2nd-level abjuration · 2024 version below
Your spell bolsters your allies with toughness and resolve. Choose up to three creatures within range. Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, a target's hit points increase by an additional 5 for each slot level above 2nd.
| Spell slot level | Healing | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 5 | 5 |
| 3rd | 10 | 10 |
| 4th | 15 | 15 |
| 5th | 20 | 20 |
| 6th | 25 | 25 |
| 7th | 30 | 30 |
| 8th | 35 | 35 |
| 9th | 40 | 40 |
Averages are the dice’s expected total. Roll any row in the dice roller.
Choose up to three creatures within 30 feet, yourself included. For 8 hours, each one’s hit point maximum goes up by 5, and so do its current hit points. Each slot level above 2nd adds another 5.
It’s real hit points, not temporary ones. That means it stacks with temporary hit points, it isn’t lost first, and a creature that’s later healed can be healed up to the new maximum. Cast it in the morning and three party members spend the whole day 5 hit points tougher, which is a lot at low levels.
No. It raises the hit point maximum and current hit points, so it stacks with temporary hit points from spells like False Life and Heroism.
Yes. Its current hit points go up by 5, so a creature at 0 wakes up with 5 hit points, or more if you upcast it.
Yes. You choose up to three creatures within range, and you can be one of them.
No. The effects of the same spell don’t combine, so a creature only gets the bonus from the strongest casting. Choose three different creatures instead.
The creature’s hit point maximum drops back to normal. If its current hit points are higher than its new maximum, they drop to the maximum; otherwise nothing changes.
The effect is the same, but more classes can use it: in the 2024 Player’s Handbook bards, druids and rangers get it as well as clerics and paladins.
| Spell | How it compares |
|---|---|
| False Life | 1st level: 1d4 + 4 temporary hit points for yourself for an hour. Stacks with Aid. |
| Heroism | 1st level: temporary hit points equal to your modifier each turn, and immunity to fear, for one creature with concentration. |
| Heroes’ Feast | 6th level: +2d10 maximum hit points, immunity to poison and fear, and advantage on Wisdom saves for up to twelve creatures for 24 hours. |
| Bless | 1st level: +1d4 to attacks and saves for three creatures for a minute. The combat buff; Aid is the all-day one. |
| Class | First available | Spellcasting ability |
|---|---|---|
| Cleric spells | 3rd character level | Wisdom |
| Paladin spells | 5th character level | Charisma |
The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:
Choose up to three creatures within range. Each target's Hit Point maximum and current Hit Points increase by 5 for the duration.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Each target's Hit Points increase by 5 for each spell slot level above 2.
2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.
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