Vicious MockeryCantrip Enchantment
An enchantment cantrip for bards. 1d4 psychic damage.
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Vicious Mockery
Cantrip Enchantment
Vicious Mockery
Components: V
You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range. If the target can hear you (though it need not understand you), it must succeed on a wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
This spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).
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Vicious Mockery, Answered
What level spell is Vicious Mockery in 5e?
Vicious Mockery is an enchantment cantrip, so it costs no spell slot and can be cast at will.
What classes can cast Vicious Mockery?
Vicious Mockery appears on the bard spell list in the SRD.
How much damage does Vicious Mockery do?
1d4 psychic damage. Targets make a WIS saving throw. At character level 5 it deals 2d4.
Does Vicious Mockery require concentration?
No. Vicious Mockery does not require concentration, so it runs alongside any concentration spell you already have up. Duration: instantaneous.
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