BattleMage Spells

Cantrips

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Loud Voice — can grab attention of many; in combat works as the 1st level spell Taunt
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Any Cantrip from Unearthed Arcana

1st Order Spells

Affect Normal Fires — F (Elemental versions)
Alarm — R
Armor — E, I
Burning Hands — F
Charm Person — W, R, V
Comprehend Languages — R, V
Dancing Lights — A, F
Detect Magic — All
Earth Splint — E exclusive
Enlarge — R
Erase — V
Feather Fall — A, E
Find Familiar — A, V
Firewater — F, W
Friends — V
Grease — E, I, W
Hold Portal — All
Imbue Weapon — All
Identify — All
Jump — A, E, R
Light — A, F, R
Magic Missile / Elemental Missiles — Elemental versions
Melt — F
Mending — E
Message — A, R, V
Mount — V
Nystul’s Magic Aura
Precipitation — W, I
Protection from Evil — R, V
Push — All
Run — E, W
Shield — Elemental versions
Shocking Grasp — A
Sleep — I, V
Spider Climb — A, E, R
Tenser’s Floating Disc — R
Unseen Servant — V
Ventriloquism — A, V
Water Healing — W exclusive
Wizard Mark — All

Note: Read and Write Magic doesn’t require a spell (3 or 4d6 INT roll for most tasks)

2nd Order Spells

Audible Glamer — A, R
Bind — E, I, R
Continual Light — A, F, R
Create Element — All
Darkness 15’ Radius — V
Deep Pockets — V
Detect Evil — A, V
Detect Illusion — All
Detect Invisibility — All
Detect Magic — All
Elemental Arrow — Elemental versions
Elemental Barrier — Elemental versions
ESP — V
Faerie Fire — A (exclusive)
Flaming Sphere — F
Freeze Metal — I exclusive
Fool’s Gold — E
Forget — R
Gust of Wind — A exclusive
Heat Metal — F (exclusive)
Invisibility — A, I, R
Irritation — E, V
Knock — A
Know Alignment — R, V
Leomund’s Trap — R
Levitate — A, R
Locate Object — R
Magic Mouth — R
Melf’s Acid Arrow — I, W
Mirror Image — A, I, R
Preserve — I, R
Poison Antidote — W exclusive
Produce Flame — F (exclusive)
Protection from Cantrips — All
Purify Food & Drink — W (exclusive)
Pyrotechnics — F
Ray of Enfeeblement — I, R
Rope Trick — R
Scare — V
Shatter — E, I
Stinking Cloud — A
Strength — E
Tasha’s Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter — V
Vocalize — R
Web — A, E
Whip — W
Wizard Lock — All
Zephyr — R

3rd Order Spells

Blink — V
Clairaudience — A, R
Clairvoyance — R, V
Cloudburst — A
Dispel Magic — All
Elemental Blast — Elemental versions
Elemental Summoning I — Elemental versions
Explosive Runes — All
Feign Death — E, V
Fireball — F
Fly — A, R
Haste — A, F, R
Hold Person — E, I, R, V
Infravision — I, R, V
Invisibility 10’ Radius — R
Item — All
Leomund’s Tiny Hut — R, V
Lightning Bolt — A
Material — All
Melf’s Minute Meteor — F
Monster Summoning I — R, V
Phantasmal Force — R, V
Protection from Element — All
Protection from Evil 10’ Radius — All
Protection from Normal Missiles — All
Secret Page — E, R, V
Sepia Snake Sigil — I, E, V
Shout — A (exclusive)
Slow — I, V
Suggestion — V
Speak With Dead — V (exclusive)
Tongues — R, V
Water Breathing — A, W
Water Walking — I, W

4th Order Spells

Charm Monster — A
Confusion — V
Call Lightning — A
Cure Disease — W
Dig — E
Dimension Door — V
Dispel Illusion — All
Elemental Shield — A, E, I, W, V exclusive
Enchanted Weapon — All
Evard’s Black Tentacles — V
Extension I — All
Fear — V
Fire Charm — F
Fire Shield — F, A
Fire Trap (Elemental Version) — All
Fumble — I, W, V
Hallucinatory Terrain — All
Ice Storm — I
Leomund’s Secure Shelter — E, V
Mage Haste — A, F, R
Magic Mirror — R, V
Massmorph — E, I, R, V
Meld Into Stone — E (exclusive)
Minor Globe of Invulnerability — All
Plant Growth — E, W
Polymorph Other — V
Polymorph Self — R, All (Elemental version)
Rary’s Mnemonic Enhancer — R
Remove Curse — R, V
Remove Paralysis — V (exclusive)
Stone Shape — E (exclusive)
Stoneskin — E, I
Tempest Wall — A exclusive
Ultravision — V
Wall of Fire — F
Wall of Ice — I
Wizard Eye — V

