Drown

Drown is a 3rd-level evocation available to Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard.

You cause a creature's lungs to fill with seawater. Unless the target makes a successful Constitution saving throw, it immediately begins suffocating. A suffocating creature can’t speak or perform verbal spell components. It can hold its breath, and thereafter can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round), after which it drops to 0 hit points and is dying. Huge or larger creatures are unaffected, as are creatures that can breathe water or that don’t require air. A suffocating (not dying) creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

Mechanics

level:
3
range:
90 feet
ritual:
false
school:
evocation
classes:
Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
duration:
Instantaneous
casting time:
1 action
concentration:
false

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Sources

  • Deep Magic 5e·OGL-1.0a·© Deep Magic 5e. OGL-1.0a. Via Open5e (open5e.com).
Last updated 6/19/2026·Tags: spell, evocation, druid, sorcerer, wizard