Grease

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Level 1 Conjuration spell available to Wizards. It slicks a 4m patch of ground, knocking enemies Prone and turning the area into flammable Difficult Terrain. One of the best Level 1 openers in the game.

Spell description: Cover the ground in grease, slowing creatures within and possibly making them fall Prone.

Spell properties

  • Range: 18m (60ft)
  • Area: 4m (13ft) radius
  • Duration: 10 turns
  • Save: DEX save
  • Conditions applied: Prone. Creates a flammable Grease surface (Difficult Terrain).
  • Cost: Action + Spell Slot
  • Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Grease at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Grease

  • Wizard at Class level 1
  • Draconic Bloodline (Black, Acid ancestry) Sorcerer at Class level 1
  • Arcane Trickster (Rogue) and Eldritch Knight (Fighter) at Class level 3
  • Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Wizard

Grease

Level 1 Conjuration Spell

Cover the ground in grease, slowing creatures within and possibly making them fall Prone.

Range: 18m (60ft) AoE: 4m (13ft) radius Save: DEX save
Action Level 1 Spell Slot

When to cast Grease

A Level 1 slot that knocks a whole cluster of enemies Prone is a superb opening move. Prone means Disadvantage on their attacks and Advantage for your melee, and crossing the grease is Difficult Terrain, so they crawl instead of charging.

It is flammable, which is the trick. Drop grease, then hit it with any fire, Firebolt, a torch, a Scorching Ray, and the whole patch ignites. For one slot it sets up an absurd amount of value on turn one.

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Spell properties

Level
Level 1
School
Conjuration
Casting resource
Action + Spell Slot
Damage type

Range
18m (60ft)
Duration
10 turns
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