Forgotten 2nd Level Spells

Revising Spells
Continuing our "Forgotten" serie, we are revising
today subpar 2nd level spells!

Revised 2nd-Level Spells

Aganazzar's Scorcher, Barkskin, Branding Smite
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Cloud of Daggers, Cordon of Arrows, Crown of Madness
Darkness, Dragon Breath, Dust Devil, Enthrall, Find Traps
Barkskin
Magic Weapons, Maximillian's Earthen Grasp 2nd level transmutation
Melf's Acid Arrow, Pyrotechnics Casting Time: 1 action
Ray of Enfeeblement, Snilloc's Snowball Storm
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a handful of oak bark)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Aganazzar’s Scorcher
2nd level evocation You touch a willing creature. Until the spell ends, the target’s
Casting Time: 1 action skin has a rough, bark-like appearance, and the target’s base
AC can’t be less than 16, regardless of what kind of armor it
Range: 30 feet is wearing.
Components: V, S, M (a red dragon's scale)
Duration: Instantaneous Branding Smite
Choose a point you can see within range. A line of roaring 2nd level evocation
flame 30 feet long and 5 feet wide emanates from you that Casting Time: 1 bonus action
point in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line Range: Self
must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 fire Components: V
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute (You can
successful one. concentrate on an other paladin spell that doesn't have
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot the word "smite" in its name at the same time your
of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each concentrate on that spell. Both spells end if you loose
slot level above 2nd. your concentration.)
The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before
this spell ends, the weapon gleams with astral radiance as
you strike. The attack deals an extra 2d6 radiant damage to
the target, which becomes visible if it is invisible, and the
target sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius and can’t become
invisible until the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d6 for
each slot level above 2nd.
Cloud of Daggers
2nd level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a sliver of glass)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You fill the air with spinning daggers in a cube 5 feet on each
side, centered on a point you choose within range. A creature
takes 4d4 slashing damage when it enters the spell’s area for
the first time on a turn or starts its turn there.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for each
slot level above 2nd. Moreover, when you cast this spell
with a 4th- or 5th-level spell slot, you can fill a second 5
feet cube with spinning daggers. That second cube must
be adjacent to the first one. When you cast this spell with
a 6th-level spell slot or higher, you can fill 2 more 5 feet
cubes (for a total of 4). They must be adjacent between
them. A creature only takes damage from this spell once
per turn, even if it moves through multiple cubes of
spinning daggers.
Cordon of Arrows
2nd level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, S, M (four or more arrows or bolts)
Duration: 8 hours
You plant four piecesof nonmagical ammunition – arrows or
crossbow bolts – in the ground within range and lay magic
upon them to protect an area. You can plant pieces of non-
magical ammunition - arrows or crossbow bolts - in the
ground within range at any point during the turn you cast
that spell. The pieces of ammunition must be planted at
least 10 feet away from one another. Every time you plant
a new piece of ammunition this way, a cordon of ghostly
arrows appears between that piece of ammunition and
the last one you have planted, protecting the line between
those two. Until the spell ends, whenever a creature other
than you comes within 30 feet of the ammunition for the first
time on a turn or ends its turn there, one piece of
ammunition flies up to strike it. walks throught a line of
ghostly arrows, spectral ammunition fly up to strike it.
The creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or
take 1d6 piercing psychic damage. The piece of ammunition
is then destroyed. The spell ends when no ammunition
remains.
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When you cast this spell, you can designate any creatures you
choose, and the spell ignores them.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the amount of ammunition that can be
affected increases by two the damage of the spectral
arrows increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
Crown of Madness
2nd level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
One humanoid of your choice that you can see within range
must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed
by you for the duration. While the target is charmed in this
way, a twisted crown of jagged iron appears on its head, and a
madness glows in its eyes.
The charmed target must use its action before moving on
each of its turns to make a melee an attack against a creature
other than itself that you mentally choose. You can make the
target draw a weapon or reload a ranged weapon as part
of that attack. The target can act normally on its turn if you
choose no creature or if none are within its reach.
On your subsequent turns, you must use your action to
maintain control over the target, or the spell ends. Also, the
target can make a Wisdom saving throw at the end of each of
its turns. On a success, the spell ends.
Darkness
2nd level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (a hot pepper)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Magical darkness spreads from a point you choose within
range to fill a 15-foot radius Sphere for the Duration. The
darkness spreads around corners. A creature with Darkvision
can't see through this darkness, and nonmagical light can't
illuminate it.
If the point you choose is on an object you are holding or one
that isn't being worn or carried, the darkness emanates from
the object and moves with it. Completely covering the source
of the darkness with an opaque object, such as a bowl or a
helm, blocks the darkness.
If any of this spell's area overlaps with an area of light created
by a spell of 2nd Level or lower, the spell that created the
light is dispelled.
NEW : At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
spell slot of 3rd level or higher, it can dispell light created by
spells of a same level or lower (a 5th level Darkness can
dispell light created by a 5th level spell for instance).
Dragon Breath
2nd level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a hot pepper)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You touch one willing creature and imbue it with the power to
spew magical energy from its mouth, provided it has one.
Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Until the spell
ends, the creature can use an action to exhale energy of the
chosen type in a 15-foot cone. (Alternatively, the target can
replace one of its attacks by a dragon breath when it
takes the attack action). Each creature in that area must
make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 damage of the
chosen type on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each
slot level above 2nd.
Dust Devil
2nd level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
All traps within range start to glow softly
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of dust)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose an unoccupied 5-foot 10-foot cube of air that you can
see within range. An elemental force that resembles a dust
devil appears in the cube and lasts for the spell’s duration.
Any creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of enters the
