Psion Spells

Cantrips

Arachnophobia

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Illusion Bard, Druid, Psion, Shaman, Warlock
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VM (a live spider) Arcane, Primal

You plant a terrifying phantasm of arachnids in the mind of a creature you can see within Range, forcing it to make a Charisma Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target becomes convinced that it is covered in skittering, biting spiders until the beginning of its next turn. It takes 1d4 Psychic Damage and can't take Reactions until the beginning of its next turn due to the distracting sensations. The Spell's Damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th Level (2d4), 11th Level (3d4), and 17th Level (4d4).

Chaos Arc

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Evocation Psion, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 90ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane

You unleash a wild bolt of static at a target within Range. Make a Ranged Spell Attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 Lightning Damage, and you can cause a secondary bolt of energy to arc to another creature of your choice within 10ft of the target. If the Attack Roll would hit the next target, it takes 1d4 Lightning Damage.
The Spell's initial Damage increases by 1d6 and the Damage dealt to the second creatures increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th Level (2d6 and 2d4), 11th Level (3d6 and 3d4), and 17th Level (4d6 and 4d4).

Control Flames

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Transmutation Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: 60ft Duration: Instant Components: S Primal

You choose nonmagical flame that you can see within Range and that fits within a 5ft Cube. You affect it in one of the following ways:

  • You instantaneously expand the flame 5ft in one direction, provided that wood or other fuel is present in the new location.
  • You instantaneously extinguish the flames within the Cube.
  • You double or halve the area of Bright Light and Dim Light cast by the flame, change its color, or both. The change lasts for 1 hour.
  • You cause simple shapes—such as the vague form of a creature, an inanimate object, or a location—to appear within the flames and animate as you like. The shapes last for 1 hour.

If you cast this Spell multiple times, you can have up to 3 of its non-instant effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as a Free Action.
You can have one more of the Spell's non-instant effects active at a time when your reach 5th Level (4 effects), 11th Level (5 effects), and 17th Level (6 effects).

Dazzle

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Illusion Artificer, Bard, Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: 1 Round Components: VS Arcane, Primal

You create a burst of colored smoke, sparkling lights, or other fanciful imagery in a 15ft Cube centered on a point of your choice within Range that lasts until the end of your next turn. The area of the Cube is Heavily Obscured and dissipates when the Spell ends.
The size of the Cube increases by 5ft when you reach 5th Level (20ft), 11th Level (25ft), and 17th Level (30ft).

Echoing Strike

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action or Reaction (when you hear another creature within 60ft of you cast this Spell) Evocation Artificer, Bard, Psion, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: 60ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane

You hurl a wave of echoing energy at a creature you can see within Range, that creature makes a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target takes 1d6 Thunder Damage and is pushed 5ft away from you.
This Spell's Damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th Level (3d6), and 17th Level (4d6).

Encode Thoughts

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Enchantment Psion, Shaman, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: Self Duration: 8 hours Components: VS Arcane

Putting a finger to your head, you pull a memory, an idea, or a message from your mind and transform it into a tangible string of glowing energy called a Thought Strand, which persists for the Duration or until you cast this Spell again. The Thought Strand appears in an unoccupied space within 5ft of you as a Tiny, weightless, semisolid object that can be held and carried like a ribbon. It is otherwise stationary.
If you cast this Spell while Concentrating on an effect that allows you to read or manipulate the thoughts of others (such as the Detect Thoughts or Modify Memory Spells), you can transform the thoughts or memories you read, rather than your own, into a Thought Strand.
Casting this Spell while holding a Thought Strand allows you to instantly receive whatever memory, idea, or message the Thought Strand contains. (Casting Detect Thoughts or using similar magic on the Strand has the same effect.)
The Spell creates an additional Thought Strand when you reach 5th Level (2 Thought Strands), 11th Level (3 Thought Strands), and 17th Level (4 Thought Strands).

Flashburn

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Illusion Artificer, Bard, Psion, Sorcerer, Wizard
Range: 60ft Duration: 1 Minute (Concentration) Components: VSM (a bit of magnesium phosphate) Arcane

You cause a dazzling pattern of light to appear briefly in a 5ft Cube centered on a point you choose within Range. The pattern emits Bright Light out to a Range of 15ft before immediately dissipating. A creature in the Cube and can see the pattern makes a Wisdom Saving throw. On a failed Save, the pattern is burned into its vision, causing to to subtract a d4 from the next Attack Roll or Ability Check relying on sight it makes before the Spell ends.
After this Attack or Check is made, the Spell ends on that creature and its vision returns to normal.
The size of the Cube created increases when you reach 5ft Level (10ft), 11th Level (15ft) and 17th Level (20ft)

