Wild Magic Surge
d100 Effect
Your magic backfires. You drop to 0 hit points, fall unconscious, and
1 begin making death saving throws on your turn.
Roll on this table two more times, ignoring this result if it occurs again.
2 Both effects occur simultaneously.
You emit a brief magnetic pulse in a 20 foot radius centered on
yourself. Small or medium metal objects weighing less than 150
pounds which are not being worn or carried are drawn quickly to you
(dealing 1d6 bludgeoning damage to you per 10 feet traveled). Any
creature in the radius wearing or carrying metal items must make a
Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or lose its footing
and fly towards you (dealing and receiving 1d6 bludgeoning damage
3 for every 10 feet traveled).
Negative energy courses through you, animating up to 5 humanoid
corpses within 30 feet of you. These corpses become zombies under
the control of the DM. If there are no corpses in range, the next
humanoid you kill within the next minute becomes a zombie under
4 your control.
You cast the Polymorph spell on yourself. Roll a d6 to determine what
you turn into.
5 1: Octopus, 2: Panther, 3: Pony, 4: Spider, 5: Giant Crab, 6: Crocodile
Your magic suppresses all sound as you cast the Silence spell centered
6 on yourself.
You are suddenly encased in a dark wood coffin perfectly sized for
you, with your name engraved on the lid. It is locked from the outside
7 (DC 10 to break or pick the lock).
8 For the next hour, you are incapable of smiling.
Shadows around you lengthen and deepen as you cast the Shadow of
9 Moil spell on yourself.
Your skin appears to harden and you gain resistance to all damage for
10 the next minute.
Cactus spines grow out of your skin. At the end of your next turn they
launch from your body and every creature within 10 feet of you at the
time must make a Dexterity save against your spell DC or take 1d4
11 piercing damage.
A catchy tune plays in the back of your head and you can't help but
dance! Until the end of your next turn you must use all your
movement to dance in place without leaving your space. While
dancing in this way you have disadvantage on Dexterity saves and
12 attack rolls.
3d10 gems leap forth from your mouth. Each one is worth 1d6 gold
13 pieces.
Illusory duplicates of yourself appear around you, mimicking your
14 every move. You cast the Mirror Image spell on yourself.
Your reflection no longer appears in reflective surfaces such as glass,
15 mirrors, or water. This effect reverses if you roll it again.
You become invisible at the end of each of your turns for the next
16 minute, as long as you do not use any of your movement.
You are covered in itchy barnacles, but are unable to scrape them off.
17 They fall off naturally after 24 hours.
A gelatinous cube controlled by the DM appears in your space,
18 automatically engulfing you. It disappears 1 minute later.
A friendly duplicate of you (sharing your statistics and having full hit
points / all spell slots available to you) controlled by the DM is
summoned from an alternate dimension into an unoccupied space
within 5 feet of you. He / she can act on your next turn but vanishes at
19 the end of that turn, regardless of whether he / she acts or not.
You become a direct conduit for a series of wild magic pulses. Roll on
20 this table once per round for the next minute.
For a moment, you tap into the plane of Limbo and borrow its raw
untapped potential. The next spell you cast (up to 4th level) within the
21 next minute does not expend a spell slot.
You cast the Life Transference spell, determining the target at random
22 from all creatures in range.
Your size increases or decreases by one size category (as per the
Enlarge/Reduce spell) for one minute. Roll any die. If the result is even
23 your size increases, and if it is odd your size decreases.
24 Caltrops appear in your space and all spaces adjacent to you.
25 You cast the Snilloc's Snowball Swarm spell centered on yourself.
d100 Effect
1d4 swarms of rot grubs (controlled by the DM) crawl out of your ears
26 into spaces adjacent to you.
For the next 24 hours any clothing worn by you is invisible to you
27 while you wear it. Your clothing is visible to everyone else.
You gain the permanent ability to detach and reattach one of your
hands at will. While detached you can control it (speed of 5 ft.) as long
as you can see it, but it cannot attack. The hand shares your base AC
without any armor and any damage it takes is subtracted from your
HP as normal. You lose this ability if you roll this result again, or if you
28 use a Greater Restoration spell or similar magic to end the effect.
You are transported to one of the four elemental planes until the end
of your next turn, at which time you return to the space you
previously occupied, or the nearest unoccupied space if it is occupied.
The DM may determine where you arrive, or you may roll a d4 to
determine the result.
29 1: Air, 2: Fire, 3: Earth, 4: Water
You hiccup uncontrollably for the next hour. When casting a spell with
a verbal component you must succeed a DC 10 Constitution saving
throw to cast the spell without being interrupted by hiccups. If you fail
30 to cast the spell, do not expend the spell slot.
1d4 boggles controlled by the DM appear in unoccupied spaces within
31 5 feet of you.
For 1d6 rounds your skin excretes a layer of slippery ooze. Grapple
attempts and melee attacks of against you are made at disadvantage,
but if you attempt to move you must make a DC 12 Dexterity
32 (acrobatics) check at the start of that move or fall prone.
A vibrantly colored tattoo of a Dwarven woman appears on your arm.
