Hello magic casters of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the 59th episode of our second level spell series. Today we’re looking at one i have mixed feelings about so i’m really hoping you can tell me up above in that little kind of icon whether or not you take this spell. Personally i probably wouldn’t but this seems like it’s very campaign kind of dependent.
So today we’re talking about protection from poison spell. This spell is usable by the cleric, druid, paladin, ranger and the artificer and it is found in the classic players handbook. So everyone should have access to it. And it what does what it means to do. In any case let’s check out its mechanics so we can better flesh out this spell.
Mechanics
- Level: 2nd
- Casting Time: 1 Action
- Range/Area: Touch
- Components: V, S
- Duration: 1 Hour
- School: Abjuration
- Attack/Save: None
- Damage/Effect: Buff
The effect at a glance is as followed: You neutralize one poison that you know is present or one at random. The target has advantage on saving throws against being poisoned and it has resistance to poison damage for the duration. Also check out this 5e poison rules.
The cast time is one action, the range is touch, the duration is an hour and this is not a concentration which is great. The components are verbal and somatic and the school is abjuration. Which all makes sense. Now lets check out the full description here and talk about it a little bit. You can also read this protection from disease 5e.
Description
You touch a creature. If it is poisoned, you neutralize the poison. If more than one poison afflicts the target, you neutralize one poison that you know is present, or you neutralize one at random. For the duration, the target has advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and it has resistance to poison damage.
So once again not terrible but very circumstantial. There’s a lot of things at early level that deal poison damage and there’s a lot of ways to get poisoned in 5e. So i suppose at early levels this is gonna be quite useful. You can also check out this protection from evil and good 5e.
If you’re curious about the poison conditions by the way it just means you have disadvantage and attack rolls and ability checks which is pretty bad to be fair but yeah i don’t know. So it might be worth having this if you’re in kind of a more survival themed campaign or if you’re making a character that’s kind of meant to be more of a support type character. Also read prone condition 5e.
Then i can see the spell being fairly useful at least being a solid choice and in any case so it does a couple different things neutralizes a poison and then it gives you advantage on poison saving throws and resistant to poison damage outright for an hour which is pretty dang great. Now let’s take a look at some alternative uses here. Do you know 5e how long does poison last.
Alternative Uses
So one of the better ones is using it to protect a important figure who you feel like might have an assassination attempt on their life in the near future. A lot assassins use poison so if you’re charged with this kind of task you might want to make sure you have this spell handy. You can also read this prestidigitation 5e.
Outside of that if you want to be a traveling medic doctor what have you this is certainly something to have in your arsenal once again this is kind of if you’re making a more support themed character and this is a great spell in terms of prep if you have enough time to gather information on the kind of enemy you’re gonna be facing and if you know for a fact they’re gonna be dealing a lot of poison damage then this is a great way of hedging your bets. You can also read this how does poison spray work 5e.
Conclusion
That being said, if you have any alternative uses, ideas, thoughts, comments, concerns please put it down beneath in the comment section i really do appreciate it. That being said, i hope you all have a wonderful day and as always happy casting everyone. Also check out spiritual weapon 5e | protection from spells 5e | lesser restoration 5e | prayer of healing 5e | protection from energy 5e | prismatic wall 5e | produce flame 5e |