Friends

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Enchantment Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: Self Duration: 1 Minute (Concentration) Components: SM (a small amount of makeup applied to the face as this Spell is cast) Arcane

For the Duration, you have Advantage on all Charisma Checks directed at one creature of your choice that isn't hostile toward you. When the Spell ends, the creature realizes that you used magic to influence its mood, potentially becoming hostile towards you. A creature prone to violence might attack you. Another creature might seek retribution in other ways, depending on the nature of your interaction with it.
You can target an additional creature with the Spell when you reach 5th Level (up to 2 creatures), 11th Level (up to 3 creatures), and 17th Level (up to 4 creatures)

Guidance

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Reaction (when a creature that you can see with Range fails an Ability Check) Divination Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Divine, Primal

You shout words of divine or primal wisdom to the creature that failed the Ability Check that triggered the casting of this Spell. You roll a d4 and add the result to the Ability Check.
When you reach certain Levels this Spell Improves. When you reach 5th Level, you roll 2d4 and add the highest result to the failed Ability Check. When reach 11th Level you roll 2d4 and add the result of both dice to the failed Ability Check. Finally when you reach 17th Level you roll 4d4 and add the two highest results to the failed Ability Check.

Hush

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Reaction (when a noise is created that you could anticipate) Illusion Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: S Arcane

When you hear a creature or object within Range make noise, you can hold your finger to your lips and silence that noise for the rest of the turn.
If you can anticipate a noise, you can prevent it, such as hushing the sound of a vase you dropped before it shatters, or hushing the scream of a person you just stabbed.
If you can't anticipate a noise, you can only interupt it. For this reason, you cannot hush the first 3 words of a sentence, nor the Verbal Components of a Spell.
The Spell's Range increases by 30ft when you reach 5th Level (60ft), 11th Level (90ft), and 17th Level (120ft)

Illusion Bolt

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Illusion Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 90ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane

You create an illusory shadow-projectile in your hand and launch it with unerring precision at a creature you can see within Range. The illusory projectile can look and sound like whatever you choose, provided it can fit in your hand. The target makes an Intelligence Saving Throw, it has Advantage on this Saving Throw if it would have Resistance to the Damage Type the projectile looks like it would deal, and it automatically succeeds the Saving Throw if it has Immunity to the Damage Type the projectile looks like it would deal. On a failed Save the target takes 1d8 Psychic Damage. The resulting wound looks and feels real, appropriate to the projectile, but all physical evidence of the attack disappears at the end of your turn. This Damage is non-lethal. The target perceives the Damage taken as a Type that would be appropriate to the illusory projectile.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th Level (2d8), 11th Level (3d8), and 17th Level (4d8).

Light

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Bonus Action Transmutation Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: Touch Duration: 1 Hour Components: VSM (a firefly or phosphorescent moss) Arcane

You touch one object that is no larger than 10ft in any dimension. Until the Spell ends, the object sheds Bright Light out to a Range fo 20ft, and Dim Light an additional 20ft. You choose the color of the light when you cast the Spell, and completely covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The Spell ends if you cast it again or if dismiss it as a Free Action.
If you target an object held or worn by an unwilling creature, you make a Melee Spell Attack against that creature, casting the Spell on a hit.
The Range of both the Bright Light and the Dim Light increases by 20ft when you reach 5th Level (40ft), 11th Level (60ft), and 17th Level (80ft).

Lucky Number

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Divination Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Warlock
Range: Self Duration: 24 Hours Components: VS Arcane

You are able to tweak tiny variables affecting your future to grant yourself a bit of luck at the right time. Roll a d20 and the record the result. Once, if you roll the same result on any die, you choose whether you add a +2 bonus to the result, or if you reroll the die, then the Spell ends. You can only cast and gain the benefits of this Spell once per day.
You roll an additional d20 for this Spell when you reach 5th Level (2d20), 11th Level (3d20), and 17th Level (4d20). You choose which d20 result you use for this Spell.

Mage Hand

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Conjuration Artificer, Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: 1 Minute Components: VS Arcane

A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the Duration or until you dismiss it as a Free Action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30ft away from you or if you cast this Spell again.
You can use your Action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30ft each time you use it. The hand can't Attack, and can only carry up to 10lbs.
The Range of this Spell and the distance the hand can be before it vanishes increases by 30ft, and the hand can lift an additional 10lbs when you reach 5th Level (60ft and 20lbs), 11th Level (90ft and 30lbs), and 17th Level (120ft and 40lbs).