33 It vanishes after 24 hours.
A unicorn controlled by the DM appears in an unoccupied space
34 within 10 feet of you and disappears after 1 minute.
You fall madly in love with a random creature within 30 feet of you for
35 the next 8 hours.
Your teeth transform and become serrated and triangular like those of
a shark, granting you a bite attack with which you are proficient and
deals 1d6 + STR damage. They remain transformed until you are
36 subject to a Remove Curse spell.
Roll a d6. For the next minute, whenever you attempt to cast a spell
you must first do whatever the result indicates.
1: You must clear your throat loudly.
2: You must shout a different prime number.
3: You must give yourself permission to cast the spell.
4: You must insult one of your allies.
5: You must issue what sounds like a prophecy.
37 6: You must profess love for someone nearby.
A wave of unnatural fatigue sweeps over you. Roll 1d3 and suffer a
38 number of exhaustion levels equal to the result of the roll.
39 You suddenly remember a defining moment from someone else's life.
For the next minute, your spellcasting ability score and your Strength
40 score switch.
Roll a d10. Your height changes by a number of inches equal to the
41 roll. If the roll is odd you shrink, if it is even you grow.
A powerful burst of antimagic surges outward from you, disabling all
42 magic items in a 10 foot radius sphere centered on you for 1 minute.
A spectral shield hovers near you for the next minute, granting you +2
43 AC and immunity to the Magic Missile spell.
Your hair and eyes change color. Roll 2d6. The first determines your
hair color (1: red, 2: blue, 3: pink, 4: purple, 5: green, 6: white). The
second determines your eye color (1: black, 2: white, 3: gold, 4: pink,
44 5: red, 6: rainbow).
Over the course of the next 24 hours, you disgorge the individual
45 elements of a complete burglar's pack, one by one.
You cast the Delayed Blast Fireball spell in a square within 5 feet of
yourself. If not triggered by being touched by a creature, the fireball
46 explodes at the start of your turn in 1d6 rounds.
Powerful winds from the elemental plane of air blow behind you
when you run. For the next minute, your movement increases by 10
47 feet.
Your mind suddenly opens to new knowledge from far away realms.
You learn a new cantrip from any spell list. If you roll this result again,
the knowledge of the cantrip you selected the first time is forcibly
48 pulled from your brain.
49 You cast the Grease spell centered on yourself.
50 You develop an intense craving for moss which lasts for 1d4 days.
d100 Effect
You summon 1d4 cranium rats controlled by the DM, which appear in
51 a spaces adjacent to you.
In the blink of an eye your current clothes are replaced with a suit of
skin-tight leather armor. Whatever clothes you were wearing are
52 folded neatly in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you.
Roll a d10. Your age changes by a number of years equal to the roll. If
the roll is odd you get younger (minimum 1 year old). If the roll is even
53 you get older.
For the next minute your sense of hearing expands and you gain the
ability to use echolocation, granting you blindsight out to a range of
54 30 feet.
The fabric of time folds around you and a vision of some past
historical event determined by the DM unfolds instantly before your
55 eyes.
Colorful spectral ribbons dance and twirl in the air around you for 1
56 hour.
For the next hour your internal monologue is audible to others, but
you do not perceive that anything has changed unless it is pointed
57 out.
There is a blinding flash of multi-colored light and a random magic
item appears in a square within 5 feet of you, and disappears one
minute later. Determine the item by rolling a d6.
1: Potion of Diminution, 2: Javelin of Lightning, 3: Bag of Beans, 4:
58 Horn of Blasting, 5: Rope of Entanglement, 6: Broom of Flying
You transform into a ceramic tea pot until the start of your next turn.
While you are transformed in this way you are incapacitated and have
vulnerability to all damage except psychic and poison damage. If you
drop to 0 hit points in this form, the tea pot shatters and your form
59 reverts.
You float 20 feet upward uncontrollably as you cast the Levitate spell
60 on yourself.
For the next minute, you project a 20 foot radius sphere of dim light
centered on yourself which moves with you. If you are in an area of
non-magical darkness, that area becomes lighter, but if you are in an
61 area of bright light, that area becomes dimmer.
A permanent and life-like stone or wooden statue of you (a Medium
object) appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. The
62 statue shouts insults at anyone who stands within 5 feet of it.
1d4 trinkets (chosen randomly or by the DM) magically appear in a
space within 5 feet of you. Where did they come from and to whom
63 did they belong?!
Power from planes unknown surges through you, replenishing all
64 spent sorcery points.
A 10 foot radius sphere of water engulfs you and remains for 1
minute. During that minute, any other Large or smaller creatures fully
within the radius must make a Strength saving throw or be trapped in
the sphere with you. If a creature passes its saving throw or is not fully
within the radius, it is ejected from the sphere. While trapped,
creatures are restrained and cannot breathe, but may use an action to
65 attempt a Strength saving throw to escape.
Elemental magic surges within you, protecting you from harmful
66 effects. You cast the Primordial Ward spell on yourself.
