5e Artificer Spells

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Artificer Spells

0-Level Spells

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Conj	Bannana Slip Slipping time. Cherry Bomb A small thrown magical explosion. Clinging Slime You hurl a glob of sticky sludge toward a creature within range. Clockwork Winding Throw some mechanical gear to deal slashing damage. Conjure Blade As a bonus action, you create a bladed weapon in your hand that can be used normally Conjure Elemental Weapon Summon forth an elemental weapon from any common stick. Conjure Shield You conjure a spectral shield in a free hand. Conjure Weapon Never be without a melee weapon in a pinch. Grum's Flaming Pile of Poo Toss a flaming pile of poo at your enemies, that continues to burn for 1 more round, and makes them smell bad. Instant Fancy Clothes Instantly clad yourself in outrageously anime clothes. For the style points! Ivote's Delivery Service Cause items to move on their own, functioning at long distances. LSD Splash A minor splash of psychedelics. Marsh's Dodgeball Throw a ball (or fruit) of force at others to harmlessly push them around. Mike's Hard Lemonade Minor Arcane Turret You summon a small turret on a nearby object to attack your foes for you. Phantasmal Notebook Summon a phantom notebook and writing quill Sawsall A saw that can cut through anything Slime Shield Create a block of acid slime in a place within range. Summon monster limb you tear a rift in the multiverse, just as a specified creature is attacking its target. Summon Spirit Drink up me hearties, yo ho! Sword Glyph Summon a glyph waiting to stab an unsuspecting creature in the toe. Time Clusters Throw three projectiles that harm over time.
Div	Aural Scan Call upon the powers of echolocation to scan your surroundings. Baryte Communion Detect Arcane Residue Buffed detect magic. let you see spells conjured long ago and track magical items Echolocate Call upon the echolocative power of a bat. Exit Beam Magic your way out of a dungeon by having a spell do the thinking for you. Tremorsense Sense the movement of creatures using the vibrations in the ground.
Ench	Quicken Enhances the speed of a creature. Spark of Levin Create a floating mote of electrical energy around a target, allowing your other lightning spells to arc between them. Undine Communion
Evoc	Alchemical Bomb Throw alchemical bombs of elemental magic at your enemies. Alchemical Grenade Launch an alchemical grenade of elemental magic at your enemies. Arc A ranged lightning attack which can jump between foes. Arcane Blast Releases a force blast in a cone in front of you, deals damage and knocks enemies back Blast Cantrip Blast your enemies with elemental power, using the most generic of cantrips. Bomb Magically create a small non-magical explosion. Chilling Wind You freeze the air around you and then send it at a creature or object within range. Coldslinger Spin up a bowling ball of ice before slinging it right at a target. Combustion Your body is briefly enveloped in flame, burning the creature that damaged you. Dongle's Frozen Fire Bolt A frozen version of the Fire Bolt cantrip, invented by the Gnome Bard Sorcerer Dongle. Ember Endrian Slash You channel you melee weapon with Endrian energy allowing you to slash your opponent to bits. Faerie Glitter Nerfed Faerie fire as a cantrip Firecracker A dazzling, explosive bombardment. Flame Shot Flare Shot Shoot an explosive projectile that dazes and burns the two targets. Green-Flame Ammo A Version of Green-Flame Blade for Ranged. Hoarfrost Blade Your weapon is coated in fractalline frost as you attack. Hurricane Blade Whirling winds whip around you and your weapon that threatens to force away any in its path. Hyperion Lance You concentrate your own internal magic to fire a bolt of magical energy. Ignite Create a burst of heat within a cube in front of you. Implosion Inferno Lightning Lasers Lightning Tendrils Summon Tendrils of Electricity to shock multiple opponents. Megaton Punch Super Punch! Plasma Bolt You fire a bolt of hyper charged matter that simultaneously burns and electrocutes your enemy. Power Chord Produce Electricity Send out an arc of electricity, and manipulate it in various ways. Red-Flame Missile You unleashed fiery fury upon your foe using ranged weaponry. Rimeward Strike Water and icy winds collect around your weapon to turn it into magical frost. Salamander Communion Static Shock Strike Charge your weapon with electric magic to fend off foes with a strike of your weapon Static Strike Imbue a weapon with arcing lightning as you strike. Thunder Shock Thundering Whip Summon forth a thunderous whip to rattle and deafen foes. Water Blast White-Frost Weapon You brandish a weapon coated in unnatural frost and swing.
Illus	Concealment, Variant You magically draw attention away from a singular, small item on your person. Label Place a small permanent magical label on an item. The label can be seen by any spell caster or magical creature. Label, Variant Place a permanent magical label on an item. The label can be seen by any creature which can use spells or spell-like abilities.
Necro
Trans	Amanuensis You point at the writing and then move your hand as though holding a stylus or quill. As you intone the spell, the script appears on a sheet of paper close at hand. Arcane Blade Imbue a weapon with arcane energy. Can't Trip You magically resist being knocked off balance. Charged Blade You infuse a melee weapon with arcane energy, guiding your strikes with it. Control Electricity You take a portion of static charge and manipulate it in one of the following ways... Destroy Wall Destroy a wall with a corrosive slime Forge Radiance Mage Strike Use magic to pull your weapon towards your target for you. Magic Card Turn ordinary playing cards into deadly weapons. Minor Stasis A light object or creature is stopped in time until touched. Mordenkainen's Magnificent Magical Mauling You channel pure magical energy into your hands to causing them to glow brightly become extremely sharp. Origamist Create magical origami. Reinforce Arms You make a weapon you touch magical and do more consistent damage for a period of time. Remedy You can treat wounds and illnesses afflicting creatures. Spectral Throw Throw a ghostly duplicate of your melee weapon. Weld Weld metal together with just a touch!
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1st-Level Spells

