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Blight4th-level Necromancy

8d8 necrotic, single target — and it deletes any plant it looks at.

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Level
4th
School
Necromancy
Casting Time
1 action
Range
30 feet
Duration
Instantaneous

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Blight

4th-level Necromancy

Blight

Casting
1 action
Range
30 feet
Duration
Instantaneous

Components: V, S

Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The spell has no effect on undead or constructs.

If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum damage to it.

If you target a nonmagical plant that isn't a creature, such as a tree or shrub, it doesn't make a saving throw; it simply withers and dies.

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Usage

Available toDruidSorcererWarlockWizard
At higher levelsWhen you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level of higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.

Best Used For

18d8 necrotic — 36 on average — is heavy single-target damage for a 4th-level slot, and necrotic is resisted far less often than fire.
2Constitution save, which is the catch: the big solo monsters you most want to delete usually have the best Constitution in the room.
3Against plant creatures it is absurd — the save is at disadvantage and the damage is maximised. That is 64 on a failure.
4Nonmagical plants get no save at all; they wither and die. It is a key as often as it is a weapon.

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Counsel

Blight, Answered

How much damage does Blight do?

8d8 necrotic — 36 on average — with a Constitution save for half. Each slot level above 4th adds 1d8.

Does Blight work on undead?

No. Blight has no effect on undead or constructs — it drains moisture and vitality, and they have neither.

Why is Blight so strong against plants?

A plant creature or magical plant makes the save with disadvantage and takes maximum damage — 64 necrotic on a failure. A nonmagical plant such as a tree or shrub gets no save and simply dies.

Blight or Fireball at 4th level?

Blight for one target, Fireball for a crowd. Upcast to 4th, Fireball deals 9d6 (about 31) to everything in a 20-foot radius; Blight deals 8d8 (about 36) to exactly one creature — and cannot catch your friends.

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