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Shocking Grasp

Level: Cantrip · Evocation
Cost: Action
Range: 1.5 m
Roll: Melee spell attack
Damage: 1d8 Lightning
Components: Verbal, Somatic

The target cannot use reactions. This spell has Advantage on creatures with metal armour.

Damage by character level

Average damage of one cast at each character level: cantrips grow at levels 5 and 10 by the game's LevelMapValue series.

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Character level	Damage
1	4.5
2	4.5
3	4.5
4	4.5
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	13.5
11	13.5
12	13.5

Levels	Damage	Average
1–4	1d8 Lightning	4.5
5–9	2d8 Lightning	9
10–12	3d8 Lightning	13.5

Chance to hit and damage per cast

Level 1, +3 modifier
Level 5, +4 modifier
Level 12, +5 modifier

Average damage of one cast, misses included: d20 + proficiency + spellcasting modifier against the target's AC; a natural 20 is a critical hit and doubles the dice.

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Target AC	Level 1, +3 modifier	Level 5, +4 modifier	Level 12, +5 modifier
10	3.8	8.5	13.5
11	3.6	8.1	13.5
12	3.4	7.7	12.8
13	3.2	7.2	12.1
14	2.9	6.8	11.5
15	2.7	6.3	10.8
16	2.5	5.9	10.1
17	2.3	5.4	9.5
18	2	5	8.8
19	1.8	4.5	8.1
20	1.6	4.1	7.4
21	1.4	3.6	6.8
22	1.1	3.2	6.1
23	0.9	2.7	5.4
24	0.7	2.3	4.7
25	0.5	1.8	4.1

Caster	AC 12	AC 15	AC 18	AC 21
Level 1, +3 (attack +5)	70%	55%	40%	25%
Level 5, +4 (attack +7)	80%	65%	50%	35%
Level 12, +5 (attack +9)	90%	75%	60%	45%

Chance to hit per attack roll.

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.