Malicious Rancor

Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt

Malicious Rancor

3-level Evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range/Area: 60 feet (10 foot radius)

Components: V, S, M (a skull that belonged to a creature that succumbed to a curse, worth at least 1 sp, which the spell consumes)

Duration: 1 round

You hurl a deformed skull covered in scratches and holes and strewn in curses at a creature within range, where the skull explodes with violent hatred. Make a ranged spell attack against the creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 necrotic damage. Hit or miss, the skull then detonates, emitting a psychic wailing from that point. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a Wisdom saving throw, taking 5d4 psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Until the start of your next turn, if a creature enters the area or ends its turn there, it must make the saving throw against the skull’s damage.

At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the psychic damage increases by 2d4 for each slot level above 3rd.

Available for: Warlock