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  • Chromatic Orb
    created: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.810-04:00
    modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.810-04:00
    published: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.810-04:00
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  • ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/sorcerer
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/wizard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/aberrant-dragonmark
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/boon-of-siberys/sorcerer-spell
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/level/1st-level
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/school/evocation
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/burden-of-the-end
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/draconic-sorcery
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/drake-blooded
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/evoker
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/house-of-bishops
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    classes:
  • Bard
  • Bard (College of Lore)
  • Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
  • Martyr (Burden of the End)
  • Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
  • Sorcerer
  • Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery)
  • Warden (Drake-Blooded)
  • Warmage (House of Bishops)
  • Wizard
  • Wizard (Evoker)

Chromatic Orb

1st-level, Evocation

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: 90 feet
  • Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth 50+ GP)
  • Duration: Instantaneous

You hurl an orb of energy at a target within range. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 damage of the chosen type.

If you roll the same number on two or more of the d8s, the orb leaps to a different target of your choice within 30 feet of the target. Make an attack roll against the new target, and make a new damage roll. The orb can’t leap again unless you cast the spell with a level 2+ spell slot.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1. The orb can leap a maximum number of times equal to the level of the slot expended, and a creature can be targeted only once by each casting of this spell.

Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Martyr (Burden of the End); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Evoker); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 249. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)

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