Hello magic practitioners of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the 26th episode of our cantrip series. Today we’re going to be taking a look at poison spray spell 5e the nauseous cloud cantrip usable by quite a few of the classes the druid, sorcerer, warlock and wizard and of course through extension anyone else with access to their spell lists and this cantrip is found in the players handbook now let’s take a quick look at some of the mechanics here.
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Mechanics
- Level: Cantrip
- Casting Time: 1 Action
- Range/Area: 10 ft
- Components: V, S
- Duration: Instantaneous
- School: Conjuration
- Attack/Save: CON Save
- Damage/Effect: Poison
Starting at first level your damage die is a d12 which is very nice. You get an additional d12 at 5th, 11th and 17th level for a grand total of 4d12. The cast time is one action, the range is a measly 10 feet, the duration is instantaneous, the saving throw is constitution. You can also read dnd attack roll example.
The components are somatic and verbal meaning you have to gesture with one of your hands as well as speak forth the incantation, the school is conjuration and the damage type is poison. Now let’s take a look at the full description here so we’re all on the same page. You can also check out our aticle on how does poison work 5e.
Description
You extend your hand toward a creature you can see within range and project a puff of noxious gas from your palm. The creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 1d12 poison damage. This spell’s damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), and 17th level (4d12).
So in terms of how effective this cantrip is in all honesty it’s not super. Mostly because poison damage almost everything has resistance is to it, if not immunity is, there i don’t think there’s any monster in all honesty that is very effective by the way or as weak poison rather it’s a very common, very common in resistance. In any case thematically very cool! Let’s take a look at some alternative uses here. You can also check out how to use poison in dnd 5e.
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Alternative Uses
The only one i could really think of it would be pest control in all honesty. That be about it, i mean if you were playing a chaotic evil character that was modeled after the joker i think this could be a pretty fun spell to play along with. Outside of that i can’t really think of too much. Do you know how does color spray work 5e.
Conclusion
That being said, if you guys have any ideas so please feel free to comment down below, i really appreciate it and i know everyone else reading this article does as well. With that in mind i’d like to wish everyone happy casting and i hope you all have a great day. Also read these articles acid splash 5e | thorn whip 5e | produce flame 5e | chill touch 5e | prestidigitation 5e | cure wounds 5e.