dust devil for the first time of the turn must make a
Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes
1d8 bludgeoning damage and is pushed 10 feet away. On a
successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and
isn’t pushed.
As a bonus action, you can move the dust devil up to 30 feet
in any direction. If the dust devil moves over a creature,
the creature suffers the same effect as if it had entered
the dust devil itself (see above). It is then immuned to
your dust devil effects until the end of the turn. If the dust
devil moves over sand, dust, loose dirt, or small gravel, it
sucks up the material and forms a 10-foot-radius cloud of
debris around itself that lasts until the start of your next turn.
The cloud heavily obscures its area.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each
slot level above 2nd.
Enthrall
2nd level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
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You weave a distracting string of words, causing creatures of
your choice that you can see within range and that can hear
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. Any creature that can’t
be charmed succeeds on this saving throw automatically. and
if you or your companions are fighting a creature, it has
advantage on the save. On a failed save, the target has
disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to
perceive any creature other than you until the spell ends or
until the target can no longer hear you. On a failed save, the
target considers any creature but you as hidden (as if
every creatures nearby succeeded a hide action). As an
action, the target can search for creatures hidden thanks
to your enthrall spell. When it does so, it makes a wisdom
saving throw, ending the spell on a success. A creature
also automatically reveals itself if it attacks the target or
cast a spell that affects it before the spell ends. The spell
ends if you are incapacitated or can no longer speak.
Find Traps
2nd level divination
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous 10 minutes
You sense the presence of any trap within range that is within
line of sight.
(even those that are outside of your line of sight). The DC
required to find them is decreased by 5.
A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes anything that
would inflict a sudden or unexpected effect you consider
harmful or undesirable, which was specifically intended as
such by its creator.
Thus, the spell would sense reveal an area affected by the
alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it
would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable
ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole.
This spell merely reveals that a trap is present. You don’t
learn the location of each trap, but you do learn the general
nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
Magic Weapons
2nd level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Touch 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You touch a nonmagical weapon. Choose up to 3
nonmagical weapons or shields you can see within range.
Until the spell ends, those weapons become magic weapons
with a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls. If you
target one or several shields, they become magic shield
with +1 bonus to AC.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 4th level or higher, the bonus increases to +2. When you
use a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the bonus increases to
+3.
Maximilian's Earthen Grasp
2nd level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a miniature hand sculpted from clay)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You choose a 5-foot-square unoccupied space on the ground
that you can see within range. A Medium hand made from
compacted soil rises there and reaches for one creature you
can see within 5 feet of it. The target must make a Strength
saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 2d6 1d6
bludgeoning damage and is restrained for the spell’s
duration.
As an action bonus action, you can cause the hand to crush
the restrained target, who must make a Strength saving
throw. It takes 2d6 1d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save,
or half as much damage on a successful one.
To break out, the restrained target can make a Strength
check against your spell save DC. On a success, the target
escapes and is no longer restrained by the hand.
Make a ranged spell attack
As an action, you can cause the hand to reach for a different
creature or to move to a different unoccupied space within
range. The hand releases a restrained target if you do either.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage (both when grabing
and crushing) increases by 1d6 for each slot level above
2nd.
Melf's Acid Arrow
2nd level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (powdered rhubarb leaf and an adder’s
stomach)
Duration: Instantaneous
A shimmering green arrow streaks toward a target within
range and bursts in a spray of acid. Make a ranged spell
attack against the target. That attack counts as a critical hit
on a natural 18, 19 or 20. On a hit, the target takes 4d4 acid
damage immediately and 2d4 acid damage at the end of its
next turn. On a miss, the arrow splashes the target with acid
for half as much of the initial damage and no damage at the
end of its next turn. On a critical hit, the damage dice
rolled at the end of the target's turn are also doubled.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the damage (both initial and later)
increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 2nd.
Pyrotechnics
2nd level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action 1 bonus action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
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Choose an area of non-magical flame that you can see and
that can fit within a 5-foot cube within range. You can
extinguish the fire in that area, and you create either
fireworks or smoke.
Fireworks. The target explodes with a dazzling display of
colors. Each creature within 10 feet of the target must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded
until the end of your next turn.
Smoke. Thick black smoke spreads out from the target in a
20-foot radius, moving around corners. The area of the
smoke is heavily obscured. The smoke persists for 1 minute
or until a strong wind disperses it.
Ray of Enfeeblement
2nd level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A black beam of enervating energy springs from your finger
toward a creature within range.
against the target. On a hit, the target deals only half damage
with weapon attacks that use Strength, has disadvantage on
Strength checks and Strength saving throws and has its
carry capacity halved until the spell ends on that target.
At the end of each of the target’s turns, it can make a
Constitution saving throw against the spell. On a success, the
spell ends on that target.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target on additional
creature for each slot level above 2nd. The creature must
be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.
Snilloc's Snowball Storm
2nd level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (a piece of ice or a small white rock
chip)
Duration: Instantaneous
A flurry of magic snowballs erupts from a point you choose
within range. Each creature in a 5-foot-radius 10-foot-radius
sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving
throw. A creature takes 3d6 cold damage and has its speed
reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn on a failed
save, or takes half as much damage and doesn't get its
speed reduced on a successful one.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each
slot level above 2nd.
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