Dim, greenish light spreads withfo a 30-foot-radius
sphere centered on a point you choose within range.
The light spreads around corners, and it lasts until the
spell ends.
When a creature moves into the spell's area for the
first time on a turn or starts its turn there, that creature
must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take
4d10 radiant damage, and it s uffers one level of exhaus-
tion and emits a dim, greenish light in a 5-foot radius.
This light makes it impossible for the creature to benefit
from being invisible. The light and any levels of exhaus-
tion caused by this spell go away when the spell ends.
SKILL EMPOWERMENT
5th-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to^1 hour
Your magic deepens a creature's understanding of its
own talent. You touch one willing creature and give it
expertise in one skill of your choice; until the spell ends,
the creature doubles its proficiency bonus for ability
checks it makes that use the chosen skill.
You must choose a skill in which the target is profi-
cient and that isn't a lready benefiting from an effect,
s uch as Expertise, that doubles its proficiency bonus.
SKYWRITE
2nd-level transmutation (ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Sight
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentratio n, up to^1 hour
You cause up to ten words to form in a part of the sky
you can see. The words appear to be made of cloud and
remain in place for the spell's duration. The words dis-
sipate when the spell e nds. A strong wind can disperse
the clouds and end the spell early.SNARE
1st-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Components: S, M (25 feet of rope, which the
spell consumes)
Duration:^8 hours
As you cast this spell, you use the rope to create a circle
with a 5-foot radius on the ground or the floor. Whe n
you finish casting, the rope disappears and the circle
becomes a magic trap.
This trap is nearly invisible, requiring a successful
Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save
DC to be discerned.
The trap triggers when a Small, Medium, or Large
creature moves onto the ground or t he floor in the
spell's radius. That creature must succeed on a Dex-
terity saving throw or be magically hoiste d into the air,
leaving it hanging upside down 3 feet above the ground
or the floor. The creature is restrained there until the
spell ends.A restrained c reature can make a Dexterity saving
throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
itself on a success. Alternatively, the creature or some-
one e lse who can reach it can use an action to make an
Intelligence (Arcana) check against your spell save DC.
On a success, the restrained effect ends.
After the trap is triggered, the spell ends whe n no
creature is restrained by it.SNILLOC'S SNOWBALL SWARM
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a piece of ice or a small white
rock chip)
Duration: instantaneous
A flurry of magic snowballs erupts from a point you
choose within range. Each creature in a 5-foot-radius
sphere centered on that point m ust make a Dexterity
saving throw. A c reature takes 3d6 cold damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
spell s lot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by
ld6 for each slot level above 2nd.SOUL CAGE
6th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a hu-
manoid you can see within^60 feet of you dies
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a tiny silver cage worth^100 gp)
Duration: 8 hours
This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and
traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material com-
ponent. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the
spell ends or until you destroy the cage, which ends the
spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can ex-
ploit it in any of t he ways described below. You can use a
trapped soul up to six times. Once you exploit a soul for
the sixth time, it is re leased, and the spell ends. While
a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can't
be revived.
Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor
from the soul and regain 2d8 hit points.
Query Soul. You ask t he soul a question (no action re-
quired) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you
can understand regardless of the language used. The
soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must answer
you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is
no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic.
Borrow Experience. You can use a bonus action to
bolster yourself with the soul's life experience, making
your next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw with
advantage. 1f you don't use this be nefit before the start of
your next turn, it is lost.
Eyes of the Dead. You can use an action to name a
place the humanoid saw in life, which c reates an invis-
ible sensor somewhere in that place if it is on the plane
of existence you're curre ntly on. The sensor remains for
as long as you concentrate, up to^10 minutes (as if you
were concentrating on a spell). You receive visual andCHAPTER 3 I SPELLS