Hail of Thorns

Hail of Thorns is a level 1 conjuration spell. It allows the caster to make a ranged attack which creates a ⁠Piercing damage explosion in addition to dealing normal weapon damage.

Description

Shoot a volley of thorns. The thorns deal weapon damage to the target and then explode. The explosion deals an additional 1d10⁠⁠Piercing damage to the target and surrounding creatures. On miss, the thorns still explode. On save, targets still take half damage from the explosion.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Bonus Action +  Level 1 Spell Slot

Damage: 1~10

Normal weapon damage

+ 1d10⁠Piercing ( Dexterity Saving Throw to halve)

Details

 Attack Roll (On Miss: Thorns still explode.)

 DEX Save (On Save: Targets still take half damage from the explosion.)

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 AoE: 2 m (7 ft) Radius

At higher levels

• When the spell is cast at 2nd Level or higher, the addition AoE damage increases by 1d10⁠⁠Piercing for each spell slot level above 1st.

Technical details

UID

Projectile_HailOfThorns

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsSpell, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Ranger

Granted by items:

• Gloves of Hail of Thorns ( Recharge: Short rest)

Notes

• There are two rolls involved with this spell: An  Attack Roll to determine if the weapon damage applies to the main target and a  Dexterity Saving Throw to determine if the explosion damage is halved.
• The hit chance shown in the preview when targeting the spell is for the saving throw rather than the attack roll.
• Despite involving an attack roll and weapon damage, Hail of Thorns does not count as a weapon attack for many interactions, most notably  Extra Attack.

Bugs

• Since the primary roll of this ability is not a weapon attack roll, it does not benefit from certain bonus damage sources which check the attack roll type despite listing the additional damage on the tooltip. These include:
  •  Arcane Synergy
  •  Gloves of Archery
  •  Hunter's Mark
  •  Sharpshooter: All In
  •  Titanstring Bow
• If the target fails the initial saving throw, the attack roll always succeeds.
• Due to a coding error, the UI fails to highlight the current spell slot level of Hail of Thorns when selecting it from the upcast options. Additionally, each option displays a bonus action icon instead of the spell slot icon.

External links

 Hail of thorns on the Forgotten Realms Wiki