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  • Shocking Grasp
    created: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.964-04:00
    modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.964-04:00
    published: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.964-04:00
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  • ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/artificer
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/sorcerer
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/wizard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/aberrant-dragonmark
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/artificer-initiate
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/level/cantrip
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/pact-of-the-tome
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/tower-apprentice
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/race/elf/high-elf
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/race/khoravar
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/race/kobold
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/school/evocation
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/circle-of-the-land/temperate-land
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/drake-blooded
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
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    classes:
  • Artificer
  • Bard (College of Lore)
  • Druid (Circle of the Land, Temperate Land)
  • Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
  • Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
  • Sorcerer
  • Warden (Drake-Blooded)
  • Warmage (House of Bishops)
  • Wizard
  • Wizard (Evoker)

Shocking Grasp

cantrip, Evocation

  • Casting time: 1 Action
  • Range: Touch
  • Components: V, S
  • Duration: Instantaneous

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can’t make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

Classes: Artificer; Bard (College of Lore); Druid (Circle of the Land, Temperate Land); Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Evoker); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 316. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)