Incendiary Cloud spell icon: a cloud of burning embers
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Incendiary Cloud 5e spell

8th-level conjuration (concentration) · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action
Range
150 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, Up to 1 minute
School
Conjuration
Level
8
Saving throw
Dexterity
Damage type
Fire

A swirling cloud of smoke shot through with white-hot embers appears in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within range. The cloud spreads around corners and is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it.

When the cloud appears, each creature in it must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 10d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature must also make this saving throw when it enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there.

The cloud moves 10 feet directly away from you in a direction that you choose at the start of each of your turns.

Classes that can cast Incendiary Cloud

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Sorcerer spells15th character levelCharisma
Wizard spells15th character levelIntelligence

Incendiary Cloud 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:

Casting time
Action
Range
150 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
School
Conjuration
Level
8
Classes
Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
Tags
concentration

A swirling cloud of embers and smoke fills a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. The cloud's area is Heavily Obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a strong wind (like that created by Gust of Wind) disperses it.

When the cloud appears, each creature in it makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d8 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature must also make this save when the Sphere moves into its space and when it enters the Sphere or ends its turn there. A creature makes this save only once per turn.

The cloud moves 10 feet away from you in a direction you choose at the start of each of your turns.

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

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