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Calm Emotions 5e spell

2nd-level enchantment (concentration) · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, Up to 1 minute
School
Enchantment
Level
2
Saving throw
Charisma

You attempt to suppress strong emotions in a group of people. Each humanoid in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must make a Charisma saving throw; a creature can choose to fail this saving throw if it wishes. If a creature fails its saving throw, choose one of the following two effects. You can suppress any effect causing a target to be charmed or frightened. When this spell ends, any suppressed effect resumes, provided that its duration has not expired in the meantime.

Alternatively, you can make a target indifferent about creatures of your choice that it is hostile toward. This indifference ends if the target is attacked or harmed by a spell or if it witnesses any of its friends being harmed. When the spell ends, the creature becomes hostile again, unless the GM rules otherwise.

Classes that can cast Calm Emotions

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Bard spells3rd character levelCharisma
Cleric spells3rd character levelWisdom

Calm Emotions in the 2024 rules

The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:

Same level, casting time, range, components, duration and dice; the text is reworded for the 2024 rules glossary.

Casting time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
School
Enchantment
Level
2
Classes
Bard, Cleric
Tags
concentration

Each Humanoid in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be affected by one of the following effects (choose for each creature): • The creature has Immunity to the Charmed and Frightened conditions until the spell ends. If the creature was already Charmed or Frightened, those conditions are suppressed for the duration. • The creature becomes Indifferent about creatures of your choice that it's Hostile toward. This indifference ends if the target takes damage or witnesses its allies taking damage. When the spell ends, the creature's attitude returns to normal.

2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.

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