Dispel Evil and Good

Level 5 Abjuration spell available to Clerics. Ten turns where undead, fiends, fey, elementals, and celestials attack you with Disadvantage, plus a touch that clears Charm, Fear, and Possession from allies. It is a self-buff for one specific kind of fight.

Spell description: Aberrations, Celestials, Elementals, Fey, Fiends, and Undead have Disadvantage on Attack Rolls against you. You can also break Enchantments that Charm, Frighten, or Possess allies.

Spell properties

• Range: Self
• Duration: 10 turns
• Concentration spell
• Conditions applied: Dispel Evil and Good. Otherworldly creatures have Disadvantage on Attack Rolls against you, and you gain Break Enchantment to free Charmed, Frightened, or Possessed allies.
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Dispel Evil and Good at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Dispel Evil and Good

• Cleric at Class level 9

When to cast Dispel Evil and Good

Cast it when the enemy roster is mostly undead or fiends and your Cleric is going to be in the middle of them. Act Two is full of undead, the House of Hope is full of devils, and Disadvantage on every attack against you is a real defensive layer for a frontline Cleric.

The Break Enchantment part is the emergency use. A Dominated or Frightened ally can be snapped out of it with a touch, which matters against things like the Fiend-style charm effects and the Possession in Act Three.

It is Concentration and it only protects the caster. If you would rather Concentrate on Spirit Guardians, which you usually would, this loses. It works best on a Cleric who does not have a better Concentration spell running.

The Aberration part of the description is not implemented, so it does nothing against mind flayers, intellect devourers, or anything from the colony. Do not plan around it for those.