a spell you should in your cleric arsenal, if you’re planning on doing any healing whatsoever or being of any support whatsoever. Usually i’m against the idea of recommending spells to people like this but i gotta admit this is pretty sweet.
If you disagree with me for whatever reason please let me know why because i think this is a fantastic spell even for a third level spell slot. Beacon of hope dnd 5e is usable by the cleric and it is found in the good old players handbook. Now without further ado let’s check out its mechanics so we can understand exactly what we’re talking about here. You can also read this revivify 5e.
Table of Contents
Mechanics
- Level: 3rd
- Casting Time: 1 Action
- Range/Area: 30 ft
- Components: V, S
- Duration: 1 Minute (Concentration)
- School: Abjuration
- Attack/Save: None
- Damage/Effect: Buff
The effect at a glance is as followed: Creatures within range have advantage on wisdom saves and death saves. They also receive maximum hp when healed. Very cool stuff! So if you heal like 2d6 forever, they get the full 12 healing just because which is amazing. Also check out this aura of vitality 5e.
The cast time is one action, the range is 30 feet which at a glance sounds modest we gotta factor in you can target any number of creatures within that area. The duration is one minute and it is concentration. The components are verbal and somatic and the school’s abjuration. Which makes sense. Because you’re protecting people, yeah now let’s take a look at the full description here and better flesh the spell out.
Description
This spell bestows hope and vitality. Choose any number of creatures within range. For the duration, each target has advantage on Wisdom saving throws and death saving throws, and regains the maximum number of hit points possible from any healing.
Freaking amazing let me tell you, this is all it means to be a cleric and honestly i think third level might be a little bit…i don’t know the spell sits kind of weird. If you just look at the effect i feel like there should be a higher level but it’s also concentration so i think that’s how they balanced it out. It’s still an impressive buff, something worth noting is the creatures don’t have to remain within that 30 foot area they can go outside of it and this buff still applies to them so very good stuff there! Now let’s take a quick look at some alternative uses here.
Alternative Uses
I think a great alternative use for this is just to be able to take advantage of the sheer volume of people. Especially in 5e with spell casters being as resource dependent as they are, if you had the ability to gain every single drop of healing to a large group of people that’s the way to do it.
Outside of that, this is a great spell for balancing encounters in the way that you can just do more with less in less time and i really do love that. This is also a great spell to be used if you’re punching up by that what i mean is if your martial character is going up against someone who’s technically out of their league.
This is a great way of ensuring that they, it just helps with survivability. This is also a spell you’re going to want to use if your dm is kind of being a little bit hard with you guys. Advantage on death saves is super great, the wisdom saves are just an added bonus into that.
Conclusion
That being said, if you have any alternative uses, ideas, thoughts, questions, comments, or stories involving how does beacon of hope work 5e please put it down beneath in the comment section, i really do appreciate hearing from you guys. That being said, i hope you all have a great day and as always happy casting everyone.