5e Spells

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113 homebrew spells.

Name	Level	School	Action Type	Range	Summary
5e Spells
Adaptive Ward	1	Transmutation	Other	60ft	A low-level reactionary Stoneskin, meant to replace Absorb Elements.
Afterimage Dodge	1	Illusion	Other	Self	A low-level, reactive Mirror Image
Agonizing Word	1	Necromancy	Other	60
Alwin's Arcane Virus	4	Necromancy	Action	Self (20-ft cone)	Infect a caster's spell. A nuisance in the short term, but can turn deadly if left untreated.
Alwin's Spell Siphon	4	Abjuration	Reaction	60 feet	A riskier version of Counterspell that can recover spell slots
Arc Loop	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	30ft	A small bolt of lightning that bounces from target to target.
Arcane Buckler	Cantrip	Abjuration	Bonus Action	Self	Useful but modest update of 3.5e's Shield to 5e.
Arcing Blade	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy, causing lightning to lash out at other enemies close to them.
Astral Seal	Cantrip	Conjuration	Action	30ft	Mark a target, to heal your allies when it is struck if it is strong, or to suffer additional damage if it is weak.
Blackthorn Arrow	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	Self (60ft Radius)	Ranged "Blade" cantrip; Target can't heal for 1 round.
Blades of Vanquished Armies	4	Conjuration	Action	Self (10ft Radius)	Conjure spectral warrior spirits to swirl around you, harming those who come close. You can also command them to surge forth and strike your foes for you.
Blazing Rebirth	5	Evocation	Other	30ft	Reactive Revivify, with some fire damage and extra healing.
Bodyguard	1	Necromancy	Other	30ft	A defensive spell for a school of magic that is criminally underdeveloped at lower levels.
Bone Puppet	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	60ft	A flavorful cantrip for a school of magic that is criminally underdeveloped at lower levels.
Boreal Wind	3	Evocation	Action	90 feet	You create a fierce gust of freezing wind that is 20 feet high and 20 feet wide.
Breathing Room	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (10ft Cone)	A quick boop to get enemies away from you.
Cadaver Bomb	2	Necromancy	Action	60ft	An offensive AOE spell for a school of magic that is criminally underdeveloped at lower levels.
Calamitous Curse	5	Enchantment	Action	60ft	A stronger version of Jinx, forcing the creature's next d20 roll to fail catastrophically.
Call Steed	Cantrip	Divination	Action	Entire plane	Call a mount you've bonded with to travel to your location.
Chilling Blade	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and grow crystal armor temporarily.
Column of Ice	4	Conjuration	Action	50 feet	Conjures one column of ice, 10-ft. radius and 35 ft in height
Conjure Creature	1	Conjuration	Action	90 feet
Conjurer's Blade	Cantrip	Conjuration	Bonus Action	Self	A simple cantrip to create a melee weapon.
Corrosive Grasp	Cantrip	Transmutation	Other	Touch	3.5e conversion of Rusting Grasp; Smack your targets to corrode their flesh, armor and weapons.
Crashing Stone	1	Transmutation	Action	60ft	Toss a pebble that turns into a boulder mid-flight.
Creeping Cold	2	Transmutation	Action	30 feet	You turn a creature's sweat and the air's ambient moisture to ice, creating blisters as the ice forms on and inside the skin.
Crumbling Curse	2	Enchantment	Action	60ft
Crystal Blade	Cantrip	Abjuration	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and grow crystal armor temporarily.
Daze	Cantrip	Enchantment	Action	30 feet	Momentarily disorient a creature
Decay	1	Necromancy	Other	90 ft	Cause the slow but inevitable decay of matter over time, dealing 1d6 necrotic damage per round.
Divisive Challenge	2	Enchantment	Action	Self (30ft Radius)	Challenge your opponents, Goading those that are Worthy, while Frightening those that are not.
Dreadtheft	2	Necromancy	Action	Self (30ft Line)	Create a beam of life-draining energy, withering foes and healing yourself.
Earthwalk	2	Transmutation	Action	Touch	Gain a burrowspeed and tremorsense
Ekbom's Imaginary Insects	5	Enchantment	Action	30 Feet	Target hallucinates insects all over their body and attacks themselves.
