Spells
Here, you'll find lots of different spells. Some of these were written for 3.5 edition, but these have been updated to 5e. Most are included in the downloadable vanDorne's Spell Compendium, volume I (which also incorporates feedback given on the spells as they were posted).
Artificer spells
5th level
Puissant punch - Imbue one of your arms with tremendous force
Bard spells
1st level
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Earworm - Distract a target and break their concentration
Kindle hope - Make an individual feel loved, and cling to life
2nd level
Chevalier’s spirit - Call forth a ghostly knight to guard your from attackers
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
Requiescat - Speed the soul of the departed, to prevent their spirit returning
3rd level
Brightest candle - Imbue a target with tremendous power, at the expense of their own health
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Elevation - Celebrate a target's new position or rank
Outburst - Let loose a shout of lightning and thunder
Tribal hospitality - Formally welcome strangers into tribal lands and prevent attacks from native animals and spirits
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
7th level
Memoriam - Change the way that someone is remembered after dying
Cleric spells
Cantrips
Radiant surge - Touch a target with sacred light
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Kindle hope - Make an individual feel loved, and cling to life
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
2nd level
Ancestral defender - Call a spirit to ward you from danger
Brightblast - Summon a blast which you can discharge immediately or save for later
Guarding tread - Imbue your footprints with protection
Iron resolution - Imbue someone with the spirit of a warrior-celestial to boost their proficiency bonus
Prayer of well-wishes - Send your love to someone dear to your heart, up to 1,000 miles away
Requiescat - Speed the soul of the departed, to prevent their spirit returning
3rd level
Brightest candle - Imbue a target with tremendous power, at the expense of their own health
Elevation - Celebrate a target's new position or rank
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spirit advocate - Conjure a deceased soul to help you, and then speed them on their way
Tribal hospitality - Formally welcome strangers into tribal lands and prevent attacks from native animals and spirits
Warding circle - Create a dome to keep opponents out and scare them away
4th level
Ancestral support - Call the spirits of your ancestors to hold concentration on a spell for you
Cleansing nova - Sweep an area with radiant light, damaging your enemies and healing your allies
Deity’s grace - A protection spell for long-term missions
5th level
Excommunicate - Formally cast out a member of your religion
Perfect outcome - Scan the possible futures for the best outcomes
Druid spells
1st level
Insect infestation - Summon a burrowing swarm which tunnels from the target's skin
2nd level
Apotropaic plant - Grow a plant which can absorb curses sent in your direction
Battle bond - Unite you and a creature you're linked to, making you act in deadly unison
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
3rd level
Stormcharge - Charge yourself with a storm's power, which you can absorb or fire at enemies
4th level
Evellerecor - Tear a target's heart from their chest
Galvanize - Cause objects from the ground to shoot upwards at great speed
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock
Sirocco - Awaken the hot anger of the desert wind over a vast area
Paladin spells
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Incandescent wings - Soar upon wings of multicoloured light for a brief time
2nd level
Brightblast - Summon a blast which you can discharge immediately or save for later
Guarding tread - Imbue your footprints with protection
Iron resolution - Imbue someone with the spirit of a warrior-celestial to boost their proficiency bonus
Prayer of well-wishes - Send your love to someone dear to your heart, up to 1,000 miles away
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
4th level
Deity’s grace - A protection spell for long-term missions
Ranger spells
1st level
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
2nd level
Battle bond - Unite you and a creature you're linked to, making you act in deadly unison
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
3rd level
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar or friendly animal into a combat monster
Sorcerer spells
1st level
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Discharge - Deliver electrical charge into the ground around you
Flare - A short-ranged blast of fire that harms and dazzles an attacker
Hex bolt - A bolt of necrotic energy that can stun an enemy
Phrenic assault - Sense an enemy's weakness and use it to crush and frighten them
Spectral mentor - Call up a helpful spirit or imaginary friend to help you with tasks
2nd level
Actuate - Direct loose objects in the vicinity at an opponent
Ancestral defender - Call a spirit to ward you from danger
Apotropaic plan - Grow a plant which can absorb curses sent in your direction
