SpellVerified on build 25605617

Dissonant Whispers

Level: Level 1 · Enchantment
Cost: Action + 1st-level spell slot
Range: 18 m
Roll: Wisdom save
Damage: 3d6 Psychic
On a successful save: Half damage
Components: Verbal

Frighten a creature: they'll have Disadvantage on Ability Checks and Attack Rolls and they cannot move.

Damage by spell slot

Average at 1st level

10.5

3d6 Psychic

Average at 6th level

8d6 Psychic

Per slot level

+3.5

each slot above 1st

1st-level slot10.5 3d6 Psychic
2nd-level slot14 4d6 Psychic
3rd-level slot17.5 5d6 Psychic
4th-level slot21 6d6 Psychic
5th-level slot24.5 7d6 Psychic
6th-level slot28 8d6 Psychic

Average damage of one cast at each spell slot, from the game's own upcast entries; a creature that succeeds the save takes half.

Slot	Damage	Average	On a save
1st	3d6 Psychic	10.5	5.3
2nd	4d6 Psychic	14	7
3rd	5d6 Psychic	17.5	8.8
4th	6d6 Psychic	21	10.5
5th	7d6 Psychic	24.5	12.3
6th	8d6 Psychic	28	14

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 1

Bard · can pick, from level 1

Subclasses 1

The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 1

Feats 1

Magic Initiate: Bard · can pick

Conditions applied 1

Frightened · 2 turns