Fear

Level

Level 3 · Illusion

Cost

Action + 3rd-level spell slot

Range

Self

Area

9 m cone, 60°

Roll

Wisdom save

Concentration

Yes

Components

Verbal, Somatic

Hostile targets drop everything and become Fearful: they have Disadvantage on Ability Checks and Attack Rolls.

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 5
• Sorcerer · can pick, from level 5

Subclasses 15

• Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• The Archfey (Warlock) · can pick, from level 5
• The Fiend (Warlock) · can pick, from level 5
• The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 5
• The Hexblade (Warlock) · can pick, from level 5
• Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Trickery Domain (Cleric) · always known, from level 5
• Gloom Stalker (Ranger) · always known, from level 9

Equipment 1

• Servitor of the Black Hand Gloves · always known

Scrolls and items 1

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