Bone Chill

Bone Chill is a cantrip (Necromancy). It deals ⁠Necrotic damage and prevents the target from regaining Hit Points.

Description

Prevent the target from healing until your next turn. The target cannot help  Downed characters. An undead target receives  Disadvantage on  Attack Rolls.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 1~8

1d8⁠Necrotic

Details

 Attack Roll

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

At higher levels

• At character level 5, the damage increases to 2d8⁠⁠Necrotic.
• At character level 10, the damage increases to 3d8⁠⁠Necrotic.

Technical details

UID

Target_ChillTouch

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsSpell

Condition: Bone Chilled

 Bone Chilled

Duration: 1 turn

• Can not regain  hit points.
• Cannot help  Downed characters.
• If Undead, has  Disadvantage on  Attack Rolls.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, and Death Domain (Domain Spell)
• Class level 2: Circle of the Spores (Circle Spell)
• Class level 3: Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster
• Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
• Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Races:

• Character level 1: High Elf and High Half-Elf

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
•  Magic Initiate: Warlock
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard
•  Spell Sniper

Other ways to learn:

• Wizards can transcribe a  Scroll of Bone Chill to their spellbooks.

Notes

• The High Elf and High Half-Elf racial versions of this spell are from the Wizard spell list and use Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, regardless of the character's class.
• This spell has been renamed from Chill Touch, the tabletop version's name.
• The incantation for Bone Chill is Timē, the Latin command "fear."

External links

•  Chill touch on the Forgotten Realms Wiki