5th Order Spells

Airy Water — A, W
Animal Growth — E, R
Animate Dead — V
Avoidance — A, R, V
Bigby’s Interposing Hand — R
Cloudkill — A
Conjure Elemental — R
Conjure Elemental (Elemental Version) — A, E, F, I exclusive
Cone of Cold — I
Contact other Plane — V
Dismissal — R, V
Distance Distortion — F
Dolor — V
Extension II
Fabricate (Elemental Version) — All
Feeblemind — V
Flame Strike — F (exclusive)
Hold Monster — E, I, A
Leomund’s Lamentable Belabourment — F, V
Leomund’s Secret Chest — V
Magic Jar — V
Monster Summoning II — R
Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound — R, V
Pass Wall — E
Sending — All
Stone Shape — All
Telekinesis — A, R
Teleport — R, V
Transmute Rock to Mud — E, W
Wall of Force — R
Wall of Iron — E
Wall of Stone — E

BattleMage Spell Descriptions

1st-Order Spells

Elemental Missiles

Focused bursts of elemental energy as projectiles or melee strikes. Require verbal and somatic components, plus a small token of the element.

Unless specified, they share these traits:

Range: Long (6” + 1”/level), Medium (3” + 1”/level), or Short (1” + 1”/level)
Duration: Instantaneous
Casting Time: 1
Saving Throw: ½ (half damage on successful save)
Effect: 1d8 damage + 1d8 every 2 levels above 1st

Special Effects:

Bash: On a hit, target must save vs. paralysis or be knocked back 5–20 feet (4 HD or less)
Bludgeoning: Subdual damage, heals 12× faster than normal. Only lethal after target reaches 0 HP
Burn: On a failed save, +1d4 fire damage at the start of their next turn (4 HD or less)
Chill: Targets failing save are slowed 10 feet of movement for 1 round and −1 to next initiative (4 HD or less)
Cleave: If the attack kills the target, excess damage carries over to an adjacent foe within 10 feet
Single Target: Automatically hits a single visible target
Multiple Targets: If 3rd level or higher, each 1d8 can be split among multiple targets within a 90° cone

Air Cutter — Razor-sharp compressed wind. Short Range, Single Target with Cleave.

Ice Darts — Sharp icicles in a 45° cone. Long Range, Multi-target, Chill.

Fire Darts — Flaming projectiles in a 90° cone, igniting flammable materials. Medium Range, Multi-target.

Rock Bolt — Jagged stone projectile. Long Range, Bash, Single Target.

Water Whip — Lashing tendril of water, potentially dousing flames. Short Range, Bash, Single Target with Cleave.

Eldritch Blast (Void) — Shadowy bolt of necrotic energy. Medium Range, Single Target.

Magic Missile (Arcane) — As in the Players Handbook.

Elemental Shield Spells

Protective barriers absorbing incoming harm.

Unless specified:

Range: Self
Duration: 4 + 1 round per level
Casting Time: 1
Effect: Man-sized shield at arm’s length absorbing 10 + 2× level points of damage before shattering. Blocks from the front only.

Special Effects:

Floating: Can be rotated with the caster, aligned to the front. 4’ diameter
Grounded: Double strength when attached to the ground, moves up to 20’/round. 8’ tall
Defensive Bonus: +4 AC to Missile Attacks
Blocks Vision: Caster can hide face and torso
Counter Damage: For each 2 points absorbed from melee, or each point from unarmed attacks, causes damage to the attacker

Wind Aegis (Air) — Swirling vortex of air. Floating, Defensive Bonus, Weak to Water.

Ice Shield — Crystalline ice shield. Floating or Grounded, Counter Damage, Weak to Fire.

Water Ward — Swirling water shield. Floating or Grounded, Defensive Bonus, Weak to Air/Lightning.

Fire Ward — Burning shell of fire. Floating, Blocks Vision, Counter Damage, Weak to Ice/Water.

Stone Bulwark (Earth) — Solid shield from the ground. Grounded only, Blocks Vision, Defensive Bonus.

Arcane Shield — Shimmering field of force energy. Floating, Defensive Bonus.

Black Veil (Void) — Dark shroud that hurts melee attackers with necrotic damage. Floating, Blocks Vision, Counter Damage.

Imbue Weapon — All

Casting Time: 1 segment | Range: Touch | Duration: 1 attack or 10 rounds

Infuses a single weapon with raw elemental energy. On first successful weapon attack: +1d8 + caster level elemental damage, then the spell dissipates.

Special Risk: If the extra damage die rolls an 8 (maximum), the weapon must make a Saving Throw vs. Crushing Blow. On a failed save, the weapon develops a crack: −1 to attack and damage until repaired. Critical failure: the weapon shatters.

