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Divine Word 5e spell

7th-level evocation · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 bonus action
Range
30 feet
Components
V
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Evocation
Level
7
Saving throw
Charisma

You utter a divine word, imbued with the power that shaped the world at the dawn of creation. Choose any number of creatures you can see within range. Each creature that can hear you must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature suffers an effect based on its current hit points:

Regardless of its current hit points, a celestial, an elemental, a fey, or a fiend that fails its save is forced back to its plane of origin (if it isn't there already) and can't return to your current plane for 24 hours by any means short of a wish spell.

Classes that can cast Divine Word

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Cleric spells13th character levelWisdom

Divine Word 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
Bonus Action
Range
30 feet
Components
V
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Evocation
Level
7
Classes
Cleric

You utter a word imbued with power from the Upper Planes. Each creature of your choice in range makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a target that has 50 Hit Points or fewer suffers an effect based on its current Hit Points, as shown in the Divine Word Effects table. Regardless of its Hit Points, a Celestial, an Elemental, a Fey, or a Fiend target that fails its save is forced back to its plane of origin (if it isn't there already) and can't return to the current plane for 24 hours by any means short of a Wish spell.

Divine Word Effects

Hit PointsEffect
0–20The target dies.
21–30The target has the Blinded, Deafened, and Stunned conditions for 1 hour.
31–40The target has the Blinded and Deafened conditions for 10 minutes.
41–50The target has the Deafened condition for 1 minute.

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

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