Themed Spell Lists (5e Other)
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If you're making a spell caster that can cast spells on a particular theme, you can use the lists below to quickly see what might be appropriate spells. This should save you some time if you're creating the umpteenth elemental wizard or whatever. Consider pruning your selection as appropriate. For example bones of the earth could be considered a spell unique to druids, and flame strike could be considered divine, so consider omitting them if your class is an arcane spellcaster.
- Neutral spells tend to not belong to any of the categories listed below. These spells are essentially miscellaneous unless another group is introduced to further diversify the classification.
- Water. spells tend to deal with water, and sometimes refer to liquids in general, like acid, poison, oil, etcetera. Ice is a subgroup of Water.
- Earth. spells tend to deal with earth, meaning it deals with sand, dirt, metal, stone, lava, asteroids, etcetera. Metal is a subgroup of Earth.
- Fire. spells tend to deal with heat-based spells like fire, but because fire is a substance similar to plasma, Lightning is often included as a subgroup.
- Air. spells tend to deal with air, and phenomena that relate to air, like sound, wind, and any spell that deals with the rejection of gravity.
- Light. spells tend to deal with light, and thus any spells that deal with radiance are included.
- Darkness. spells tend to deal with darkness and shadows.
- Psychic. spells tend to deal with minds, meaning it deals with telekinesis, telepathy, some forms of divination and mind control.
- Life and Death spells tend to deal with the concept of creatures being alive or dead, as well as the addition or removal of health. Organic spells are a subgroup and tend to deal with the manipulation or interaction of living beings, which is widespread. It deals with bacteria, fungus, plants, and animals. It can be incredibly open-ended, as it can also include artificial life and the undead.
Cantrips[edit]
- Neutral. Druidcraft, eldritch blast, guidance, mending, minor illusion, prestidigitation, resistance, shillelagh, thaumaturgy, true strike
- Water. Acid splash, Frostbite, ray of frost, shape water
- Earth. Magic stone, mold earth
- Metal. Blade ward, Sword burst
- Fire. Control flames, create bonfire, fire bolt, green-flame blade, produce flame
- Lightning. Lightning lure, shocking grasp
- Air. Gust, thunderclap
- Light. Light, dancing lights, sacred flame
- Darkness.
- Psychic. friends, mage hand, message, mind sliver, vicious mockery
- Life and Death. Spare the dying
- Organic. Poison spray, thorn whip
1st Level[edit]
- Neutral. Alarm, absorb elements, bane, bless, chromatic orb, comprehend Languages, detect evil and good, detect magic, disguise self, expeditious retreat, floating disk, illusory script, longstrider, mage armor, magic missile, protection from evil and good, purify food and drink, shield, shield of faith, silent image, wrathful smite
- Water. Create or destroy water, detect poison and disease, fog cloud, grease, ice knife
- Earth. Earth tremor
- Metal.
- Fire. Burning hands, hellish rebuke
- Lightning. Witch bolt
- Air. Feather fall, jump, thunderwave, warding wind
- Light. Color Spray, divine favor, faerie fire, guiding bolt
- Darkness. Find Familiar
- Psychic. charm person, command, dissonant whispers, heroism, hideous laughter, sanctuary, sleep
- Life and Death. cure wounds, false life, healing word, inflict wounds
- Organic. animal friendship, entangle, goodberry, speak with animals, unseen servant
2nd Level[edit]
- Neutral. Aid, alter self, arcane lock, Arcanist's magic aura, blindness/deafness, blur, branding smite, enlarge/reduce, find traps, gentle repose, knock, locate object, magic mouth, magic weapon, mirror image, ray of enfeeblement, rope trick, spider climb, spiritual Weapon, warding bond, web, zone of truth
- Water. Acid arrow, protection from poison, Snilloc's snowball swarm
- Earth. Earthbind, Maximilian's earthen grasp
- Metal. cloud of daggers, heat metal
- Fire. Aganazzar's scorcher , continual flame, flame blade, flaming sphere, scorching ray
- Lightning.
- Air. Dust devil, gust of wind, shatter, silence
- Light. Moonbeam
- Darkness. Darkness, darkvision, pass without trace
- Psychic. augury, calm emotions, detect thoughts, enhance ability, enthrall, hold person, invisibility, levitate, mind spike, misty step, phantasmal force, see invisibility, suggestion
- Life and Death. Lesser restoration, prayer of healing
- Organic. Animal messenger, barkskin, find steed, locate animals or plants, spike growth
3rd Level[edit]
- Neutral. Beacon of hope, bestow curse, counterspell, create food and water, dispel magic, elemental weapon, glyph of warding, magic circle, major image, nondetection, protection from energy, remove curse, tiny hut, tongues
- Water. Sleet storm, tidal wave, wall of water, water breathing, water walk
- Earth. Erupting earth, wall of sand, meld into stone
- Metal.