Abjur	Corazon's Tiny Glyph A smaller, more efficient Glyph of Warding. Force Armor You touch a willing creature who isn't wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target's base AC becomes 13 + its Intelligence modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action. Mist of Inhibition A translucent magical fog settles around you, impeding motion. Shield of Stasis You create an invisible barrier of stasis in front of a creature or object that intercepts spells, creatures, projectiles, etc. and traps them in time.
Conj	Allowance Create money when you need it, consequences be damned. Arcane Tether Conjure a rope that brings two things together Blue Shield Basically a ridable Tenser's Floating Disk. Bullet Channel the power of Gun Magic™! Conjure Gemstone You can conjure a gemstone. Ethereal Forge You conjure a weapon into your hand. Hot Dogs Isaz the Ice Rune A Rune that when infused with magic can create several effects related to cold energy. Kaunan the Fire Rune A powerful sentient fire Rune which can create explosive traps, bless weapons and armor or curse enemies Rewind Want to go to that spot you were in 6 seconds ago? Go right ahead with this spell! Volatile Vortex Spin a weapon wildly around the battlefield, damaging anyone who comes near.
Div	Calder's Starry Sky You project a map of the stars into the air. Know Recipe Learn how to cook a dish Scan Check for the presence of certain things. Shale's Instant Compass Know where you are at all times! Speak with David Allows you to speak telepathically with David's past present or future.
Ench	6 Feet Back, ALRIGHT! (Grum's Social Distancing) Force a creature to adhere to social distancing staying at least 6 feet away from you. Find Memory Reach into the depths of your psyche Negate Omnipotence Deny a God their Godlihood. Rune of Distraction You place a distracting, invisible rune on an object.
Evoc	Deliberate Surge You pull magic from the weave and release it into the world, causing a surge. Dongle's All-Purpose Mending A general purpose spell, invented by Dongle, that combines the effects of Cure Wounds and Mending, to a certain extent. Heart Jumpstart Revive or heal an ally from the brink of death using electricity Last Words Go out with a witty one-liner and a bang. Or just a bang, that works too. Lee's Fume Punch Channel forth your anger in the form of a pillar of flame from your fist. Misinterpreted Color Spray A wash of colorful mist inexplicably does ludicrous amounts of damage to foes. Pixie's Gale Evoke the power of wind to fling creatures and objects away from yourself. Rock Splash Chuck a big rock at somebody and hit them with shrapnel. Step Into Darkness Shift through darkness with pretanutral speed. Thunder Shock Last Resort An extremely powerful lighting spell last resort option. Thundershock Unleash several paralyzing shocks of electricity.
Illus	Amorphous Pixie Channeling your magical flow you animate a small portion of helpful glowing dust Mirror Variant Sound Bubble Create a membrane that blocks the transmission of sound
Necro	Blood Lust You sacrifice some blood to increase the power of your weapon attacks. Cell Decomposition You cause a creature's cells to gradually deteriorate. Death Grip You seize the essence of a creature in range and pull it towards you. Skull Goblet Create a goblet out of a skull that will detect a poison drink and tell the creator about it.
Trans	Arcane Battery You can create a multipurpose arcane battery. Arcane Crush Cripple a creature that you are holding further. Coinify What are you supposed to do when you have all metal and no coins? Construct Homunculus Few can find a good familiar that they can trust, and even fewer can find one's that are able to remain connected at all times. Log to Lumber Invoke magic to transform a log into an equal amount of lumber for 5 silver a pound Magical Spell Tinkering A spell version of Artificer's magical tinkering, but for use with spells. Manipulate Metal Bend and shape metal into usable forms. Miniature Fabricate Fabricate! But much smaller. Molten Blades Your weapons glow red hot, burning your enemies on contact. Phase Causes the caster to be able to move through some solid matter as if it was a liquid. Poison Blood The blood flowing trough the creature's body becomes poison. Quill Hide Long quills sprout from the target’s body, dealing damage on contact. Repair Repair an object or restore hit points to a construct. Stasis Mine You choose a bit of space to arm with a stasis mine. When you activate it, it causes anyone inside it to be harmed and stopped in time. Swift Strike You infuse a weapon with the ability to be swing slightly quicker. Sword Split You split a sword into two smaller swords or fuse two smaller swords into one larger one. Transcription Magically copy or translate a page of text and/or images onto another page. Transmute Coins You transform coins into other coins!
Needs Work	Power Word Imprison Capture and command creatures for your protection.