Water Healing — W

Casting Time: 10 segments | Range: Touch

Target regains 1d6 + caster level hit points. Automatically stabilizes targets at 0 or fewer HP. Stops bleeding or ongoing damage effects.

Earth Splint — E

Casting Time: 5 segments | Range: Touch

Channels the endurance of stone into a broken body. Converts critical injuries into normal wounds, reducing recovery time. Stabilizes at 0 or fewer HP.

2nd-Order Spells

Elemental Arrow

Range: Long (12” + 1”/level), Medium (6” + 1”/level), or Short (4” + 1”/level)
Casting Time: 2
Effect: Single target, 1d6 per caster level
Saving Throw: ½

Fire Arrow — Medium Range, Burn

Ice Arrow — Medium Range, Chill

Lightning Zap (Air) — Long Range

Iron Arrow (Earth) — Medium Range, Bash

Water Blade — Short Range, Cleave

Dark Sphere (Void) — Long Range

Arcane Arrow — Long Range, 1d4 per level, no save

2nd Order Elemental Barriers

Range: 10 ft per level | Duration: Concentration or 1 round per level | Casting Time: 2
Size: 5 ft wide per level, 10 ft tall, 10 ft deep
Effect: Semi-transparent wall. −4 to hit with missile weapons through barrier. +3 to saves vs. spells cast through the barrier (unless same element type).

Special Effects:

Damaging: Anyone in contact suffers 2d4 + caster level per round
Blocking: Blocks all creatures 4 HD or less. Higher HD need a save to pass in one round

Tempest Barrier (Air) — Crackling wind tornado. Damaging.

Frozen Spikes (Ice) — Jagged ice. Damaging.

Blazing Maw (Fire) — Flaming wall. Damaging.

Earthen Barricade — Shifting rock. Blocking — Save vs. DEX 4d6.

Abyssal Rift (Void) — Black Tendrils drain. Damaging.

Arcane Barricade — Energy weave. Blocking — Save vs. spell.

Water Barrier — Flowing cascade. Blocking — Save vs. STR 4d6.

Poison Antidote — W

Casting Time: 10 segments | Range: Touch

Target gains an Additional Saving throw against the poison with a bonus of +caster level. On success against a high-level poison, the target’s poison level drops by Caster Level/2. Can be cast each round until the poison is gone.

3rd-Order Spells

Elemental Blast

Masterful area blasts that affect groups.

Casting Time: 3 segments | Effect: 1d6 per caster level to all in Area of Effect | Saving Throw: ½

Lightning Bolt (Air) — As Players Handbook. Beam aligned with the caster.

Deep Freeze (Ice) — 40’ × 40’ rectangle by 10’ high. Medium Range. Duration 1 round.

Fireball — As Players Handbook. Sphere 20’ radius.

Seismic Shockwave (Earth) — Cone 90’ long, 45’ wide, 10’ high. Short Range. Targets that fail save move at ½ speed for 1 round. Cannot be cast in the air.

Water Spout — Cylinder 15’ radius, 60’ high. Long Range. Duration 1 round. All normal fires extinguished.

Void Implosion — 20’ radius. Medium Range.

Arcane Blast — Short range cone 60’ long with 30’ wide end starting from the caster. 1d4 per level, no save.

Elemental Summoning I

Duration: Concentration or ½ level in rounds | Casting Time: 3 segments | Range: 3”

Creates a creature made of the caster’s element, up to 4 feet tall. Form decided by the caster.

By Element:

Air — Flying at 18”
Earth — Regenerates 1 HP/round when on rock or ground
Fire — Can start fires; when damage rolls 7+, target catches fire for 1d6/round until extinguished
Ice — On death, save vs. Spell or all within 1” are slowed
Water — Special attack: Suffocate creatures 2 HD or less, 1d4 HP/round until the elemental is slain or released
Void — Causes fear on attack; when damage rolls 3 or less, target saves vs. Fear or runs
Arcane — Flying at 12”, attacks as a +1 Magic Weapon

4th-Order Spells

Elemental Shield

Duration: 2 rounds + 1 per level | Casting Time: 4 segments | Range: 0

The BattleMage’s body becomes sheathed in a shifting corona of their element. Any creature that successfully strikes the BattleMage with a melee attack immediately suffers retributive elemental damage equal to twice the damage it just inflicted.

Variations:

Air (Lightning): Crackling arcs of lightning
Earth (Rock Biter): Jagged shards of rock and crystal
Ice (Frostbite Shield): Razor-sharp ice crystals. Retributive cold damage
Water (Tide Ripper): Lashing streams of high-pressure water
Void (Death Shroud): Writhing black-purple tendrils. Retributive negative energy

The orbiting magic gives off dim light in a 15 ft radius and imposes −2 on surprise rolls while active. Ends instantly if the BattleMage falls unconscious or dies.