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• Vitriolic Sphere
  created: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.943-04:00
  modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.943-04:00
  published: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.943-04:00
  tags:
• 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/boon-of-siberys/sorcerer-spell
• ttrpg-cli/spell/level/4th-level
• ttrpg-cli/spell/school/evocation
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/alchemist
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
• 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:
• Artificer (Alchemist)
• Bard
• Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
• Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
• Sorcerer
• Warden (Drake-Blooded)
• Warmage (House of Bishops)
• Wizard
• Wizard (Evoker)

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Vitriolic Sphere

4th-level, Evocation

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: 150 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a drop of bile)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You point at a location within range, and a glowing, 1-foot-diameter ball of acid streaks there and explodes in a 20-foot-radius Sphere. Each creature in that area makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 10d4 Acid damage and another 5d4 Acid damage at the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half the initial damage only.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The initial damage increases by 2d4 for each spell slot level above 4.

Classes: Artificer (Alchemist); Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Evoker); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 337. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)