2nd-Level Spells

Abjur	Air Shield Create a shield of air to protect yourself Arcane Defense Defend against physical damage. Fall Control You give your party protection from falling damage. Icebound Fortitude Fortify your defenses with the power of cold. Projectile Style You touch each other with your hand and thus gain resistance to magical projectiles. Redemption, Variant You touch up to three willing creatures. For the duration, any damage taken by these creatures is halved, and you take the other half of the damage. Redistribute Impact When you strike the ground, yiu create a transfer which moves all of the force into the ground surrounding you. Redistribute Impact, Variant When you strike the ground, you transfer all the force you create and shift it into your surroundings. Reprisal Blitz Power up your next attack based off how hurt you are. Spell Shield You imbue a creature with a magical barrier of protection, modifying their AC.
Conj	Arcane Grenade A thrown magical explosion Boreale's Deep Strike Vanish for a short period of time, and reappear next to enemies. Corrosive Bile You lose your lunch, as it turns corrosive on the way up. Ew. Dancing Rune Weapon You conjure a ghostly replica of your weapon, which hovers alongside you. Drizonym's Spectral Dagger Chuck spectral daggers really far. Ethereal Limbs Hellish Flames Explosion! LSD Arrow An attack packed full with psychedelic poison. Moving Platform A rock is thrown and grows into a platform that can support up to 3 average sized humanoids. Poison Mist You create a poisonous purple mist that damages its victims' innards over time. Summon Mount Summon a mount that grows more resilient as you grow your magical abilities. The Juice is Loose 1973 NFL MVP Orenthal James Simpson shows up to help.
Div	Assay You can determine what minerals are in a cubic ft of ore Bone Lore Hold a piece of bone. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of the significant events in the life of the creature it came from. Detect Elements Locate the presence of elements in the enviroment around you.
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Evoc	Cutter Boomerang Throw a spinning blade, which flies straight back to you. Detonate Set down a few of these orbs, and then detonate them when the time is right! Raddik's Weakest Link Launch a small bolt of homing lightning, which goes after the easiest target first. Rumplestiltskin´s Rainbow Blast <!-.-->Scorching ray is terrible, so use this instead! Sapping Slash Drain the life of one to end others. Sky-Pierce Lance Conjure a bolt of power which can reach for miles.
Illus	Call Society Quiet Armor Remove the stealth disadvantage of your noisy armor by canceling the noise.
Necro	Blood Boil You cause the blood of nearby enemies to boil. Greg's Gruesome Gibber Explodes corpses.
Trans	Bronip's Orbiting Hammer You cause a warhammer to fly around you. Change Sex You attempt to change one target to another sex. Crystallized Spell You imbue a spell within a crystal. Delay, Variant Cast a spell, later. Elemental Hex A potent hex that weakens a creature's resistance to the elements. Heighten Mobility Magically enhance your athletic abilities. Incorporeal Object You cause an object to phase out of physical existence. Major Stasis Pause something in time, along with everything that would affect them. Minor Fabricate You convert raw materials into products of the same material. For example, you can fabricate a wooden bridge from a clump of trees, a rope from a patch of hemp, and clothes from flax or wool. Ommon's Heat Exchange Drain heat from an area and creatures in it, and direct it into a metal object or into another spell. Pictograph You transmute a sheet of parchment you hold to flawlessly portray a flat depiction of what you see when you cast the spell. Reinforcement A spell that reinforces the body and muscles of its targets Respirance Draw upon the power of elemental air to save yourself from suffocation. Swift Blade You make a blade you touch swift and easy to wield. Toshaka's Gift Imbue a stone with your own magical potential.
Needs Work	Reinforcement, Variant A spell that reinforces the body and muscles of its targets

