Chromatic Orb

• Level: Level 1
• School: Evocation
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 90 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth 50+ GP 5000)
• Duration: Instantaneous

You hurl an orb of energy at a target within range. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 damage of the chosen type.

If you roll the same number on two or more of the d8s, the orb leaps to a different target of your choice within 30 feet of the target. Make an attack roll against the new target, and make a new damage roll. The orb can't leap again unless you cast the spell with a level 2+ spell slot.

At Higher Levels

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot

The damage increases by 3d8 for each spell slot level above 1. The orb can leap a maximum number of times equal to the level of the slot expended, and a creature can be targeted only once by each casting of this spell.

• Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

• Subclasses: Bard (College of Lore), Fighter (Eldritch Knight), Paladin (Oath of the Noble Genies), Rogue (Arcane Trickster), Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery), Wizard (Evoker)

• Feats / Features: Aberrant Dragonmark, Boon of Siberys, Magic Initiate, Rune Shaper, Strixhaven Initiate