Elemental Rebuke	1	Evocation	Other	60ft	Hellish Rebuke buff. Use at your own risk.
Emberflash Arrow	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (60ft Radius)	Ranged "Blade" cantrip; Target catches fire for 1 round.
Encode Memories	1	Divination	Action	self
Endure Elements	3	Abjuration	Action	Touch	A creature protected by endure elements suffers much less harm from being in a hot or cold environment.
Extinguishing Strike	3	Necromancy	Bonus Action	Self
Fangblight Arrow	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Self (60ft Radius)	Ranged "Blade" cantrip; Weapon constricts target for 1 round.
Fissure	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Self (10ft Line)	Punch the ground, sending out a line-shaped shockwave.
Flashing Blade	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and hinder its vision.
Focus Breaker	2	Abjuration	Action	60 feet	Shatters focus and concentration
Freezing Strike	2	Evocation	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, imbue your weapon with the power to freeze a foe in its tracks.
Gift of Recovery	1	Evocation	Action	Touch	A little bit different take on healing; Basically fast healing from 3.5e.
Glyph of Oath-binding	5	Abjuration	Other	Touch	You inscribe a glyph on one or more willing person to enforce an oath or contract.
Hammer	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	60ft	Bludgeoning damage: The cantrip.
Hand of Blight	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	Self (30ft)	Launch clawing hands of necrotic energy at your foes.
Hastening Strike	3	Transmutation	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, steal your opponent's time.
Heartripper	4	Evocation	Action	60ft	An update of a 3.5e spell, you use a targeted bolt of force to push a creature's heart out of its body.
Heat Drain	5	Necromancy	Action	Self(30 foot radius)	The heat in the room seems to rush toward you, leaving everyone around you in bone chilling pain while you feel amazingly refreshed and alive.
Sanguine Siphon	1	Necromancy	Other	30ft	Use your reaction to suck the blood out of your enemies.
Mass Sanguine Siphon	3	Necromancy	Other	30ft	Use your reaction to suck the blood out of even more enemies.
Hymn of Recovery	1	Evocation	Action	30ft	A Channeled healing spell. Don't worry, it's not broken.
Ice Crystal Phalanx	1	Conjuration	Other	30 ft line	Fire a line of freezing ice, that leaves spikes behind in its wake.
Impaling Conjuration	Cantrip	Conjuration	Action	60ft	Briefly summon spears, arrows, and other piercing projectiles to impale your enemies.
Incite Rage	1	Enchantment	Action	60ft	The Goad version of Cause Fear, with one extra twist.
Infernal Spheres	2	Conjuration	Action	Self	Conjure sphere of flame to protect you, striking those that harm you.
Inflame	3	Enchantment	Action	Self (30ft Radius)	An AoE Goad, in the vein of the 3rd-level Fear spell.
Irk	Cantrip	Enchantment	Action	Touch	Touch your opponent to annoy them; The opposite of Guidance.
Jinx	Cantrip	Enchantment	Action	30ft	Curse your target with instant bad luck, dealing random damage to them as something abrupt and painfully inconvenient happens to them.
Kinetic Blade	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Push an enemy around the battlefield by bonking it over the head.
Kiss of Vanti	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	Touch with Reach	Psychic Vampirism
Lithic Block	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	30ft	Raise a 5ft cube out of the ground to hide behind; More cubes as you gain levels.
Lunging Maw	2	Conjuration	Action	60ft	Conjure a giant mouth to swallow your enemies.
Mass Mage Armor	3	Abjuration	Other	30 ft.	Gives Mage Armor to a number of creatures for 1 minute
Mass Revivify	5	Necromancy	Action	30ft	Revivify 3 targets with 1 action, get more with upcasting.
Mass Swift Barrier	3	Abjuration	Other	30ft	A mass version of my Shield rework.
Necrotic Awareness	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	30 feet	Detect the presence of necrotic cysts
Necrotic Burst	4	Necromancy	Action	100 feet	Encysted subject killed, cyst begins to roam.
Necrotic Cyst	2	Necromancy	Action	Touch	Infect the subject with an undead sac of tissue.
Necrotic Scrying	3	Necromancy	Other	Unlimited	Hear or see encysted subject at a distance.
Prismatic Burst	1	Evocation	Action	30ft	A pop of bright color with various debilitating effects for those that roll a 1.
