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POV: you're the asshole who took his leg. Jericho Monsoon seen here wielding two swords made from his old antlers and forming an icy chromatic orb between his newly grown antlers now adorned with diamond jewelry

Thanks again to @j0rrated for making another fantastic piece!

#DnD #dungerons and dragons #harengon #rabbitfolk #wild magic sorcerer #wild magic barbarian #sorcerer #barbarian #chromatic orb #I meant to post this sooner but i got distracted and then i got sick #Im still sick but what am i to do =P

Chromatic Orb Tokens

Tokens that can be used with the spell chromatic orb that determines the type of damage wrought. Includes fire, thunder, lightning, cold, poison, or acid.

Available here!

My other DnD character, Fomar. Strahd is probably going to kill him. I assume they’re both in love with Fomar’s (probably dead (and probably probably reincarnated)) wife LMAO

#dnd #dungeons & dragons #Eladrin #wizard #chromatic orb #curse of strahd

Moar guessing on reasoning:

Chromatic Orb -- 90 ft. range gives you enough space to avoid charging opponents, which is great. 3d8 damage with a 1st-level spell slot is also great; it's slower to progress than witch bolt (1d8/level instead of 1d12), but they come close to each other (using a 9th-level spell slot, the latter only deals +9 damage per turn). On top of that, you don't have to pick Transmuted Spell as one of your four, mutually-exclusive Metamagics and spend sorcery points to change its energy type. Lots of versatility there. I am adverse to spending gp on spell components, though, particularly for a one-round attack spell, but I'm assuming this is here as back-up in case magic missile (or a cantrip) doesn't work.

Magic Missile -- I mean, do I really need to say why magic missile is awesome? I've been saving an entry on this for a while, but I feel like I'm obligated to cover the spells that appeared in Chainmail (starting with fireball) first.

Shield -- Like mage armor, but also stops magic missiles, so is clearly the better of the two -- or would be if the duration hadn't been nerfed. In 3.x, mage armor was 1 hour/caster level, which usually gets translated into something like 8 hours in 5e (as it is here); shield was 1 min./level, but is now only 1 round. Basically, you need to know that you need to cast it, which is a bit annoying for a buff.

#5e #spell #chromatic orb #magic missile #shield #thanks dreadp1rater0berts!

dnd spells art for a campaign I’m In rn

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Chromatic Orb

Chromatic Orb is a commonly taught spell for young wizards, but not-so commonly used.

When an evoker first studies The Art, they usually start off learning how to use different cantrips and familiarizing theirself with the different “elements” of magic. Fire Bolt, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Poison Spray, Thunderclap, Acid Splash, ETC. After a year or more of this, a beginning Evoker must put everything they’ve learned about the elements together and a perfect Chromatic Orb.

After they’ve passed the test, they likely won’t have to again.

This is because among most students of The Art a 50gp Diamond represents 50gp they’d rather spend on fancier hats, more advanced texts, and fruity liquor suitable for those with dumped constitution scores.

For this reason, every University of The Art is equipped with a very profitable “Arcane Shoppe & Rentlle” boutique. Among other texts and foci, students can rent cracked, opaque diamonds that look as though they’ve spent more time at the bottom of a Wizard’s backpack than in the ground.

Advanced Evokers with a blind spot in personal accounting typically cast Chromatic Orb without the diamond. The only drawback to this is that the damage type for the orb is completely random. In other scenarios where diamonds are in short supply (cough cough revivify cough), a different gem can be used to cast this spell -- although only one damage type can be produced:

Ruby (Fire) Pearl (Acid) Sapphire (Cold) Jade (Poison) Amethyst (Thunder) Topaz (Lightning)

In the hands of an Evocation Savant, Chromatic Orb cast at the 9th level produces similar effects to “Meteor Swarm.” Except there are six meteors (each one inflicting one of the six damage types in addition to bludgeoning damage) and one of the meteors is centered on the focus, shattering it instantly.