by Claude Helper | Sep 8, 2026 | Spells
Cantrip Transmutation spell available to Clerics. It gives you Advantage on Intimidation and Performance checks for ten turns. Pure dialogue utility, no combat use at all.
Spell description: Manifest a sign of supernatural power that grants you advantage on Intimidation and Performance checks.
Spell properties
- Range: Self
- Duration: 10 turns
- Cost: Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
This cantrip does not scale.
How to obtain Thaumaturgy
- Cleric at Class level 1
- Giant (Barbarian) at Class level 3
- Zariel Tiefling at Character level 1
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Cleric
Manifest a sign of supernatural power that grants Advantage on Intimidation and Performance checks.
When to cast Thaumaturgy
Cast it before a conversation where you plan to lean on someone. Advantage on Intimidation is a genuine boost to your success rate in a lot of dialogue checks, and it costs nothing but a prepared cantrip slot.
If your Cleric is your talker, it is worth having. If someone else runs your conversations, it will sit unused. That is the whole spell.
by Claude Helper | Sep 8, 2026 | Spells
Cantrip Transmutation spell available to Druids, cast as a Bonus Action. It turns your club or quarterstaff magical and lets it swing off your Spellcasting modifier instead of Strength.
Spell description: Imbue your staff or club with nature’s power. It becomes magical, deals 1d8+2 Bludgeoning damage, and uses your Spellcasting Ability for Attack Rolls.
Spell properties
- Damage: 1d8 + Spellcasting modifier Bludgeoning
- Damage type: Bludgeoning
- Range: Self
- Duration: 10 turns
- Cost: Bonus Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
This cantrip does not scale with character level, but the weapon damage grows as your Spellcasting modifier does.
How to obtain Shillelagh
- Druid at Class level 1
- Nature Domain (Cleric) at Class level 1, as a Domain Spell
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Druid
Imbue your staff or club with nature’s power. It becomes magical and uses your Spellcasting Ability for Attack Rolls.
When to cast Shillelagh
This is the cantrip that lets a Druid dump Strength and still hit things. With Shillelagh up, your staff attacks use your Wisdom, so you can build a caster and still hold the front line early on.
It costs a Bonus Action and lasts ten turns, so flick it on at the start of a fight and forget about it. It is at its best on a melee-leaning Druid or a Nature Cleric before Wild Shape and better weapons take over.
by Claude Helper | Sep 8, 2026 | Spells
Cantrip Evocation spell available to Clerics. It calls down a flame-like radiance for 1d8 Radiant on a Dexterity save. Because it is a save rather than an attack roll, it ignores Armour Class entirely, which makes it a dependable poke against heavily armoured enemies.
Spell description: Conjure a flame-like radiance that deals 1d8 Radiant.
Spell properties
- Damage: 1d8 Radiant
- Damage type: Radiant
- Range: 18m (60ft)
- Save: DEX save
- Attack type: Ranged
- Cost: Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
At character level 5, damage increases to 2d8 Radiant. At character level 10, damage increases to 3d8 Radiant.
How to obtain Sacred Flame
- Cleric at Class level 1
- Sanctified Stalker (Ranger) at Class level 3
- College of Lore (Bard) at Class level 6 via Magical Secrets
- Bard at Class level 10 via Magical Secrets
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Cleric
Damage:
1-8
1d8, Radiant
Conjure a flame-like radiance that deals 1d8 Radiant.
When to cast Sacred Flame
It is a save, not an attack roll, so it ignores Armour Class entirely. That makes it your reliable poke against heavily armoured enemies your weapon attacks keep bouncing off, and Radiant is resisted by almost nothing.
The downside is the Dexterity save: nimble enemies dodge it completely, and there is no half-damage on a save. Against slow, armoured targets it is excellent. Against a rogue it is a coin flip.
Radiant also shines in Act 2 and against undead, and it pairs beautifully with the Radiating Orb items that stack Disadvantage every time you hit.
by Claude Helper | Sep 8, 2026 | Spells
Cantrip Abjuration spell available to Clerics and Druids, and the defensive twin of Guidance. It gives a creature +1d4 on Saving Throws for ten turns.
Spell description: Magically bolster a creature’s defences. It receives a +1d4 bonus to Saving Throws.
Spell properties
- Range: Melee (1.5m)
- Duration: 10 turns
- Concentration spell
- Cost: Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
This cantrip does not scale. The bonus stays at 1d4.
How to obtain Resistance
- Cleric, Druid at Class level 1
- Circle of the Land (Druid) at Class level 2
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Cleric, Magic Initiate: Druid
Magically bolster a creature’s defences. It receives a +1d4 bonus to Saving Throws.
When to cast Resistance
It is more situational than Guidance because it is Concentration and only helps against effects that call for a save. Cast it on someone about to walk into a known save-or-suck, and the 1d4 can be the difference between shrugging off a Hold Person and losing a character for the fight.
The Concentration cost is the catch: your Cleric holding Resistance is not holding Spirit Guardians or Bless. In practice Bless does the same job for the whole party, so Resistance is a niche pick.
by Claude Helper | Sep 8, 2026 | Spells
Cantrip Divination spell available to Clerics and Druids. It hands an ally a +1d4 bonus to Ability Checks for ten turns, which sounds tiny until you remember how many skill checks this game throws at you outside combat.
Spell description: Bestow guidance upon an ally. They gain a +1d4 bonus to Ability Checks.
Spell properties
- Range: Melee (1.5m)
- Duration: 10 turns
- Concentration spell
- Cost: Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
This cantrip does not scale. The bonus stays at 1d4.
How to obtain Guidance
- Cleric, Druid at Class level 1
- Circle of the Stars (Druid) at Class level 2
- Pact of the Tome (Warlock) and Arcane Archer (Fighter) at Class level 3
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Cleric, Magic Initiate: Druid
- Source item: Silver Pendant
Bestow guidance upon an ally. They gain a +1d4 bonus to Ability Checks.
When to cast Guidance
This is a dialogue and lockpicking cantrip, not a combat one. Cast it before a big persuasion check, a hard lock, or a disarm, and you have a free 1d4 swinging the roll your way. Over a whole playthrough that is a lot of checks quietly passed.
It is Concentration, so you cannot hold it alongside a control spell in a fight, but out of combat that never matters. There is almost no reason not to have it prepared on a Cleric or Druid.
Range: Self
Duration: 10 turns
Save: DEX save 
