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  • Insect Plague
    created: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.060-04:00
    modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.060-04:00
    published: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.060-04:00
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  • ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/cleric
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/druid
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/sorcerer
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/boon-of-siberys/sorcerer-spell
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/level/5th-level
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/school/conjuration
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/burden-of-calamity
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/circle-of-the-land/tropical-land
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/divine-soul/good
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/fiend-patron
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/pharaoh
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/swarmkeeper
    cssclasses:
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    classes:
  • Bard
  • Cleric
  • Druid
  • Druid (Circle of the Land, Tropical Land)
  • Martyr (Burden of Calamity)
  • Necromancer (Pharaoh)
  • Ranger (Swarmkeeper)
  • Sorcerer
  • Sorcerer (Divine Soul, Good)
  • Warlock (Fiend Patron)

Insect Plague

5th-level, Conjuration

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: 300 feet
  • Components: V, S, M (a locust)
  • Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Swarming locusts fill a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range. The Sphere remains for the duration, and its area is Lightly Obscured and Difficult Terrain.

When the swarm appears, each creature in it makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 Piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes this save when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. A creature makes this save only once per turn.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 5.

Classes: Bard; Cleric; Druid (Circle of the Land, Tropical Land); Druid; Martyr (Burden of Calamity); Necromancer (Pharaoh); Ranger (Swarmkeeper); Sorcerer (Divine Soul, Good); Sorcerer; Warlock (Fiend Patron)

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 289. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)