3rd-Level Spells

Abjur	Arcane Juggernaut Take anything that comes your way and return it. Cerg's Fortification Fortification A magical, shimmering barrier falls over items, causing them to be much more durable. Defense Lattice You surround yourself with a network of magic energy that solidifies into discrete barriers in response to incoming attacks. Pincushion You weave a magical barrier around yourself, stopping most, if not all, projectiles. Rejuvenation A spell the heals lightly but for quite some time. Syncopate Reduce a spell to a significantly weaker state.
Conj	Backstep You constantly warp back to the location you casted. Blocking Blade You summon a blade of mystical energy to protect creatures around you. Blood Parasite Conjure a horrible bloodsucker, which eats away at a creature from the inside. Blood Swarm You summon a large quantity of blood-seeking ooze. Conjure Bladestorm You animate several swords, which then fight for you. Conjure Potion of Healing Summon a potion of healing! Materialize Trap Summon traps that are yours to command for once! Summon Smith Will Smith will give your opponent a smack.
Div	A Little Help You reach into the collective consciousness of the world and ask for a little help. Analyze Creature Figure out how tough something is! Ascertain Inventory A simple but useful spell to quickly ascertain the general contents of nearby containers. Coin Lore Hold a coin. The spell brings to your mind a brief summary of significant transactions in which the coin was involved.
Ench	Message to the Masses Stringing together a message, you reach every sentient mind in range. Soul Gem, Create Enchant a gem with the power to house a soul Youngblood Give someone a refreshing de-aging brain massage. Also, you can decrease their mental age if you want to.
Evoc	Dragon Rises from the Sea You swing your weapon, as waves of energy leap from the swing. Ice Rupture Touching one frozen creature, their body is irreparably shattered Lightning Stake Stake an enemy with a bolt of explosive lightning. Radiant Death Overload a creature with positive energy, potentially killing them. Sandblast, variant Create a blast of sand that erodes enemies and objects.
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Necro	Grum's Stinky Steed Your trusty steed has died, no problem, it will now serve you in death! We have the Necrotic Energy! Organic Graft Graft your foes limbs on to yourself and others. Scarecrow A frightening scarecrow to aid you in dangerous situations. Wither Time ends all things.
Trans	Boil Cistern Boil up to a 10-ft cube, cylinder, or sphere of still water for up to 25 hours. Butterfinger Oops! You dropped something! Coin Shot A spell that launches an unstoppable ethereal projectile. Continual Light/Darkness You create a patch of eternal light or eternal darkness. Extended Stasis Place a creature under stasis for up to 30 days. Flaskbang A thrown debilitating magical explosion Gale Arms Imbue a ranged weapon with the force of the winds. Gale Arrows Imbue a quiver with the force of wind to enhance the damage of its arrows. Gravity Anchor Turn an area within range into a new center of mass. Kira's Explosive Touch Transform some random junk into high-power explosives Overcompensated Weaponry Is your greatsword just not great enough anymore? Pool of Acid Turn the ground into a painful pool of acid. Shape Bond You bind the shape and size of an item or group of item to someone. Speak with Images Talk to a picture True Stasis You stop something in time for exactly 1 round. Any force, damage, or effects exerted while in stasis occur all at once afterwards. Turn Tables Switch places with one creature William’s Wonderful Word Bomb You can capture your message in a jar and pass it on, or you can use it as a word bomb.
Needs Work	Snap Into a Slim Jim Please, Slames James is my father. Call me Slim. Soul Gem, Capture A follow up on the way to use Soul Gem, Create