Message

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Enchantment Artificer, Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: 120ft Duration: 1 Round Components: VSM (a short copper wire) Arcane

You point your finger toward a creature within Range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear.
You can cast this Spell through solid objects if you are familiar with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence, 1ft of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3ft of wood blocks the Spell. The Spell doesn't have to follow a straight line and can travel freely around corners or through openings.
The Spell can target an additional creature when you reach 5th Level (up to 2 creatures), 11th Level (up to 3 creatures), and 17th Level (up to 4 creatures). Each creature targeted by the Spell hears the responses from all other creatures targeted by the Spell.

Mind Sliver

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Enchantment Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 60ft Duration: Instant Components: V Arcane

You drive a disorienting spike of psychic energy into the mind of one creature you can see within Range, the target makes an Intelligence Saving Throw. On a failed Save the target takes 1d6 Psychic Damage and subtracts 1d4 from the next Saving Throw it makes before the end of your next turn.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th Level (3d6), and 17th Level (4d6).

Minor Illusion

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Illusion Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: 1 Minute Components: SM (a bit of fleece) Arcane

You create a sound or an image of an object within Range that lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as a Free Action if you cast this Spell again.
If you create a sound, its volume can Range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the Spell ends.
If you create an image of an object--such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest--it must be no larger than a 5ft Cube. The image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it.
If a creature uses its Action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) Check against your Spell Save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.
The Spell can create an additional illusion when you reach 5th Level (up to 2 illusions), 11th Level (up to 3 illusions), and 17th Level (up to 4 illusions).

Mold Earth

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Transmutation Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: S Primal

You choose a portion of dirt or stone that you can see within range and that fits within a 5ft Cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways:

  • If you target an area of loose earth, you can instantaneously excavate it, move it along the ground, and deposit it up to 5ft away. This movement doesn't have enough force to deal Damage.
  • You cause shapes, colors, or both to appear on the dirt or stone, spelling out words, creating images, or shaping patterns. The changes last for 1 hour.
  • If the dirt or stone you target is on the ground, you cause it to become Difficult Terrain. Alternatively, you can cause the ground to become Normal Terrain if it is already Difficult Terrain. This change lasts for 1 hour.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than 3 of its non-instant effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as a Free Action.
You can have an additional effect active at a time with this Spell when you reach 5th Level (4 effects), 11th Level (4 effects) and 17th Level (5 effects).

Prestidigitation

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Transmutation Artificer, Druid, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 10ft Duration: 1 Hour Components: VS Arcane

This Spell is a minor magical trick that novice Spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within Range:

  • You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
  • You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
  • You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than a 1ft Cube.
  • You chill, warm, or flavor up to a 1ft Cube of nonliving material for 1 hour.
  • You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
  • You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast this Spell multiple times, you can have up to 3 of its non-instant effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as a Free Action.
The Spell can create an additional effect when you reach 5th Level (up to 4 effects), 11th Level (up to 5 effects), and 17th Level (up to 6 effects).

Produce Flame

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Conjuration Druid, Psion, Shaman
Range: Self Duration: 10 Minutes Components: VS Primal

A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The flame sheds Bright Light out to a Range of 10ft, and Dim Light an additional 10ft.
You can also make a Ranged Spell Attack with the Spell targeting a creature within 30ft of you. You can do so as part of the Action you use to conjure the flame or as an Action on a subsequent turn while the flame is summoned. If you hit on the Attack, you deal 1d8 Fire Damage to the target. The Spell ends if you dismiss it as a Free Action, if you cast it again, or if you make an Attack with the flame. The flame deals an additional 1d8 Fire Damage on a hit and the flame spreads Bright Light and Dim Light an additional 10ft when you reach 5th Level (2d8 and 20ft), 11th Level (3d8 and 30ft), and 17th Level (4d8 and 40ft).

Resistance

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Reaction (when a creature that you can see within Range fails on a Saving Throw) Abjuration Artificer, Psion, Cleric, Druid, Seeker, Soul-Binder
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VSM (a miniature cloak) Arcane, Divine, Primal

You shout words of wisdom to the creature that failed the Saving Throw that triggered the casting of this Spell. You roll a d4 and add the result to the Saving Throw.
When you reach certain Levels this Spell improves. When you reach 5th Level, you roll 2d4 and add the highest result to the failed Saving Throw. When reach 11th Level you roll 2d4 and add the result of both dice to the failed Saving Throw. Finally when you reach 17th Level you roll 4d4 and add the two highest results to the failed Saving Throw.

Sapping Sting

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Necromancy Druid, Psion, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Primal

You sap the vitality of one creature you can see within Range, the target makes a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target takes 1d4 Necrotic Damage and falls Prone.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th Level (2d4), 11th Level (3d4), and 17th Level (4d4).

