Hunger of Hadar

Level 3 Conjuration spell available to Warlocks. A 6m sphere of freezing darkness that Blinds everything inside, damages it twice a turn, and is Difficult Terrain so nothing can leave in a hurry. It is the best area control spell in the game at this level, and it is Warlock-only.

Spell description: Creatures within this black sphere are Blinded and take damage at the start and end of their turn. The area is Difficult Terrain.

Spell properties

• Range: 18m (60ft)
• Area: 6m (20ft) radius
• Duration: 10 turns
• Concentration spell
• Save: DEX save
• Damage: 2d6 Cold + 2d6 Acid
• Conditions applied: Blinded; Difficult Terrain
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Hunger of Hadar at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Hunger of Hadar

• Warlock at Class level 5

Source item: Markoheshkir

HUNGER OF HADAR

Level 3 Conjuration Spell

Creatures within this black sphere are Blinded and take damage at the start and end of their turn. The area is Difficult Terrain.

Range: 18m (60ft) Save: DEX save AoE: 6m (20ft) Radius Duration: 10 turns

Action Level 3 Spell Slot

AREA: HUNGER OF HADAR

Duration: 10 turns

AoE: 6m (20ft) Radius

2d6 Cold at the start of a creature’s turn, 2d6 Acid at the end of it. The area is Difficult Terrain.

Condition: Blinded

• The creature cannot see. It automatically fails any check requiring sight.
• Its Attack Rolls have Disadvantage.
• Attack Rolls against it have Advantage.

When to cast Hunger of Hadar

It does everything at once. Damage twice a turn, Blindness on everything inside, and Difficult Terrain so they take two turns to crawl out while it is still hurting them. One slot, and an entire section of the battlefield stops functioning.

Drop it on the enemy backline, not the frontline. Blinded archers and blinded casters cannot do their jobs at all, and they are the ones who will happily stand in it because the AI is not clever about leaving.

It stacks obscenely with anything that stops them leaving. Web underneath it, or a Warlock with Repelling Blast pushing anything that manages to crawl to the edge straight back into the middle.

It is Concentration and your own party cannot see into it either, so do not drop it on top of your Barbarian. And it hurts anything inside, friend or otherwise. Place it where nobody of yours needs to walk.