Ill-Fated Word
Ill-Fated Word is a 1st-level divination available to Bard, Sorceror, Wizard.
You call out a distracting epithet to a creature, worsening its chance to succeed at whatever it's doing. Roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw that the target has just made; the target uses the lowered result to determine the outcome of its roll.
Mechanics
- level:
- 1
- range:
- 30 Feet
- ritual:
- false
- school:
- divination
- classes:
- Bard, Sorceror, Wizard
- duration:
- Instantaneous
- casting time:
- 1 reaction, which you take when an enemy makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw
- 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, divination, bard, sorceror, wizard