Divine Word: Spell Guide for 5th Edition

A divine word is one of the most powerful evocation spells available to only cleric class.

The component required for the spell is vocal. Its casting time is one bonus action and it targeting range is 30 feet.

7th-level evocation

Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell List: Cleric

You utter a divine word, imbued with the power that shaped the world at the dawn of creation. Choose any number of creatures you can see within range.

Each creature that can hear you must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature suffers an effect based on its current hit points:

  • 50 hit points or fewer: deafened for 1 minute
  • 40 hit points or fewer: deafened and blinded for 10 minutes
  • 30 hit points or fewer: blinded, deafened, and stunned for 1 hour
  • 20 hit points or fewer: killed instantly
  • Regardless of its current hit points, a celestial, an elemental, a fey, or a fiend that fails its save is forced back to its plane of origin (if it isn’t there already) and can’t return to your current plane for 24 hours by any means short of a wish spell.

    Frequently Asked Question of Divine Word

    1. What Is A Divine Word 5e?

    You utter a divine word, imbued with the power that shaped the world at the dawn of Creation. Choose any number of Creatures you can see within range.

    Each creature that can hear you must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature suffers an Effect based on its current Hit Points.

    2. How Good Is Divine Word 5e?

    If you end up surrounded by fey, fiends, celestials, or elementals, the divine word spell is a lovely way to banish as many of them as you can at once.

    Since the banishing effect doesn’t rely on their current number of hit points, it’s a reliable use of the spell that can take opponents immediately out of the fight.

    3. Does Divine Word Have Bonus Action?

    Yes.

    The spell description states that divine word have one bonus action. Divine Word can makes 30 hit points or fewer: blinded, deafened, and stunned for 1 hour.

    4. How Long Does It Take To Cast Divine Word?

    The casting time for a divine word spell is one bonus action, and its targeting range of 30 feet.

    5. Who Can Use Divine Word?

    The divine word spell is available to only cleric class with spellcasting abilities, but not all classes are able to use it on every spell.

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