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blades of Damocles - Form a weapon of magical energy, hanging over a target
Blood of retribution - Transform spilled blood into shardlike daggers
Claws of calamity - Transform your hands into claws of psychic energy
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Firdaus’ firefling - Conjure swirling fire that protects you, and which you can fling at opponents
Harmless fortune - Transform an incoming attack into a shower of harmless copper coins
Outburst - Let loose a shout of lightning and thunder
Prismatic strands - Wrap a target in bands of coloured energy
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Splinch - Undo a target's bodily permanence
Stormcharge - Charge yourself with a storm's power, which you can absorb or fire at enemies
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar into a combat monster
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
4th level
Ancestral support - Call the spirits of your ancestors to hold concentration on a spell for you
Evellerecor - Tear a target's heart from their chest
Galvanize - Cause objects from the ground to shoot upwards at great speed
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Quantum duplication - Make a momentary duplicate of you
Ragefire - Tap into your internal rage and burn an enemy from within
Reality shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
5th level
Banishing beam - Send forth a steady beam of light that can banish extraplanar creatures
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
6th level
Reave - Tear open a momentary planar rift within an enemy
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock
Warlock spells
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Earworm - Distract a target and break their concentration
Insect infestation - Summon a burrowing swarm which tunnels from the target's skin
Spectral mentor - Call up a helpful spirit or imaginary friend to help you with tasks
2nd level
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blood of retribution - Transform spilled blood into shardlike daggers
Claws of calamity - Transform your hands into claws of psychic energy
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Globe of abnegation - Surround yourself with a globe of energy which absorbs attacks
3rd level
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Spirit advocate - Conjure a deceased soul to help you, and then speed them on their way
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Ragefire - Tap into your internal rage and burn an enemy from within
Reality Shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
Unshackle the Great Old One - Let slip the bonds that keep your patron out, and give them full control for a short time
5th level
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
6th level
Reave - Tear open a momentary planar rift within an enemy
Wizard spells
1st level
Alleviate wounds - Allow a touched creature to draw on their reserves to stay alive
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Discharge - Deliver electrical charge into the ground around you
Flare - A short-ranged blast of fire that harms and dazzles an attacker
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
Willem’s whiplash - Fling an attacker away from you
2nd level
Actuate - Direct loose objects in the vicinity at an opponent
Arcane containment - Create a bubble to contain a magical effect
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blades of Damocles - Form a weapon of magical energy, hanging over a target
Chevalier’s spirit - Call forth a ghostly knight to guard your from attackers
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Globe of abnegation - Surround yourself with a globe of energy which absorbs attacks
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
Tyrna’s telefactors - Conjure spectral hands that allow you to manipulate objects at distance
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Harmless fortune - Transform an incoming attack into a shower of harmless copper coins
Norlian’s numismatic trap - Create a trap out of a pile of coins
Prismatic strands - Wrap a target in bands of coloured energy
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Splinch - Undo a target's bodily permanence
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar into a combat monster
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
Warding circle - Create a dome to keep opponents out and scare them away
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Quantum duplication - Make a momentary duplicate of you
Reality shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
5th level
Banishing beam - Send forth a steady beam of light that can banish extraplanar creatures
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
Perfect outcome - Scan the possible futures for the best outcomes
Puissant punch - Imbue one of your arms with tremendous force
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock
Artificer spells
5th level
Puissant punch - Imbue one of your arms with tremendous force
Bard spells
1st level
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Earworm - Distract a target and break their concentration
