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Befuddlement 5e spell (2024)

8th-level enchantment · new in the 2024 rules (SRD 5.2)

Casting time
Action
Range
150 feet
Components
V, S, M (a key ring with no keys)
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Enchantment
Level
8
Classes
Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard

You blast the mind of a creature that you can see within range. The target makes an Intelligence saving throw.

On a failed save, the target takes 10d12 Psychic damage and can't cast spells or take the Magic action. At the end of every 30 days, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on a success. The effect can also be ended by the Greater Restoration, Heal, or Wish spell.

On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only.

Befuddlement isn’t in the 2014 SRD 5.1; this is its 2024 text from the SRD 5.2. It takes the place of the 2014 Feeblemind.

Classes that can cast Befuddlement

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Bard spells15th character levelCharisma
Druid spells15th character levelWisdom
Warlock spells15th character levelCharisma
Wizard spells15th character levelIntelligence

Levels follow the 2024 rules, where paladins and rangers cast from 1st level.

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