Beacon of Hope

Level 3 Abjuration spell available to Clerics. Every heal your party receives rolls maximum, and everyone gets Advantage on Wisdom and Death Saving Throws. It is the spell that turns your Cleric from a healer into a very annoying problem.

Spell description: Your allies will regain the maximum Hit Points possible when healed. They also gain Advantage on Wisdom Saving Throws and Death Saving Throws.

Spell properties

• Range: Self
• Area: 9m (30ft) radius
• Duration: 10 turns
• Concentration spell
• Conditions applied: Beacon of Hope
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Beacon of Hope at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Beacon of Hope

• Cleric at Class level 5

Source item: Till Death Do Us Part

When to cast Beacon of Hope

Maximum healing is a bigger number than it sounds. Every Healing Word, every potion, every Cure Wounds, every Lay on Hands, all rolling top of the dice. A Cleric running Beacon of Hope roughly doubles the output of your entire party’s healing for ten turns.

It is at its best in the fights that grind: the ones with waves, the ones where you are being chipped down rather than deleted. In a fight that ends in three turns it does almost nothing, so do not lead with it.

Advantage on Wisdom saves is quietly the second best thing here. Most of the nastiest crowd control in the game, Hold Person, Fear, Hypnotic Pattern, Dominate, is a Wisdom save, and Advantage on all of it for the whole party is a real defensive buff.

It is Concentration, which means it is competing with Spirit Guardians for the same slot in your Cleric’s head. Spirit Guardians usually wins. Beacon of Hope is what you cast when the fight is about surviving rather than winning.