Shocking Grasp 2024

Evocation cantrip

Casting time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: instantaneous
Attack: Spell attack roll
Damage: 1d8 Lightning
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can't make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

At higher levels

The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

Other versions

A5E Shocking Grasp · A5E Adventurer's Guide 2014 Shocking Grasp · SRD 5.1

Source: System Reference Document 5.2 (Wizards of the Coast) · License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 details