Enhance Ability

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Level 2 Transmutation spell available to Bards, Clerics, Druids, and Sorcerers. Pick an ability and touch an ally: they get Advantage on every Ability Check with it until a Long Rest. Six variants, one of which is the best conversation buff in the game.

Spell description: Bestow a magical enhancement upon an ally. They gain Advantage on Ability Checks with a chosen Ability.

Spell properties

Range: Melee: 1.5m (5ft)
Concentration spell
Conditions applied: Target gains Advantage on Ability Checks with a chosen Ability.
Cost: Action + Spell Slot
Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Enhance Ability at a higher level affects one additional creature for each spell slot level above the 2nd.

How to obtain Enhance Ability

Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer at Class level 3

Source item: Scroll of Enhance Ability

Bestow a magical enhancement upon an ally. They gain Advantage on Ability Checks with a chosen Ability.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Enhance Ability spell variants

You pick the ability when you cast it. All six last until a Long Rest and all six are Concentration.

1. Enhance Ability: Bear’s Endurance

The target gains Advantage on Constitution Checks. The target also gains 2d6 temporary Hit Points.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

2. Enhance Ability: Bull’s Strength

The target gains Advantage on Strength Checks. The target’s carrying capacity is doubled.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

3. Enhance Ability: Cat’s Grace

The target gains Advantage on Dexterity Checks. The target does not take damage from falling 6m or less.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

4. Enhance Ability: Eagle’s Splendour

The target gains Advantage on Charisma Checks.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

5. Enhance Ability: Fox’s Cunning

The target gains Advantage on Intelligence Checks.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

6. Enhance Ability: Owl’s Wisdom

The target gains Advantage on Wisdom Checks.

Range: Melee (1.5m)

Duration: Until Long Rest

When to cast Enhance Ability

Eagle’s Splendour is the one you will cast most. Advantage on every Charisma check for the whole day means Advantage on every Persuasion, Deception, and Intimidation roll in every conversation until you sleep. Put it on whoever talks for the party before you walk into anywhere important.

Cat’s Grace is the sneaky one: Advantage on Stealth for the day, plus no damage from short falls. Combine it with Pass Without Trace on a Ranger and you have a character who does not fail Stealth checks anymore.

It is Concentration, so a Cleric running Eagle’s Splendour through town drops it the moment a fight starts, and that is fine. It is a spell for the time between fights, not the fights themselves.

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Spell properties

Level

Level 2

School

Transmutation

Casting resource

Action + Spell Slot

Damage type

Range

Melee

Duration

-

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