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Vampiric Touch 2024

3rd-level necromancy

Casting time
1 action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Attack
Spell attack roll
Damage
3d6 Necrotic
Classes
Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

The touch of your shadow-wreathed hand can siphon life force from others to heal your wounds. Make a melee spell attack against one creature within reach. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 Necrotic damage, and you regain Hit Points equal to half the amount of Necrotic damage dealt. Until the spell ends, you can make the attack again on each of your turns as a Magic action, targeting the same creature or a different one.

At higher levels

The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

SlotDamage
4th4d6
5th5d6
6th6d6
7th7d6
8th8d6
9th9d6

Other versions

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