Phantasmal Force

Phantasmal Force is a level 2 illusion spell. It allows spellcasters to flood a target creature's mind with an illusion of the last thing that attacked it, dealing 1d6⁠

⁠Psychic damage per turn, changing to the last type of damage inflicted upon the target.

Description

Deal damage to a creature each turn. At the start of its turn, it takes

⁠Psychic damage. Each subsequent time it takes damage, the damage type of Phantasmal Force changes to match that damage type.

Properties

Cost:  Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot
Details:  INT Save;  Range: 18 m (60 ft);  Concentration

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Technical details

UID

Target_PhantasmalForce

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsHarmful, IsSpell

Condition: Phantasmal Force

 Phantasmal Force

Duration: 10 turns

 INT Save (Spell save DC)

Haunted by an echo of the last thing that attacked them.

Takes 1d6⁠⁠Psychic damage each turn.
When the target takes damage from another source, Phantasmal Force changes to that damage type.
At the end of each turn, the target makes an  Intelligence Saving Throw. On a success, the condition ends.

How to learn

Classes:

Class level 3: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, The Great Old One, and The Archfey
Class level 7: Arcane Trickster
Class level 8: Eldritch Knight

Other ways to learn:

There are no scrolls available for wizards to transcribe to their spellbooks.  Scroll of Phantasmal Force is unobtainable without third party tools.

Notes

The individual Phantasmal Force damage conditions all share the same StackID with each other, meaning only one may be active on a character at a time. Due to the way the passive is written, this causes a priority effect where the conditions follow this order of priority (with the earlier conditions taking priority over later conditions):
- Slashing > Piercing > Bludgeoning > Acid > Thunder > Necrotic > Fire > Lightning > Cold > Psychic > Poison > Radiant > Force
  - For example, if a character casts  Ice Knife, which deals both Piercing and Cold damage, on a target that is affected by Phantasmal Force, the enemy will be left with Phantasmal Force: Piercing.

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 Phantasmal force on the Forgotten Realms Wiki