- Fire. Fireball, flame arrows
- Lightning. Call lightning, lightning arrow, lightning bolt
- Air. Fly, gaseous form, stinking cloud, wind wall
- Light. Daylight
- Darkness.
- Psychic. clairvoyance, fear, haste, hypnotic pattern, sending, slow
- Life and Death. Animate dead, feign death, mass healing word, revivify, vampiric Touch
- Organic. Conjure animals, phantom steed, Plant growth, speak with dead, speak with plants, spirit guardians
4th Level[edit]
- Neutral. banishment, black tentacles, blight, Conjure minor elementals, divination, elemental bane, freedom of movement, hallucinatory terrain, polymorph, private sanctum, resilient sphere, secret chest
- Water. Control water, ice storm, vitriolic sphere, watery sphere
- Earth. Stone shape, stoneskin
- Metal. Fabricate
- Fire. Fire shield, wall of fire
- Lightning. Storm sphere
- Air.
- Light.
- Darkness.
- Psychic. Arcane eye, compulsion, confusion, dimension door, greater invisibility, phantasmal killer
- Life and Death. Death ward
- Organic. Conjure woodland beings, dominate beast, faithful hound, grasping vine, giant insect, guardian of faith, locate creature
5th Level[edit]
- Neutral. commune, Conjure elemental, contact other plane, dispel evil and good, hallow, legend lore, mislead, passwall, planar binding, seeming, teleportation circle, wall of force
- Water. Maelstrom
- Earth. Transmute rock, wall of stone, Destructive Wave
- Metal. Animate objects
- Fire. Flame strike, immolation
- Lightning.
- Air. Cloudkill, cone of cold, control winds, Steel Wind Strike
- Light.
- Darkness.
- Psychic. Animate objects, arcane hand, dominate person, dream, geas, hold monster, modify memory, scrying, telekinesis, telepathic bond
- Life and Death. Greater restoration, mass cure wounds, raise dead, reincarnate
- Organic. Antilife shell, Awaken, commune with nature, contagion, creation, insect plague, tree stride
6th Level[edit]
- Neutral. Contingency, disintegrate, eyebite, find the path, forbiddance, globe of invulnerability, guards and wards, heroes' feast, instant summons, magic jar, programmed illusion, word of recall
- Water. Investiture of ice, wall of ice
- Earth. Bones of the earth, flesh to stone, investiture of stone, move earth
- Metal. Blade barrier
- Fire. Investiture of flame
- Lightning. Chain lightning
- Air. Investiture of wind, freezing sphere, wind walk
- Light. Sunbeam
- Darkness.
- Psychic. Otto's irresistible dance, mass suggestion, true seeing
- Life and Death. Circle of death, harm, heal
- Organic. Conjure fey, create undead, planar ally, wall of thorns, transport via plants
7th Level[edit]
- Neutral. divine word, Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion, project image, sequester, symbol
- Water.
- Ice.
- Earth.
- Metal. Mordenkainen's sword
- Fire. Delayed blast fireball, fire storm
- Lightning.
- Air. etherealness, reverse gravity, Whirlwind
- Light. prismatic spray
- Darkness.
- Psychic. forcecage, mirage arcane, plane shift, teleport
- Life and Death. finger of death, regenerate, resurrection
- Organic. conjure celestial
8th Level[edit]
- Neutral. antimagic field, clone, demiplane, maze
- Water. tsunami
- Ice.
- Earth. earthquake
- Metal.
- Fire. incendiary cloud
- Lightning.
- Air. control weather
- Light. holy aura, sunburst
- Darkness.
- Psychic. antipathy/sympathy, dominate monster, feeblemind, glibness, mind blank, power word stun, telepathy
- Life and Death.
- Organic. animal shapes
9th Level[edit]
- Neutral. imprisonment, shapechange, true polymorph, wish
- Water.
- Ice.
- Earth. meteor swarm
- Metal.
- Fire.
- Lightning.
- Air. storm of vengeance
- Light. prismatic wall
- Darkness. Black Hole
- Psychic. astral projection, foresight, gate, power word kill, psychic scream, time stop, weird
- Life and Death. mass heal, true resurrection
- Organic.
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