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Shocking Grasp

Level0SchoolEvocation

Cantrip · Evocation

  • Casting time: Action
  • Range: Touch
  • Components: V, S
  • Duration: Instantaneous
  • Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard
  • Damage type: Lightning

Spell effect

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch.

Make a melee spell attack against the target.

On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can’t make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

Cantrip Upgrade

The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

Source

Player’s Handbook (2024) — Wizards of the Coast.

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Printed core rules

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PDF page 315

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