You suffer a momentary lapse in focus and lose concentration on any
67 spell for which you are currently maintaining concentration.
Your magic quickens your movements. You may take an extra action
68 immediately.
You feel raw power well up within you, but with each spell you cast
you feel the magic building, waiting to explode. All spells you cast in
the next minute deal double damage, but when that minute is over
69 you take damage equal to the amount you dealt during that time.
You summon a pack of 1d6 flying monkeys controlled by the DM. At
the DM's discretion they may be dressed in fancy tuxedos and evening
70 gowns.
Brightly colored bubbles begin issuing from your ears, and continue to
do so for the next hour. During this time you have disadvantage on
71 Wisdom (perception) checks that rely on hearing.
72 You are struck by a bolt of lightning, as if by the Call Lightning spell.
Your heartbeat is audible for the next 24 hours. Any creature within
15 feet of you can hear your heartbeat and has advantage on any
73 attempt to discern your emotional state.
Gravity's hold weakens on you for the next minute. During this time
your jump distances are doubled and you do not take fall damage, but
74 each time you are hit by an attack you are pushed 5 feet.
Each time you would take damage in the next minute you instead take
1 point of damage. At the end of this minute your wounds rupture
and you take necrotic damage equal to the damage you would have
75 taken if the damage were not reduced.
d100 Effect
Next time you are hit by an attack in the next minute, you cast the
76 Shield spell.
You feel as if luck is on your side and your next spell will certainly
succeed. Creatures have disadvantage on saving throws against the
77 next spell you cast in the next minute that involves a saving throw.
You feel refreshing energy well up inside you, invigorating you and
stitching your wounds shut. For the next minute you regain 5 hit
78 points at the start of each of your turns.
You cannot tell the truth for the next hour. If you attempt to do so, an
ethereal mark appears on your forehead, which reads "LIAR" in the
79 native tongue of anyone who reads it.
You are a limitless font of weak magic. For the next minute you can
80 cast 1st level spells without expending spell slots.
You cast the Dragon's Breath spell on yourself. You can choose the
81 damage type for the breath.
Your raw magical energy is pulled from your body, leaving you
drained. You lose all unspent sorcery points and cannot regain them
82 until you finish a long rest.
A barrel of mildly enchanted banana peels appears in an unoccupied
space within 5 feet of you. You can use an action to throw a banana
peel at a creature within 20 feet of you, forcing it to make a Dexterity
saving throw against your spell save DC or fall prone. The barrel and
83 all of its banana peels vanish after 1 minute.
With a deafening crack, you are hurled 1d4 rounds into the future. At
the start of your turn after that number of rounds has passed, you
reappear in the space you previously occupied, or in the nearest
84 unoccupied space if it is occupied by another creature.
85 You cast the Haste spell on yourself.
A localized raincloud hovers 5 feet above your head for the next hour.
Determine what rains from the cloud by rolling a d6.
1: Yogurt, 2: Honey, 3: Beer, 4: Meatballs, 5: Truth Serum (becomes
effective if ingested, and only remains potent for 24 hours if bottled),
86 6: Blood
You acquire a strong overpowering odor, which lasts for 24 hours. Roll
a d6 to determine what you smell like. 1: Alcohol, 2: Exotic perfume,
87 3: Garlic, 4: Breakfast food, 5: Peppermint, 6: Roses
An alien presence creeps into your consciousness and visions of the
horrors that lurk in the spaces between the stars assault your mind.
88 You suffer a bout of short-term madness.
1d4 vargouilles controlled by the DM appear in unoccupied spaces
89 within 10 feet of you. They vanish 1 minute later.
You cast the Detect Thoughts spell, initially targeting a random
creature in range and learning its surface thoughts. After that point
for the duration of the spell you may probe deeper or switch targets
90 as described in the spell description.
The area around you trembles as you cast the Bones of the Earth spell,
91 targeting the spaces under 6 random creatures within range.
1d6 gas spores controlled by the DM appear, floating in unoccupied
92 spaces within 30 feet of you.
You cast the Slow spell centered on yourself. You are one of the
93 targets, but the remaining 5 targets are determined randomly.
For the next 24 hours you lose the ability to communicate using
human language without the use of magic such as Tongues or
Comprehend Languages. During this time, you are able to
94 communicate perfectly with beasts.
All ground in a 10 foot radius centered on you becomes quicksand. If
you are not standing on solid ground when this result triggers, nothing
95 happens.
You cast the Contagion spell on yourself. Determine the type of
sickness with a 1d6 roll. The effect spreads to any creature you touch
96 before succeeding or failing 3 saving throws.
97 You cast the Hunger of Hadar spell centered on yourself.
You see your life flash before your eyes, and are emboldened knowing
that you will not die today. If you die within the next minute, you
98 immediately come back to life as if by the Reincarnate spell.
Positive energy radiates from you. For the next minute, any creature
which ends its turn within 5 feet of you regains 5 hit points at the end
99 of its turn.
You are instantly rejuvenated, regaining hit points, spell slots, hit dice,
and sorcery points as if you had taken a long rest. Abilities from other
100 classes are not regained in this way.