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Chromatic Orb

1st-level Evocation

Evocation

Casting Time

Action

Range

90 ft

Components

V, S, M (Diamond worth 25 gps)

Duration

Instantaneous

Damage Type

Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder

You hurl an orb of energy at a target within range. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3D8 damage of the chosen type. If you roll the same number on two or more of the D8s, the orb leaps to a different target of your choice within 30 ft of the target. Make an attack roll against the new target, and make a new damage roll. The orb can’t leap again unless you cast the spell with a level 2+ spell slot.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot: The damage increases by 1D8 for each spell slot level above 1. The orb can leap a maximum number of times equal to the level of the slot expended, and a creature can be targeted only once by each casting of this spell.

Classes

Sorcerer Wizard