Hold Monster

Level

Level 5 · Enchantment

Cost

Action + 5th-level spell slot

Range

18 m

Roll

Wisdom save

Concentration

Yes

Components

Verbal, Somatic

Paralyse a creature. It can't move, act or react. Attacks from within 3 m are always Critical Hits.

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 2

• Bard · can pick, from level 9
• Sorcerer · can pick, from level 9

Subclasses 14

• Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• The Archfey (Warlock) · can pick, from level 9
• The Fiend (Warlock) · can pick, from level 9
• The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 9
• The Hexblade (Warlock) · can pick, from level 9
• Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 9
• War Domain (Cleric) · always known, from level 9

Scrolls and items 1

• Scroll of Hold Monster · casts it, can copy into a spellbook