Sunbeam 5e spell

6th-level evocation (concentration) · 2024 version below

Casting time: 1 action
Range: Self (60-foot line)
Components: V, S, M (A magnifying glass)
Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute
School: Evocation
Level: 6
Saving throw: Constitution
Damage type: Radiant

A beam of brilliant light flashes out from your hand in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long line. Each creature in the line must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 radiant damage and is blinded until your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and isn't blinded by this spell. Undead and oozes have disadvantage on this saving throw.

You can create a new line of radiance as your action on any turn until the spell ends.

For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines in your hand. It sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. This light is sunlight.

Classes that can cast Sunbeam

Class	First available	Spellcasting ability
Druid spells	11th character level	Wisdom
Sorcerer spells	11th character level	Charisma
Wizard spells	11th character level	Intelligence

Sunbeam 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:

Range: Self (60-foot line) → Self.
Added to the Cleric spell list.

Casting time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a magnifying glass)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
School: Evocation
Level: 6
Classes: Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
Tags: concentration

You launch a sunbeam in a 5-foot-wide, 60-foot-long Line. Each creature in the Line makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 6d8 Radiant damage and has the Blinded condition until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only.

Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to create a new Line of radiance.

For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines above you. It sheds Bright Light in a 30-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 30 feet. This light is sunlight.

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

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