Destruction

Destruction spells splinter material bonds by the direct application of force, typically elemental in nature. This includes damaging spells of flame, frost, shock, and disintegration, as well as magic that drains essence or personal attributes.

School of Destruction Spell List

Name	Level	Casting Time	Ritual	Concentration	Class	Source
Acid Splash	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Booming Blade*	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Finger of the Mountain	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Fire Bolt	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Flames	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Frostbite*	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warden	5e Core Rules
Green-Flame Blade*	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Lava Whip	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Lightning Lure*	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Poison Spray	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Warden	5e Core Rules
Ray of Frost	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Searing Strike	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Shocking Grasp	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Snow Flare	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Spellsword, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Sparks	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Sun Fire	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Priest	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Thunderbolt	0 (Cantrip)	1 action	No	No	Mage, Spellsword, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Burning Hands	1st	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Chaos Bolt*	1st	1 action	No	No	Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Combustion	1st	1 reaction	No	No	Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Drain Attribute	1st	1 action	No	Yes	Bard, Mage, Necromancer, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Drain Health	1st	1 action	No	No	Necromancer, Nightblade, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Drain Skill	1st	1 action	No	Yes	Bard, Mage, Nightblade	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Elemental Fists	1st	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Spellsword, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Hellish Rebuke	1st	1 reaction	No	No	Nightblade	5e Core Rules
Hex*	1st	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Necromancer, Nightblade, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Hunter's Mark	1st	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Warden	5e Core Rules
Ice Knife*	1st	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warden	5e Core Rules
Magicka Drain	1st	1 action	No	No	Crusader, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Searing Smite*	1st	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Crusader, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Thunderous Smite*	1st	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Crusader, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Thunderwave	1st	1 action	No	No	Bard, Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	5e Core Rules
Acid Arrow	2nd	1 action	No	No	Mage	5e Core Rules
Aganazzar's Scorcher*	2nd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Arctic Blow	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Baronoff's Bloody Icicle	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Disintegrate Weapon	2nd	1 reaction	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Drain Luck	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Bard, Nightblade	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Engulfling Breath	2nd	1 action	No	No	Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Fire Bite	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Crusader, Mage, Priest, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Flaming Sphere	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Warden	5e Core Rules
Impaling Shards	2nd	1 action	No	No	Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Scorching Ray	2nd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Snilloc's Snowball Swarm*	2nd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Stormhand	2nd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Black Hand	3rd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Necromancer, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Call Lightning	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Warden	5e Core Rules
Elemental Weapon*	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Crusader, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Fireball	3rd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Flame Arrows*	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warden	5e Core Rules
Icy Blast	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Lightning Arrow*	3rd	1 bonus action	No	Yes	–	5e Core Rules
Lightning Bolt	3rd	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Luminous Shards	3rd	1 action	No	No	Crusader	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Melf’s Minute Meteors*	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Overload	3rd	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Stinking Cloud	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Bard, Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Weakness to Elements	3rd	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Necromancer, Priest, Sorcerer, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Arniel's Convection	4th	1 bonus action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Disintegrate Armor	4th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Elemental Bane*	4th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warden	5e Core Rules
Fire Shield	4th	1 action	No	No	Mage	5e Core Rules
Ice Storm	4th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	5e Core Rules
Inferno	4th	1 action	No	Yes	Spellsword	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Shockball	4th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Sickening Radiance*	4th	1 action	No	Yes	Necromancer, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Storm Sphere*	4th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Vitriolic Sphere*	4th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Wall of Fire	4th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer, Warden	5e Core Rules
Black Winter	5th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Cloudkill	5th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Necromancer, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Cone of Cold	5th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Destructive Wave*	5th	1 action	No	No	Crusader	5e Core Rules
Flame Strike	5th	1 action	No	No	Priest, Spellsword	5e Core Rules
Immolation*	5th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Vampire's Bane	5th	1 action	No	No	Crusader, Priest	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Chain Lightning	6th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Freezing Sphere	6th	1 action	No	No	Mage	5e Core Rules
Lightning Form	6th	1 action	No	Yes	Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Strangulation	6th	1 action	No	Yes	Nightblade, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Wall of Thorns	6th	1 action	No	Yes	Warden	5e Core Rules
Wizard Rend	6th	1 action	No	Yes	Bard, Mage, Necromancer, Nightblade, Priest	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Delayed Blast Fireball	7th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Fire Storm	7th	1 action	No	No	Priest, Sorcerer, Warden	5e Core Rules
Incendiary Cloud	8th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Dawn's Wrath	9th	1 action	No	No	Priest	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Meteor Swarm	9th	1 action	No	No	Mage, Sorcerer	5e Core Rules
Sphere of Negation	9th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Nightblade, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil
Storm of Vengeance	9th	1 action	No	Yes	Warden	5e Core Rules
Wizard's Fury	9th	1 action	No	Yes	Mage, Sorcerer	Legionnaire's Guide to Cyrodiil