Kindle hope - Make an individual feel loved, and cling to life
2nd level
Chevalier’s spirit - Call forth a ghostly knight to guard your from attackers
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
Requiescat - Speed the soul of the departed, to prevent their spirit returning
3rd level
Brightest candle - Imbue a target with tremendous power, at the expense of their own health
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Elevation - Celebrate a target's new position or rank
Outburst - Let loose a shout of lightning and thunder
Tribal hospitality - Formally welcome strangers into tribal lands and prevent attacks from native animals and spirits
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
7th level
Memoriam - Change the way that someone is remembered after dying
Cleric spells
Cantrips
Radiant surge - Touch a target with sacred light
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Kindle hope - Make an individual feel loved, and cling to life
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
2nd level
Ancestral defender - Call a spirit to ward you from danger
Brightblast - Summon a blast which you can discharge immediately or save for later
Guarding tread - Imbue your footprints with protection
Iron resolution - Imbue someone with the spirit of a warrior-celestial to boost their proficiency bonus
Prayer of well-wishes - Send your love to someone dear to your heart, up to 1,000 miles away
Requiescat - Speed the soul of the departed, to prevent their spirit returning
3rd level
Brightest candle - Imbue a target with tremendous power, at the expense of their own health
Elevation - Celebrate a target's new position or rank
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spirit advocate - Conjure a deceased soul to help you, and then speed them on their way
Tribal hospitality - Formally welcome strangers into tribal lands and prevent attacks from native animals and spirits
Warding circle - Create a dome to keep opponents out and scare them away
4th level
Ancestral support - Call the spirits of your ancestors to hold concentration on a spell for you
Cleansing nova - Sweep an area with radiant light, damaging your enemies and healing your allies
Deity’s grace - A protection spell for long-term missions
5th level
Excommunicate - Formally cast out a member of your religion
Perfect outcome - Scan the possible futures for the best outcomes
Druid spells
1st level
Insect infestation - Summon a burrowing swarm which tunnels from the target's skin
2nd level
Apotropaic plant - Grow a plant which can absorb curses sent in your direction
Battle bond - Unite you and a creature you're linked to, making you act in deadly unison
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
3rd level
Stormcharge - Charge yourself with a storm's power, which you can absorb or fire at enemies
4th level
Evellerecor - Tear a target's heart from their chest
Galvanize - Cause objects from the ground to shoot upwards at great speed
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock
Sirocco - Awaken the hot anger of the desert wind over a vast area
Paladin spells
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Incandescent wings - Soar upon wings of multicoloured light for a brief time
2nd level
Brightblast - Summon a blast which you can discharge immediately or save for later
Guarding tread - Imbue your footprints with protection
Iron resolution - Imbue someone with the spirit of a warrior-celestial to boost their proficiency bonus
Prayer of well-wishes - Send your love to someone dear to your heart, up to 1,000 miles away
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
4th level
Deity’s grace - A protection spell for long-term missions
Ranger spells
1st level
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
2nd level
Battle bond - Unite you and a creature you're linked to, making you act in deadly unison
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
3rd level
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar or friendly animal into a combat monster
Sorcerer spells
1st level
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Discharge - Deliver electrical charge into the ground around you
Flare - A short-ranged blast of fire that harms and dazzles an attacker
Hex bolt - A bolt of necrotic energy that can stun an enemy
Phrenic assault - Sense an enemy's weakness and use it to crush and frighten them
Spectral mentor - Call up a helpful spirit or imaginary friend to help you with tasks
2nd level
Actuate - Direct loose objects in the vicinity at an opponent
Ancestral defender - Call a spirit to ward you from danger
Apotropaic plan - Grow a plant which can absorb curses sent in your direction
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blades of Damocles - Form a weapon of magical energy, hanging over a target
Blood of retribution - Transform spilled blood into shardlike daggers
Claws of calamity - Transform your hands into claws of psychic energy
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Firdaus’ firefling - Conjure swirling fire that protects you, and which you can fling at opponents
Harmless fortune - Transform an incoming attack into a shower of harmless copper coins
Outburst - Let loose a shout of lightning and thunder
