Heroism

Level 1 Enchantment spell available to Bards and Paladins. It makes a creature immune to Frightened and feeds it 5 temporary Hit Points every turn. A rolling shield on your front-liner.

Spell description: Bolster yourself or an ally with valour and health. The target can no longer be Frightened and gains 5 temporary Hit Points each turn.

Spell properties

• Range: Melee (1.5m)
• Duration: 10 turns
• Concentration spell
• Conditions applied: Immune to Frightened. Gains 5 temporary Hit Points each turn.
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Heroism at a higher level affects an additional target for each spell slot level above the 1st.

How to obtain Heroism

• Bard at Class level 1
• Paladin at Class level 2
• Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Bard
• Source item: Absolute’s Warboard

When to cast Heroism

The 5 temporary Hit Points a turn stack up fast and refresh every round, so on a front-line target Heroism is a rolling shield that soaks a surprising amount of damage over ten turns. Put it on whoever is going to be hit the most.

Frightened immunity is the situational half: against the fear-heavy encounters in Act 2 it is a hard counter. It is Concentration, though, so you are trading it against your other control, and one solid hit on the caster drops it.