Fog Cloud

Level 1 Conjuration spell available to Druids, Sorcerers, and Wizards. It fills a 4.5m sphere with blinding fog that breaks line of sight for everyone inside. The budget version of Darkness.

Spell description: Create a cloud of dense fog that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within.

Spell properties

• Range: 18m (60ft)
• Area: 4.5m (15ft) radius
• Duration: 10 turns
• Concentration spell
• Conditions applied: Heavily Obscured. Blinded.
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Fog Cloud at a higher level increases the area of effect by 2m (7ft) for each spell slot level above the 1st.

How to obtain Fog Cloud

• Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard at Class level 1
• Tempest Domain (Cleric) at Class level 1, as a Domain Spell
• Draconic Bloodline (Bronze, Lightning ancestry) Sorcerer at Class level 1
• Ranger at Class level 2
• Arcane Trickster (Rogue) and Eldritch Knight (Fighter) at Class level 3
• Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Druid, Sorcerer, or Wizard
• Source item: Hammergrim Mist Amulet

Fog Cloud

Level 1 Conjuration Spell

Create a cloud of dense fog that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within.

Range: 18m (60ft) AoE: 4.5m (15ft) radius

Action Level 1 Spell Slot

When to cast Fog Cloud

Fog Cloud blinds everything inside it, which breaks line of sight for the whole area. Drop it on enemy archers and casters and they cannot see to target anyone, or drop it on your own party to retreat under cover.

It is the cheap version of Darkness, and it blinds your own side too, so it is a wall and an escape tool rather than an offensive trick. Pair it with an ally who does not rely on sight, or use it to disengage from a fight gone wrong.