Prismatic strands - Wrap a target in bands of coloured energy
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Splinch - Undo a target's bodily permanence
Stormcharge - Charge yourself with a storm's power, which you can absorb or fire at enemies
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar into a combat monster
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
4th level
Ancestral support - Call the spirits of your ancestors to hold concentration on a spell for you
Evellerecor - Tear a target's heart from their chest
Galvanize - Cause objects from the ground to shoot upwards at great speed
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Quantum duplication - Make a momentary duplicate of you
Ragefire - Tap into your internal rage and burn an enemy from within
Reality shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
5th level
Banishing beam - Send forth a steady beam of light that can banish extraplanar creatures
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
6th level
Reave - Tear open a momentary planar rift within an enemy
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock
Warlock spells
1st level
Blade of regrets - Transform a weapon into a ghostly remnant to inflict psychic damage
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Earworm - Distract a target and break their concentration
Insect infestation - Summon a burrowing swarm which tunnels from the target's skin
Spectral mentor - Call up a helpful spirit or imaginary friend to help you with tasks
2nd level
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blood of retribution - Transform spilled blood into shardlike daggers
Claws of calamity - Transform your hands into claws of psychic energy
Displace curse - Choose a new target for a spell directed at you
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Globe of abnegation - Surround yourself with a globe of energy which absorbs attacks
3rd level
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Spirit advocate - Conjure a deceased soul to help you, and then speed them on their way
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Ragefire - Tap into your internal rage and burn an enemy from within
Reality Shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
Unshackle the Great Old One - Let slip the bonds that keep your patron out, and give them full control for a short time
5th level
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
6th level
Reave - Tear open a momentary planar rift within an enemy
Wizard spells
1st level
Alleviate wounds - Allow a touched creature to draw on their reserves to stay alive
Call the concealing horde - Summon a swarm that hides you from sight
Discharge - Deliver electrical charge into the ground around you
Flare - A short-ranged blast of fire that harms and dazzles an attacker
Vulnerability - Make a target susceptible to a type of harm
Willem’s whiplash - Fling an attacker away from you
2nd level
Actuate - Direct loose objects in the vicinity at an opponent
Arcane containment - Create a bubble to contain a magical effect
Befouling jet - Cover a target with a thick, stinky spatter of tar, restricting their movement
Blades of Damocles - Form a weapon of magical energy, hanging over a target
Chevalier’s spirit - Call forth a ghostly knight to guard your from attackers
Fulminating cloud - Create a cloud that threatens lightning damage
Globe of abnegation - Surround yourself with a globe of energy which absorbs attacks
Murderous multitude - Momentarily relocate as a flock of ravens
Tyrna’s telefactors - Conjure spectral hands that allow you to manipulate objects at distance
3rd level
Burning step - Send yourself or an ally surging forward with fiery speed and power
Cognomination - Choose a new name for yourself, updating reality to match
Demon bolt - Fire a snaking bolt of reality-erasing destruction
Harmless fortune - Transform an incoming attack into a shower of harmless copper coins
Norlian’s numismatic trap - Create a trap out of a pile of coins
Prismatic strands - Wrap a target in bands of coloured energy
Protective aegis - Conjure a bubble that can absorb attacks
Spreadflame - Coat a victim in viscous, clinging fire that spreads to objects and creatures
Splinch - Undo a target's bodily permanence
Unearthly guardian - Transform a familiar into a combat monster
Viper’s nest - Conjure ghostly-seeming vipers that lash out around you
Warding circle - Create a dome to keep opponents out and scare them away
4th level
Maddening whispers - Plague a target with ghostly whispers
Quantum duplication - Make a momentary duplicate of you
Reality shatter - Rupture the skin of reality in a violent wave before it reasserts
Sieze dweomer - Counter a spell so thoroughly that you cause a target to forget it
5th level
Banishing beam - Send forth a steady beam of light that can banish extraplanar creatures
Call forth the scarlet flux - Tear blood from other creatures to heal you
Expurgation - Burn away hostile effects and use their magic to heal you
Perfect outcome - Scan the possible futures for the best outcomes
Puissant punch - Imbue one of your arms with tremendous force
7th level
Immolating inferno - Conjure a gout of magma all around you, which hardens into rock