Seek Phrase

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Divination Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Range: Touch Duration: 1 Minute Components: VS Arcane

Finding quickly is as good as knowing, in the eyes of the inexperienced. You speak a word or phrase aloud and touch a book, scroll, or other object covered in writing. Each instance of that word or phrase present becomes highlighted in glowing script for the duration. If used on a book, it will flip to the first page containing the subject of your search. If you cast this Spell during the Duration of this Spell, a book you are using the Spell on flips to the next page containing the subject of your search.
The Duration of the Spell increases to 10 Minutes when you reach 5th Level, and increases by another 10 Minutes when you reach 11th Level (20 Minutes), and 17th Level (30 Minutes).

Shape Water

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Transmutation Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane, Primal

You choose an area of water that you can see within Range and that fits within a 5ft Cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways:

  • You instantaneously move or otherwise change the flow of the water as you direct, up to 5ft in any direction. This movement doesn't have enough force to deal Damage.
  • You cause the water to form into simple shapes and animate at your direction. This change lasts for 1 hour.
  • You change the water's color or opacity. The water must be changed in the same way throughout. This change lasts for 1 hour.
  • You freeze the water, provided that there are no creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour.

If you cast this Spell multiple times, you can have no more than 3 of its non-instant effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as a Free Action.
You can have one more of the Spell's non-instant effects active at a time when your reach 5th Level (4 effects), 11th Level (5 effects), and 17th Level (6 effects).

Shocking Grasp

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Evocation Artificer, Bard, Druid, Psion, Seeker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Wizard
Range: Touch Duration: 1 Minute Components: VS Arcane, Primal

Lightning springs from your hand to deliver a shock to a creature of your choice within Range. Make a Melee Spell Attack against the target. You have Advantage on the Attack Roll if the target is wearing Armor made of metal. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning Damage, and it can't take Reactions until the start of its next turn.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th Level (2d8), 11th Level (3d8), and 17th Level (4d8).

Shooting Star

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Evocation Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock
Range: 120ft Duration: 1 Round Components: VS Arcane, Divine

Choose a point you can see within Range, which begins to glow with a radiant light. At the start of your next turn, a mote of starlight crashes down on that point. Each creature within 5ft of that point takes 1d12 Radiant Damage.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th Level (2d12), 11th Level (3d12), and 17th Level (4d12).

Sword Burst

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Conjuration Artificer, Psion, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 5ft Still Emanation Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane

You create a momentary circle of spectral blades that sweep around you. All other creatures in the Emanation make a Dexterity Saving Throw. On a failed Save, a creatures takes 1d6 Force Damage
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th Level (3d6), and 17th Level (4d6).

Thunderclap

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Evocation Artificer, Druid, Psion
Range: 5ft Still Emanation Duration: Instant Components: S Primal

You create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100ft away. All other creatures within Range make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save, a creature takes 1d6 Thunder Damage.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th Level (3d6), and 17th Level (4d6).

True Strike

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Reaction (when a creature that you can see within Range misses on an Attack) Divination Bard, Psion, Seeker, Sorcerer, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 30ft Duration: Instant Components: VS Arcane

You shout words of arcane wisdom to the creature that missed on the Attack that triggered the casting of this Spell. You roll a d4 and add the result to the Attack Roll.
When you reach certain Levels this Spell Improves. When you reach 5th Level, you roll 2d4 and add the highest result to the missed Attack Roll. When reach 11th Level you roll 2d4 and add the result of both dice to the missed Attack Roll. Finally when you reach 17th Level you roll 4d4 and add the two highest results to the missed Attack Roll.

Unkindness

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Conjuration Druid, Psion, Seeker, Soul-Binder, Warlock, Wizard
Range: 60ft Duration: Instant Components: VSM (a raven feather) Arcane

Uttering a strange incantation, you call upon multiple ravens to descend upon a target that you can see within Range. Make a Ranged Spell Attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 Piercing Damage and it subtracts a d4 from the next Ability Check it makes before the end of its next turn.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th Level (2d6), 11th Level (3d6), and 17th Level (4d6).

Vicious Mockery

Level: Cantrip Casting Time: 1 Action Enchantment Bard, Psion
Range: 60ft Duration: Instant Components: V Arcane

You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within Range. If the target can hear you, it makes a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save the target takes 1d4 Psychic Damage and it has Disadvantage on the next Attack it makes before the end of your next turn.
The Spell's Damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th Level (2d4), 11th Level (3d4), and 17th Level (4d4).