4th-Level Spells

Abjur	Elemental Blessing Rune Places a rune on an ally or willing creature that grants elemental immunity and elemental damage of caster's choice. Maxwell's Marvelous Mantle A spell specifically tailored for travel in harsh environments.
Conj	Laborer's Bane Eliminate payrolls and invalidate manual labor jobs with this one simple spell. Poison Kill a spray of poison hits the target
Div	Riddle’s Reenactment Animate some puppets in order to gain insight into an event
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Evoc	Flame Blast Summon a fiery rune on the ground that detonates in a delayed explosion at the start of your next turn Lightning Strike Minor Mark Sigils appear to bolster a target creature in one of several ways. Nuclear Missile A bombardment of nuclear energy destroys the very essence of your enemies. Rising Dragon Soars the Sky You surge through the air, and land with a colossal strike. Sasha's Rapid Bolts Rapidly, and consistently, fire off swarms of inaccurate bolts. Sorrel's Inevitable Impalement Create and throw a massive force missile, which doesn't vanish on contact. Static Shackles Tether two creatures together using static electricity.
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Necro	Genetic Reshuffle Turn normal people into massive blobs of meat. Hell’s Gaze You emit a horrid glare, enough to blind those that make eye contact. Jumpstart Temporarily cause a person to die in order to fully revive them. Shell Bomb Send forth an animated explosive shell to decimate a far-away foe.
Trans	Flurry of Magic Allows a spell caster to rapidly cast many minor spells. Leafify Transform a Large or smaller unattended object into a Tiny, pocket-able leaf. Marty’s Miraculous Self Improvement Improve upon a few of your weaknesses.
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5th-Level Spells

Abjur	Kinetic Redistribution Create a magical barrier which absorbs the impacts of damage, and can transform into a weapon.
Conj	Conjure Ordinance Create an artillery piece, which rains hell upon your enemies. Far Jaunt Teleport a very large distance. Marvin's Gutterball Conjure a massive ball of explosives, which smashes through cover with ease. Petty Wish Cast a petty wish to fill some small desire of yours Plumbophoresis You magick a 5 foot cube of lead into existence. Road Roller summon the almighty road roller to flatten your enemies
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Evoc	Blasting Beam A thin, blindingly bright sliver of light instantly streaks from your fingertips to any creature or surface, exploding at the point of contact. Goldweaver's Ray You charge for a few seconds, and release a massive swarm of force bolts. Remorseless Winter Release an icy storm around you, Swift Blade Bane A slashing force that powers your blade, infusing it with magical power. Thaumic Irridiation Blast a line of magical radiation that disintegrates its unfortunate victims.
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Necro	Grater Restoration You restore an ailment of a grater. Grum's Lesser Mojo Transfer This lesser version of a higher level spell transfers a soul from a character to an object. Phoenix's Rebirth Realistic Defibrillate You try using a televised method of reviving someone to much less effect than is expected. Unnerve Turn your fighter into an unfeeling juggernaut of pain. With minor side effects.
Trans	10cc of Time Stop Stop time and take a half-turn as a reaction to anything. Awaken Warforged This spell works similarly to awaken, except that the target is a Warforged. Enraged Enhancement Your form balloons, as does your rage. Giant Size You cause a willing creature within range to grow to a much larger size. Mass Transcription Copy the contents of a book to another book, or more. Power Word Recharge Oh, the only way to regain expended charges is by waiting it out, you say? Repair/Raze Manipulate the age of a certain area, either turning back time or advancing it to dust.
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