Vitriolic Sphere spell icon: a bubbling blob of acid
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Vitriolic Sphere 5e spell (2024)

4th-level evocation · new in the 2024 rules (SRD 5.2)

Casting time
Action
Range
150 feet
Components
V, S, M (a drop of bile)
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Evocation
Level
4
Classes
Sorcerer, Wizard

You point at a location within range, and a glowing, 1-foot-diameter ball of acid streaks there and explodes in a 20-foot-radius Sphere. Each creature in that area makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 10d4 Acid damage and another 5d4 Acid damage at the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half the initial damage only.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The initial damage increases by 2d4 for each spell slot level above 4.

Vitriolic Sphere isn’t in the 2014 SRD 5.1; this is its 2024 text from the SRD 5.2.

Classes that can cast Vitriolic Sphere

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Sorcerer spells7th character levelCharisma
Wizard spells7th character levelIntelligence

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

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