Quickening Blade	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and hasten your reaction time.
Redirecting Rift	1	Conjuration	Other	30ft	A low-level reactive Conjuration spell to throw an attack somewhere else.
Reflexive Foresight	1	Divination	Other	Self	A low-level reactive defense spell, utilizing the painfully utilitarian school of Divination.
Rekindling Touch	1	Necromancy	Action	Touch
Revitalizing Word	1	Evocation	Bonus Action	60ft	A Healing Word that is good for something other than a cheap way to bring up a downed ally.
Roaring Arrow	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (60ft Radius)	Ranged "Blade" cantrip; Deals minor AoE Thunder damage.
Saving Grace	1	Evocation	Other	60ft
Shadow	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Touch	Creates a zone of shadow
Shafts of Radiance	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	60ft	Briefly summon spears, arrows, and other piercing projectiles to impale your enemies.
Shout	4	Evocation	Action	Self (30ft Cone)	An update of a 3.5e spell.
Skybolt	1	Conjuration	Action	120ft	A long-ranged small AoE Lightning spell. Too many fire spells these days...
Slow Healing	1	Evocation	Other	Touch	Recover hp slowly over time.
Soul Summons	3	Conjuration	Action	Self	You look within yourself to conjure your own soul, which separates from your body and takes its own form.
Sound Burst	2	Evocation	Action	30ft	An update of a 3.5e spell.
Spectral Stampede	4	Conjuration	Action	Self (100-foot line)	Remember that scene from The Lion King? Now with force ghosts.
Swift Barrier	1	Abjuration	Other	30ft	A Shield replacement that is more versatile and less annoying.
Séance	2	Conjuration	Other	5ft (15ft Radius)	A lower-level, riskier alternative to Speak With Dead. As detailed as it is verbose.
Terraform	7	Transmutation	Other	60 feet	Reshape the earth and stone around you into simple objects and structures.
Thousandfold Strike	5	Transmutation	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, hit your foe with a multitude of attacks across dozens of timelines.
Toxic Blade	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and hinder its actions.
True Dodge	Cantrip	Divination	Other	30 feet	Sense your foe's next attack and preemptively evade it.
True Strike, Variant	Cantrip	Divination	Bonus Action	Self	A variant to true strike that attempts to fix the problems with the original.
Twisted Magic Field	7	Abjuration	Action	Self (30-foot radius)	You manipulate and twist magic around you
Twisting Blade	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy, and immediately move without provoking your foe's wrath.
Vampiric Smite	2	Necromancy	Bonus Action	Self	Empowers your weapon with life-draining force.
Vampiric Weapon	3	Necromancy	Action	Touch
Vanishing Strike	1	Illusion	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, charge up, and vanish the moment you strike.
Venomous Strike	2	Transmutation	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, imbue your weapon with deadly poison.
Vexing Word	1	Enchantment	Other	60ft	A Silvery Barbs replacement that doesn't break the RNG.
Warping Strike	2	Conjuration	Bonus Action	Self	Much in the line of the Smite spells, hit your target and teleport away.
Windshear	Cantrip	Evocation	Action	30ft	Cut your enemies with a solidified razor of high-speed wind.
Withering Blade	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	Self (5ft Radius)	Hit an enemy and stop them from healing.
Woodwisp Arrow	Cantrip	Transmutation	Action	Self (60ft Radius)	Ranged "Blade" cantrip; Ignores cover from wooden objects.
Z's Compelled Duel	1	Enchantment	Bonus Action	30ft	A rework of Compelled Duel using the Goaded condition.
Z's Cure Wounds	1	Evocation	Action	Touch	My redux of Cure Wounds. Can't heal targets above half HP.
Z's False Life	1	Necromancy	Action	Self	A rework of False Life that gets stronger the weaker you are. Y'know... So there's actually a reason to pick it over Armor of Agathys.
Z's Healing Word	1	Evocation	Bonus Action	60ft	A Healing Word that is good for something other than a cheap way to bring up a downed ally. Can't heal targets above half HP.
Z's Toll the Dead	Cantrip	Necromancy	Action	60ft
Z's Witch Bolt	1	Evocation	Action	30ft	A rework of a bad spell, using my Channeling variant rule.

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